Color a little off in photo and I couldn't quite get it adjusted in Photoscape.
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| FIRST TRY WAS A HOT MESS! |
Sunday, January 31, 2016
ONLINE CARD CLASSES: WATERCOLOR FOR CARD MAKERS, INTERMEDIATE TECHNIQUES
Have you fallen in love with this class yet? I have, but what a challenge. On day three Dawn's video on negative painting just blew me away and I just had to try. I didn't have a leaf stamp so I chose an older floral with leaves but I think the image was too complicated and it turned into a hot mess and I completely lost the image. I watched the video 3-4 more times and opted for a simpler image. Moderate success but I am definitively NOT a natural (I think I like coloring in the lines too much!)
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
OCC WATERCOLORS FOR CARDMAKERS: INTERMEDIATE
If you haven't signed up for this class and you have any desire to use watercolors on your cards or just want to learn some new techniques, I can't recommend this class enough. Dawn Woleslagle from Wplus9 is not only an artist but a wonderful teacher. Most importantly, this class is FUN! For the first day I wanted to try the pears but didn't have a pear stamp so I hand drew a pear on craft board, cut it out and used it as a template.
I had so much fun with the pears but those darn leaves gave me all kinds of trouble. Gotta work on that brush technique! One thing to note, I was uses Arches Aquarelle hot pressed paper, 140 lb but when I laid down color it looked like the paper was pilling. However, when the color dried it did dry even and flat.
I had so much fun with the pears but those darn leaves gave me all kinds of trouble. Gotta work on that brush technique! One thing to note, I was uses Arches Aquarelle hot pressed paper, 140 lb but when I laid down color it looked like the paper was pilling. However, when the color dried it did dry even and flat.
