Hi There! I hope your week is off to a great start! I'm sharing another Christmas Card today for the new card sketch over at The Spot Challenge Blog!
Do you ever look at a sketch and immediately know what you want to use on it? Well I do sometimes and definitely did on this sketch.. Stampin' Up!'s new Freezin' Fun Bundle is perfect!
So today I learned some things. The first thing I learned was that I do much better watercoloring animals than I do using my Stampin' Blends. It just seems a lot easier for me to get contrast, shadows and color variation using a Water Painter and ink. It's so easy to just smoosh a little link on an acrylic block and start painting. For the lighter areas, I just dilute the ink more with water and for the darker areas, I use it more at full strength. The 2nd thing I learned.. always use watercolor paper when watercoloring. lol So I did use watercolor paper when I stamped the animals so there was no issue with that. I did a little shadowing under the trees with my Water Painter and Balmy Blue Ink and that worked out ok but the sky.. ugh! I had regular Whisper White cardstock layered over Thick Whisper White and tried to softly add some blue which turned into a big mess. I was able to cut another piece of watercolor paper and do a light wash in Balmy Blue and then dry it and tuck it under the hill. Quite the operation but I got it done! I love Stampin' Up!'s Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper.. it is great quality! And the new Water Painters are awesome! They come in a set of three for just $12! Such a great value!
Thanks so much for stopping by! Blessings, Tina
