Hello! I hope everyone is enjoying all the extra crafting time quarantine has allowed.
Today’s craftroom creations is a bonus project made with the Coffee Bean Design’s “Daffodils” digital stamp. To see my guest design team creations check out their Blog.
I recently watched a Kristina Werner video where she showed how to water color a digital stamp image and knew I needed to try it.
I created a light box out of a light and a large rectangle plastic container. I place my printed image down first then laid my water color paper over top.
Then traced over the digi images with a pencil. If I were to do it again I’d either use a water color pencil or trace over my line with a waterproof black pen because some of my pencil lines got trapped under the water color.
I wanted the no line look so I traced over the lines with a yellow and green water color pencils by Arteza. I used my Daniel Smith water color dot chart to paint the daffodils. (Mayan yellow, Indian yellow, Raw sienna, chrom. green oxide, Duochrome mauve) it took me a bit to find the right yellow
Things I learned along the way:
Less is more when it comes to water coloring. You don’t need a lot of water.
Start with the darker shade and add water to lighten as pull it out to the edges of the flower.
Paint one section at a time so you don’t end up with color blobs instead of petals.
Paint in layers to get more dimension and contrast.
To finish my card I trimmed it down to be a 1/4 inch smaller than an A2 card base. added a sentiment strip and pretty pink posh 4mm clear droplets.
Even though I am not a water colorist and have more to learn I really enjoyed playing with this technique. If you are inspired to create please share and tag me on social media @TheCraftBean
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Happy Crafting
Brandi M.
The Craft Bean
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