Watercolor Roundup 3.20.21 : Mask It Up!

Hello, Ai Fans!

Welcome to another Watercolor Roundup!

This weekend our Watercolor Design Team has some creative, inspiring creations for you!

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Tricia O'Bin - Blog - Instagram - YouTube - Pinterest - Facebook

For my project this week, I decided to make a Thank You wreath card.  I love the Floral Invites set because you can use it in so many different ways.  Just change the color of the flowers and foliage and the message and the card has a whole new feel.

TIP:  When using clear stamps it is sometimes difficult to see the design so I prep my stamp by coloring it completely with my 725 and cleaning it off.  The pink stains the stamp (which is fine) and allows me to see where the details are.

 

To start, I placed the large wreath from the Floral Invites set in my MISTI.  I am using my MISTI because I want to use several different markers and it allows me to stamp several times.  First, I inked up the blooms with my pink (725), I made to sure to include the buds as well.  I stamped it onto my watercolor paper.  Next, I inked up the foliage in green (249) and stamped them onto my watercolor paper.  Lastly, I inked the berries in brown (969) and stamped those. I left my stamp in my MISTI in case I wanted to come back and add some darker color.

 

I started by adding water to the blooms.  In order to get some depth, I made sure to only slightly pull color from the inside of the blooms, cleaning my brush and adding clean water to bring the color to the edges.  I added some additional color from my palette being sure to leave a highlight.  Next, I pulled the color from the foliage, again adding some additional color from my palette.  Lastly, I added some water to the berries and some additional color. 

 

For the center, I added water around the middle and then dropped in some blue (493) around the edges and then blended it toward the middle.  Once it was dry, I stamped the Thank you from the set into the middle using some black versafine ink.  Make sure to sign and date  your work.  Thank you so much for stopping by and spending some time watercoloring with us!  Have a crafty day!

Dot Freel - Instagram - Blog - Pinterest- YouTube

Hello,

It's starting to look like Spring in Vegas and Easter cards need to be made. I'm out of practice after having my craft room occupied for over a month but I  hope you all like my card I made for the Art Impressions Watercolor Weekend. The twice a month posts can be found on the Ai website. 

If you would like to make this card, stamp any of the gate stamps but I used the 5067 Gates of Righteousness Set inked in first Tombow 969 then in 565. Pull the color out of the lines, then stamp the bunny from the 4874 WC Bunnies Set inked in 969. Pull the color out of the lines, then color in the ears and cheeks with 725. Use a little bit of 565 to add some shade on the bunny and underneath him. Fun fact, my brothers and I had solid white bunnies in a cage in our back yard when I was in the 5th grade. 

Use a 2.0mm Molotow pen to mask off where the yellow roses are and when it's dry, use the foliage from the 4051 Foliage Set 1 inked in 249 to stamp in the foliage around the gate. Dab at the leaves with a wet brush. Stamp the foliage from the 4867 Foliage Set 2 inked in 177 for the pink flowers. Stamp the flowers from the Flower Set 4052 inked in 725 and dab at them with a wet brush. Ink the grass from the 4051 Foliage Set inked in 177 and pull the color up and out. Use 565 for the shadows under the plants and grass and stones. Use some 177 on the palette to add some green to the ground. 

Use 525 on the palette to color in the sky and some reflection on the gate. Erase the Molotow and use the fine tip of the 025 pen to draw in the yellow roses and dab at them with water. The little Happy Easter sign is from the 4976 HM Easter Set and I used foam tape to give it some dimension. Darken the eyes and add whiskers to the bunny with a fine tip black pen. Use the 5063 A2 Rectangle Dies to cut out your scene and a background piece of paper. 

Karen Day - Blog - Facebook - Pinterest - Instagram

Hello Ai Watercolor Fans!

I'm using one of the new die-only sets from the Fall release for this week's project.  Here is 5367 - WC Birdcage Dies:

I started by diecutting the larger birdcage die from some Masking Paper, then placed it onto my Canson XL Watercolor Paper.  Be sure to stick it down firmly, as you don't want paint or water seeping under the mask.  I began stamping with my flowers - using the small daisy bunch from 4052 - Flower Set in #993 Chrome Orange, then used the circle of V shaped flowers from 4868 - WC Flower Set 2 in both#533 Peacock Blue and #565 Deep Blue, stamping multiple times in a circle to create my clusters.

To add the foliage, I used the two trailing ivy stamps in 4867 - WC Foliage Set 2 New, in #249 Hunter Green, stamping in and around my flowers.  To fill in any empty spots, I used the tiny green in the set with #126 Light Olive - which gave my scene a nice bright punch of colour.  To finish, I picked up #565 from my palette and painted in the background - carefully making sure to paint right up against all of the birdcage bars, so that when the mask was removed, the white 'negative' of the cage remained.  With my fine #1 paintbrush, I painted thin lines around my birdcage to create shadows, and the suggestion that it is a 3D object.  

I added a sentiment from the Exclusive Daisies Set available at Scrapbook.com in Versafine Onyx Black, then die cut my scene with a decorative die.

Hope you enjoyed this weekend's inspiration, and Happy Stamping!