Hello Ai Watercolour fans!
I've gone all floral this week, with a butterfly concept that I've had in my head for awhile, and have finally put it on paper:
I wanted to create a butterfly totally out of Ai flowers/leaves. I was very inspired by the new 5936 - My Hope Set and 5937 - My Trust sets from the Bible Journaling line, so I pulled them out and set to work. I first practised on scrap paper, drawing a pencil outline of a butterfly, in order to plan out which stamps would fit inside the shape. I also picked my colour palette, as planning out what colour each of the flowers would be was an important part.
*One key thing to keep in mind, is that you are trying to create mirror images - in that the left and right sides of the butterfly should mirror each other. So unless you have stamps that mirror each other, you have to choose images that will work on both sides. If you look closely at my project, you'll see that the sides are not mirroring each other, but I made choices that were as close as possible. I also stopped what I was doing frequently, to look at my work, making sure that I was keeping it balanced on each side.
I'm not going to go into great detail about my project, as I realize that it's pretty involved, and not for everyone. But the process itself is an easy concept. As per my practise piece above, you can see that I sketched out a butterfly shape, then chose the larger blooms that fit. Then I just used the Daisy Bunch from Flower Set - 4052 in orange, and the tiny leafy sprig from 5009 - WC Mini flower Set in lime green to fill in around them all.
I created a wash of #249/565 to dab onto the background, and then I made the body using the rose trio from 5258 - Flower Set 4, and the foxglove from Flower Set - 4052 all in #565. I knew it was meant to be when I spotted the two flower stamps from the My Hope set that were perfect for the antennae. The colour palette that I used is: 403/565/126/346/933/993, and the finished card size is 6 1/2" x 5".
2 comments:
Seriously??!!! Please give me a sec to pick my jaw up off the floor!! KAREN!!! That butterfly literally made me gasp!! I don't even have words!! So spectacular!!! And of course your other card is gorgeous as well. You never fail to blow me away!!!
I agree with everything Sharon commented. My first reaction was WOW! Looking at it closely at each flower and how you managed to arrange them exactly to fit and then the fill in flowers had proper amount of space they needed. Even the mirror image I thought you hit the mark. Your second card is beautiful too. Love all the details and soft colors. Spectacular!
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