WATERCOLOR LOVE

My last post was about an easy way to use watercolors in my pages. But this time I was a bit braver, and heavily (and heavenly) under the influence. Of Wilna Furstenberg.
My advice for taking watercolors to the next (still easy) level, is this- use one or two main colors, and get some masking fluid. I think the first time I saw masking fluid being used was in Wilna's art class over at 2peas. I love that class and if you like Wilna's style (which is like liking kitties or puppies, how can you not, right?), then her art class is a must (she's also a wonderful teacher). Word is there will be part 2 to that class sometime in Autumn, and I have to say at the moment that's the only reason I'm happy the summer will have to end at some point... And back to watercolors. Masking fluid is a fluid that you put on your paper before applying paint (mine states that it is watercolor masking fluid, but I'm pretty sure you can also use acrylics and, of course, mists with it). It dries relatively fast to a rubber-like material. Then you can paint over it, and when you're done, you just rub it off. The areas that were covered with the masking fluid, will remain without paint. Mine comes in a bottle with a tip (so something similar to the Stickles tubes), but you can also get it in a jar and use a paint brush to apply it. I find the one I have really easy to use, no need for brushes.




 I used watercolor paper (I found at my local art supplies store a square watercolor paper block, just a little under 12*12, so really perfect for scrapbooking!), and drew some random clouds, some circles and a frame. Then I painted it orange and pink, I did use a couple of shades from each color, but kept it simple with just those two colors.


 That was pretty much it for the painting part. The rest was just embellishing. And I used quite a lot of embellishments on this layout. Much more than I usually use, but there was no patterned paper, so... I matted the photo on some vellum. I used embellishments from a few collections, Lucky Charm, Yes Please, puffy stickers from American Crafts, a bit MME and Jenni Bowlin, enamel dots, rub-ons... It was just a really fun page to make.


I matted the watercolor paper on some white cardstock, and here's the finished layout:



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Comments

  1. absolutely beautiful! love how you created your own ombre effect with the watercolors and embellishments!

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  2. Wow, absolutely beautiful watercolors and I love all your doodles. Stunning!

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  3. WOW! Your work with the masks and watercolors is amazing! How did you do the lacy white areas? It looks like a sticker that was then removed? Or is it a rub-on applied after the paint? It's a beautiful effect no matter how it was done!

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  4. GORGEOUS!! I LOVE what you've done with the water colours!

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  5. This is just beautiful - love the way the watercolors look. Wish I could get the hang of it.

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  6. WOW - GORG! Such a beautiful blending of colours and great use of the resist technique. I have those Yes, Please vellum stickers and they are fab to use; such a perfect choice.

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  7. Beautiful layout love the watercolors :)

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  8. thx everyone!
    Madeline, those are rub-ons from Pink Paislee She Art (the package has black designs also). As you wrote, I added them on the painted paper.

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