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Susan Little
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Hello. It is wonderful to have you back to my blog.
My new set of classes were taught by Jaycee Gaspar entitled Botanical Illustration Inspired Watercolor – Advanced Techniques. They were inspiring. As I am not an artist, I did not do these classes justice, but I thoroughly enjoyed them.
My inspiration was this picture of purple coneflowers.
I used the Altenew Build-A-Flower: Coneflower stamp set. I started by stamping the floral images onto masking paper and then fussy cut them out.
Using Altenew Limestone Fresh Dye Ink, I stamped the first floral image onto smooth watercolor paper.
I placed the mask over the image and stamped the next flower.
Using the next mask, placing it over the stamped image and then stamped the third flower.
I did this twice, arranging the flowers in two different configurations, as I was not sure which I liked better.
I chose one of the arrangements and taped the watercolor paper to my board using painters tape to keep the paper from warping during painting.
Using a very diluted wash of purple and the wet-on-dry technique, I began painting the flower petals.
After the petals were dry I did the same to the leaves with a wash of diluted yellow-green.
I slowly added layers of detail to both the petals and the leaves with darker more saturated colors.
Using brown, orange and black I stippled the color onto the flower centers to try to recreate the prickly cone center of the flowers.
I enlarged the center of the flower on the bottom left and added a light wash of yellow to the background, fading from bottom to top.
Before removing the paper from the board, I added some splatter using black watercolor instead of gouache so contrast would not be so stark.
Using my A2 sized die I tested to see which orientation looked better.
After cutting the image using the die, I stamped a sentiment from the stamp set in black ink, using the Stampwheel 2.0 and my T-square to get it straight.
Then added it to a black A2 sized card base using dimensional foam tape to add a bit of lift since this is a one layer card.
I have learned so much in these watercolor classes. Having a new appreciation for the medium, I plan to continue to take more watercolor classes. Hope you liked today’s card. See you soon.
My new set of classes were taught by Jaycee Gaspar entitled Botanical Illustration Inspired Watercolor – Advanced Techniques. They were inspiring. As I am not an artist, I did not do these classes justice, but I thoroughly enjoyed them.
My inspiration was this picture of purple coneflowers.
I used the Altenew Build-A-Flower: Coneflower stamp set. I started by stamping the floral images onto masking paper and then fussy cut them out.
Using Altenew Limestone Fresh Dye Ink, I stamped the first floral image onto smooth watercolor paper.
I placed the mask over the image and stamped the next flower.
Using the next mask, placing it over the stamped image and then stamped the third flower.
I did this twice, arranging the flowers in two different configurations, as I was not sure which I liked better.
I chose one of the arrangements and taped the watercolor paper to my board using painters tape to keep the paper from warping during painting.
Using a very diluted wash of purple and the wet-on-dry technique, I began painting the flower petals.
After the petals were dry I did the same to the leaves with a wash of diluted yellow-green.
I slowly added layers of detail to both the petals and the leaves with darker more saturated colors.
Using brown, orange and black I stippled the color onto the flower centers to try to recreate the prickly cone center of the flowers.
I enlarged the center of the flower on the bottom left and added a light wash of yellow to the background, fading from bottom to top.
Before removing the paper from the board, I added some splatter using black watercolor instead of gouache so contrast would not be so stark.
Using my A2 sized die I tested to see which orientation looked better.
After cutting the image using the die, I stamped a sentiment from the stamp set in black ink, using the Stampwheel 2.0 and my T-square to get it straight.
Then added it to a black A2 sized card base using dimensional foam tape to add a bit of lift since this is a one layer card.
I have learned so much in these watercolor classes. Having a new appreciation for the medium, I plan to continue to take more watercolor classes. Hope you liked today’s card. See you soon.