It's my turn to host the Mix-Ability challenge this week! The challenge is to add some doodles to your mixed-media project using your non-dominant hand. Check the Mix-Ability Challenge Forum for all the challenge details!
I added some gold highlights to the petals of a debossed poinsettia. I am a recovering perfectionist, and I loved the looseness that I was able to achieve with my right hand on these lines. The poinsettia outline was made with a gorgeous new die from Penny Black, which I debossed into a Fabriano watercolor card. I used watercolors to layer color into the outline until I got the effect I wanted.
More shading and shadows were added with a water-soluble graphite pencil. To add more texture to the background, I flicked a waterbrush over the tip of the graphite pencil, and also rolled a roll of drywall tape through some wet graphite and then onto the card. This is an angled view of the card so you can see the gold doodling.
Date: Thursday, September 4, 2014 GMT Views: 1126
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Fri, Sep 05, 2014 @ 12:43 AM
Another stunning card!!! The gold lines in this poinsettia are amazing, such beauty!!! Lovely!!! Into my favorites... I hope you're doing a tutorial on watercoloring for these cards, I'd love to learn this from you, Dina!!!