Lydia posted a gorgeous no line watercolor card last week and was sweet enough to link to a tutorial on her blog. In my usual state of having more to do than time to do it in, I had to choose... watch the video and hope to find the time to make the card, or plunge head first into the unknown with my brush and watercolors. By the abundance of black outlines on this card, it is obvious that I chose the second plan. I am going to watch the video this weekend. I had to stop applying watercolors when I came very close to painting a hole in the watercolor paper. At this point there were no lines, but there was nothing resembling flowers either. I ended up drawing the flowers and leaves with my black pen. I violated another sacred rule of watercolors when I doodled highlights with my white gel pen. I came very close to following the rules on the CC530 - the flowers are strawberryish and cantaloupeish, and the leaves are close to pistachio and coastal cabana... just pretend not to see the lavender. I think I am at least in the ball park for the SC539, and I definitely got the WT531 to use flowers. TFL, Francie
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 GMT Views: 1307
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131955
Wed, May 13, 2015 @ 9:28 PM
Is that this week's sketch, I must check it out after work today, it looks great fun. The black polka dot circle is a great setting for your beautiful bunch of flowers. They may be a fail from what you intended, but certainly a success in their own right.
Registered: March 31, 2008 Location: Eastlake, OH Posts: 22598
Wed, May 13, 2015 @ 10:15 PM
You DREW this? It's gorgeous! Your talent for drawing is amazing, Francie! Love the watercoloring, with or without lines. What an incredibly, beautiful card!
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Registered: January 19, 2014 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 90912
Thu, May 14, 2015 @ 1:53 AM
Oh Francie I love your water colored flowers even with the black pen and white lines. Great job combining the challenges for this beautiful card! Thank you for playing in my challenge!
Registered: January 8, 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 40390
Thu, May 14, 2015 @ 2:53 AM
Hand drawn image - you are so talented, Francie! This is a fun sketch and I love the large black circle to showcase your beautifully watercoloured flowers!!
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Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105267
Thu, May 14, 2015 @ 5:05 AM
I had to laugh at your description of what you did without watching the video. However........your results are awesome! This is just gorgeous, and who cares whether or not you followed ANY rules!!
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Registered: August 8, 2006 Location: Roseville CA Posts: 18519
Thu, May 14, 2015 @ 5:22 AM
This is beautiful. Loved your description, especially the way you threw caution to the wind - didn't watch the video AND used white pen on watercolor! WILDNESS! FUN!