This is for today's Technique Lover's Challenge to use a digital image (not my usual procedure!). I found this pretty butterfly and printed it on an oversize index card that I cut to 4x6" to fit in the photo paper slot of my printer. I was midst school day so I set the print down in the kitchen. Came back to find a water splotch that had caused the colors to separate out from the black. Well, I thought, I don't want to go through the whole printing process again and I like the look of those colors. So, I dipped my finger in water and went over the main black areas with the water. I also dripped a few water splotches onto the white space. Later I found I'd missed some spots and used my wet brush for a more controlled "water painting." Once this all dried, I scribbled with a Wisteria marker onto an acrylic block and used a wet brush to paint in the purple. All the other color came from the black. I took a Bronze marker and added dots over areas that had turned brown. I lost a lot of detail with the water, so I took my Wisteria marker and used the etching technique of flicking lines to add detail back in, and also went around the edges of the butterfly to clean it up a bit. I also used my Clear Star marker to add some shimmer which is, of course, hard to see in the photo. I spattered some of the Wisteria and also shook my Bronze marker to add spatter as well. I used a dot glue runner to add bits of adhesive randomly around and then adhered bits of dictionary page to that.
Thanks for a fun challenge!
Date: Monday, August 24, 2015 GMT Views: 1006
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Registered: January 20, 2010 Location: Brampton, Ontario Posts: 26121
Mon, Aug 24, 2015 @ 1:45 PM
Some people would have tossed the 'mistake'. You turned it into something beautiful! Love the metallic highlights - very much like a real butterfly's wings. I really like the bits of printed paper in the background. Thanks for giving us the low done on the process!
Registered: October 19, 2007 Location: Packer Country, WI Posts: 71953
Mon, Aug 24, 2015 @ 5:11 PM
Gail, this really is fantastic with your water painting. Like the butterfly being off the card, and the added marks with the marker. Very attractive card. tfs
Registered: June 29, 2004 Location: Sugar Land. Texas Posts: 79473
Mon, Aug 24, 2015 @ 8:41 PM
Beautiful butterfly, and thanks for all the details of how it was done.
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Tue, Aug 25, 2015 @ 7:20 AM
What a magnificent butterfly!! Wow!
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