After I sized the image in Photoshop, I printed it onto a scrap panel of watercolor paper. I used my Mission Gold watercolors to paint the pumpkins & leaves. (I used them at the same time on this card.) This was my first real time using these watercolors, and I would say there is definitely a learning curve when using "real" watercolor paints. But I feel like I'm up for the challenge. I used to do a lot of painting with acrylics. With that medium, of course if you don't like something, you can pretty much always paint over it, since they're opaque. Not so much with watercolor, though! Not that it's a bad thing--just something to keep in mind & get used to.
After I finished painting the image & let it dry, I used clean water to wet the paper around the pumpkins & leaves. I left a "gap" between the edge of the wet area & the image. I applied a VERY light wash of blue to the area I'd wet--just enough to tint the paper. I wanted a "halo" effect, rather than a bold background color. I'm not sure how well it photographs, but it does show up in real life. At least, if you know to look for it!
I cut 3 pieces of patterned paper from "The Story of Fall" pad and adhered them to an A2-size panel of green cardstock. I adhered my focal panel over that, and mounted the finished card front to a white card base. Overall, a pretty easy card to pull together, despite my foray into watercoloring taking quite a bit of time!
Date: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 GMT Views: 489
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