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Beate (like Miata) Johns is a mom, housewife and SU! demonstrator in Niceville, FL.

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Wet Paper Watercoloring

by Beate Johns

Use your Spectrum Pad™ to create stunning images.

Supplies

Spectrum Pad

Water mist bottle

Neutral colored cardstock

Bold stamps

Step By Step

Step 1.
Spray water on your neutral cardstock.

Step 2.
Ink up your stamp with your Spectrum pad and stamp onto your wet cardstock.

Step 3.
Continue to add images as desired.

Step 4.
Let your cardstock dry or dry it with your heat gun. Then re-ink your stamp and stamp directly over your image.

Continue to do so until you achieve the look you are going for.

Step 5.
Finish your card.

Your Turn

You've seen the tutorial, now you try it! We've got a section of the gallery set aside for Wet Paper Watercoloring Cards. Try this technique, then upload your artwork to the gallery. Show us your creations!

Questions and Comments

Have any questions about this tutorial? Any neat tips you've discovered that you'd care to share with the rest of us? Be sure and hit the comments link in the right-hand sidebar.

More Examples

Want to see more examples from our gallery using similar techniques and materials?

» Search our gallery for all the current samples with the keyword Wet Paper Watercoloring.

» View the Wet Paper Watercoloring samples uploaded by other Splitcoast members, in our Technique Spotlight gallery.

Extra Fun

Some additional resources on this topic you might enjoy:

» How to control watercolor on wet paper. Some great tips for artists!

» More great wet watercolor techniques on this page. The artist shows how to do a "poured on" paint wash to produce glowing, luminescent colors. She also stretches her paper before beginning her project, to keep it flat even when wet.