Super WT challenge today! I recently finished this watercolor azalea card & it fits right in. Most of our azaleas in the yard have finished blooming but we have some satsuki azaleas in back that are just starting to bloom.
I was playing around with my recently arrived order of Brushos & for this bg, I used them pretty much as you would normal watercolors. I wet the w/c paper, sprinkled on some pinks, reds, yellows & oranges then sort of blended out the heavy concentrations of color. After drying it with a heat gun, I stamped the azaleas w/ the Versafine then reverse painted them...meaning I used plain water, a paintbrush & a paper towel to lift some color from the flowers so they wouldn't be as dark as the background. I also added some drops in the background using water. The oval was die cut out of the background, matted then replaced & the greeting stamped in the white space at the bottom. All of the uncolored azaleas were fussy cut & added.
Thanks so much for looking! Closeups & the inside are on my blog: The Write Stuff
Date: Thursday, May 14, 2015 GMT Views: 2847
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Thu, May 14, 2015 @ 8:12 AM
Creative approach to your design to have a riot of color in the bg and leave your main focal image in the black and white.....very eye-catching and effective, Julie.
Registered: July 9, 2008 Location: Stars Fell on Alabama Posts: 83760
Thu, May 14, 2015 @ 8:54 AM
What a beauty, Julie. Awesome colors on the flowers.
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