Whenever I'm doing Kathy Racoosin's The Daily Marker 30 Day colouring challenge, I quickly find that I want to do something other than copic-colouring (I love my Copics, but this challenge is a great opportunity to push yourself outside your comfort zone!)
I thought about those kids' painting books where you just use a wet brush and I wondered about watercolouring using a stamped outline. I started with Ranger watercolor paper and knew that I needed to use inks that will react with water. I chose a couple of my favourite Catherine Pooler inks and inked up my stamp. Then I spritzed it with a fine mist of water to activate the colour and moved the colour around with a brush. . I was hoping it would look stunningly beautiful at that point, (like a new method for no-line watercolouring) but it had lost a lot of definition, so I just restamped with a black outline. I used Versafine because it's water proof.
Date: Sunday, January 28, 2018 GMT Views: 443
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Registered: June 29, 2004 Location: Sugar Land. Texas Posts: 79512
Sun, Jan 28, 2018 @ 5:31 AM
Beautifully colored and love the black and white background border that brings the eye right back to that gorgeous large flower.
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Sun, Jan 28, 2018 @ 8:00 AM
Beautiful, Ardyth! I know exactly what you mean about no line coloring...it can be frustrating & hard to do. I like the black outline on your flowers..it really gives a high contrast to the pale colors.
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Sun, Jan 28, 2018 @ 8:19 AM
Ardyth, the flower is gorgeous but the design on this is sooooo wonderful. Wow. What a great case and great card.
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