I heat embossed the poinsettia in gold, watercoloured it with watercolour pencils, splattered a bit of red (I scribbled the watercolour pencil on my craft mat and spritzed it with water, then picked it up with a paint brush - it came out paler than I wanted), and mounted on fun foam on a gold card base with matching die cut sentiment. I used gold gemstones for the centre of the flower.
I decided to use my watercolour pencils because I hadn't used them for ages and then realized why - I find it harder to do good watercolouring with them than with my Gansai Tambi paints.
Date: Thursday, November 15, 2018 GMT Views: 1755
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Registered: July 9, 2008 Location: Stars Fell on Alabama Posts: 74558
Thu, Nov 15, 2018 @ 5:41 PM
Beautiful poinsettia and card.
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Registered: March 8, 2005 Location: Halfway between Dallas and Houston Posts: 23966
Thu, Nov 15, 2018 @ 8:05 PM
This is a beautiful poinsettia! I think I like it better than just about any poinsettia stamp I have seen. I see this one quite a bit, because everyone seems to like it! You colored it really well. Nice white highlights in the center and the spatters really make a lovely artsy card!
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Registered: January 14, 2008 Location: Sedro Woolley, WA Posts: 34235
Thu, Nov 15, 2018 @ 8:09 PM
Susan, even if the water color pencils are not your favorite medium, your water coloring looks wonderful! I love the look of the gemstones in the center of the flower.