I want to start by thanking the Color Challenge team for inviting me to participate this month as a guest designer! I feel deeply honored and I have had so much fun! This week's challenge is truly a challenge for me since the dessert option was watercoloring which I feel very uncertain about. But I was lucky that Monday's Technique challenge was to do something called Watercolor Splash technique. I had fun using the Tempting Turquoise ink to create a fun background. That probably would have been enough to qualify me for dessert all by itself, but I decided to plunge into the deep end of the pool. I used the smooth side of the watercolor paper to stamp my flower and used the ink from the lid of the pads to paint each petal. I went over each petal several times, drying in between to try to create the depth of color I wanted. I finally added a drop of two of ink refill to the lid. Then to create shadows I picked up a bit of Basic Gray marker scribbled on a plastic surface to add shadows where I needed them. I added some white paint dots to the flower center after painting that to create some highlights. I dyed my white satin ribbon with the rose red ink pad and layered that onto a Regal Rose ribbon strip. I added some turquoise sequins.
Date: Monday, October 30, 2017 GMT Views: 1903
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Registered: October 21, 2010 Location: in the okanagan in b.c. canada Posts: 13012
Tue, Oct 31, 2017 @ 12:53 PM
Your water coloring bg is perfect for you pretty flower...such a wonderful display of this weeks colors...I like too how you added a touch of bling...:0)...TFs..:0)
------------------------------ We as people are raindrops of colorful ink , falling down Crisp and Clear, each a different shade more vibrant then the last, but once we realize at the bottom of an endless abyss we all fall into the same inkpot forming one color, only then can we come together as one My son.
Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105288
Tue, Oct 31, 2017 @ 1:29 PM
BEautiful bg for your lovely flower, Kathy!
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