Next Saturday is our local Altered Book Club meeting. One of my commitments is to do a postcard on the subject of Seashells. This one took some thinking on my part. After stewing on the project for about 3 weeks I finally decided to do something totally different. Now you know I love watercolor but when I do a watercolor project it is with stamps and markers. When searching on the internet on seashells I ran across a children's book about collecting seashells and the artwork for the book blew me away. So, here is my first watercolor where I DREW the image....not a stamp in sight. Something weird happened while I was painting. Do you see the image of a heart between the girls hand and her face? Well I didn't do that. It appeared on it's own I assume the way the water worked on the paper??? I decided to leave it. What do you think?
Welcome to my blog...blog hoppers! I hope you will take the time to view some of my previous postings. I started blogging in May of 2010 and have added almost 160 posts. I have been asked what medium is my favorite and my answer is, "When I am using Copics, it is my favorite; but when I am watercoloring, it is my favorite!". What a conundrum... I posted today a watercolor and of course, it is my favorite! I use Art Impressions method of watercolor using Marvy Markers, a pallet and #5 brush. If you are not familiar with this technique I have included a video by Bonnie Krebs, owner of Art Impressions stamps. Happy Blog Hopping! Next stop: chrissyd723.blogspot.com
Kite
Kite Recipe:
Stamp: Joanna Sheet "Kite" FW905
Marvy Markers:
#2 Red
#12 Grey
#13 Ochre
#17 Steel Blue
#20 Magenta
#27 Olive Brown
#30 Rosewood
#36 Manganese Blue
#45 Sepia
#50 Ultramarine
#57 Rose Pink
#72 Pine Green
#75 Sky Blue
#96 Jungle Green
#100 Sapphire
#107 Eggplant
Watercolor paper 140#
Judikins MicroGlaze (to seal)
Tip of the day: I just went to Office Depot to pick up a 1" binder for 8'1/2" x 11" papers and the least expensive I could find was $4.69 and I wanted to get at least 3.....well I loaded up my arms and walked around the aisle cap and low and behold: 1 case of 12 binders 1" for $29.99. What A DEAL!
Then when I checked out (I had picked up a desk calendar too) the total was $26.48 with tax. Well, the case of binders had an instant savings of $10. So I got 12 binders for $19.99....or $1.66 each! I love surprises that save me money, don't you!
I have been working on my next batch of water color samples to send into Art Impressions. Finished the watercoloring last night....these are not done with Copic markers but with Marvy markers and water using either a palette and a brush or direct to rubber stamping. They aren't due until July 10th. Sure feels good to have them done. I still need to mat them and make them into a card....but that's the easy part. Also, Eleanor, Micki and myself got our heads together yesterday and scheduled some classes. I will post them here later.
But, the first Wednesday of the month will be doing water color "The Art Impressions Way". If you have ever wanted to get your paint brush wet and play with water color....come to the store the first Wednesday of the month for a FREE class....by me. If you have Marvy markers, water color paper, Heritage Sepia ink pad, and any Art Impressions stamps or stamp sets you would like to use....bring them. Otherwise you can pick from my collection of stamps.
