Hi!
Today is my turn to share some inspiration at the Inspiration Journal and since I've had some questions about watercoloring lately I thought I could do a little tutorial:
A lot of people think watercolor is a difficult media and even though I paint quite a lot I totally agree (-: – but it doesn’t have to be difficult. I’ll show how easy it is to create a landscape scene that I think will be appreciated by the reciever no matter what age or gender.
I start out by wetting my watercolor paper – if you use
a 140 lb paper there is no need to stretch it, but if your paper is thinner
than that you might want to tape it to a cardboard before you start to prevent
it from bulging while you’re painting.
Pic 2
When the paper is still wet I add the sky/cloud colors so they spred on the
wet paper and create realistic looking cloudes; I like Ultramarine mixed with a
little bit of paynes grey or burt sienna for this. I let that dry completely before I go on with the next step.
Then I simply paint stripes of different colors to
create mountains, hills, fields and grass, making sure I use cool colors for
the mountains and hills and warmer colors for the grass and fields that are
closer. This is an easy way to create distance in a painting and especially
important in a simple scene like this where there isn’t much else to guide the
eye.
I used mixes of ultamarine and viridian for the distat
hillsa and then raw sienna, burnt sienna and burnt umber for the fields and
grass. For the very darks I mix ultramarine with burnt umber. You can of course
choose any colors you like but try to stick to a limited number of colors –
that way it is easier to create harmony in your painting.
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I then spatter some darker colors (ultramarine mixed
with burnt umber) to the bottom to
create a bit of texture. Make sure you
protect the rest of the painting with a piece of scrap paper before doing this!
Pic 4
You can of course also use stamps to create leaves or
plants. In this example I’ve used Paper Smooches Botanicals 2.
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When I’m happy with my painting it is time to “frame”
it. I used Lawn Fawn’s wonderful stitched rectangles for this. I put a smaller die
inside a larger one and use washi tape to keep them in place like that when I
diecut them.
Pic 6
I then adhere my little painting to a cardbase, stamp a
sentiment underneath and then adhere the frame using foam adhesive.
Pic 7
Supplies I used to create this card: Winsor Newton’s watercolor paints, Paper Smooches Botanicals 2, Lawn Fawn Dies; Stiched Rectangles, Lawn Fawn Stamps; # Awesome,Watercolor paper (daler rowney)
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Dies: Lawn Fawn
Stamps: Lawn Fawn Paper Smooches Ink; Archival Jet Black
Paints or markers; Winsor Newton water colors
Adhesive; Plus Glue tape Glue Dots Foam adhesive; EK tools
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Have a great day, hugs, Karin
10 comments:
No, I'm sorry, Karin... it couldn't be this easy! Just stunning... you are the BEST at creating clouds!!!
=] Michele
Gorgeous! You seriously made this look so easy. I promise to try. Fingers crossed for remotely similar results! Thanks for the lesson!
WOW! Thanks for the tutorial, it's very encouraging. I love your beautiful scene!
Wonderful! Gorgeous scene and I love the frame you made for it!
Thanks for a great art lesson for this gloomy afternoon. The kiddos and I will enjoy working on some scenes.
Hugs!
Thanks for a great art lesson for this gloomy afternoon. The kiddos and I will enjoy working on some scenes.
Hugs!
LOVE!
Stunning! Your watercolour scene looks great - thanks for the step by step :)
Beautiful card and a great tutorial! Thanks for sharing your technique with us.
Two of your passions in one project...spectacular! You are amazing!
Hugs,
Debbie
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