LOOSE WATERCOLORING | Altenew Celebrating Watercolors Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello Lovelies!

Recently, I had a NO CREATIVE MOJO kind of day. Which was a pretty big problem as there was a basket full of new products in front of me that needed to be crafted with because the sample DUE-date was fast approaching!  EEEEK!! 

After a few deep breathes, and thoughts of CALM BLUE OCEAN, I remembered a video from Dawn that had sparked my interest...yet I hadn't taken the time to play along. So I grabbed the Watercolor 36 Pan Set, Watercolor Paper, and Artists' Watercolor Brushes. Chose a stamp set from a previous release and sat down for a bit of a WATERcolor-along session with Dawn. 

Relaxation ensued and to my surprise, what looked like a HOT MESS in the beginning ended up being looking like something that I wouldn't be too embarrassed to share.

Don't get me wrong, all three pieces have a wild flower, messy look about them. But that sort of style is quite to my liking :)

The process is simple: Lightly stamp a floral cluster onto watercolor paper, and use the composition of the stamped image to color in the loose blooms and leaves. Dry tie is not needed because part of the beauty of the technique is the colors running together. One of my biggest problems in using this technique is not making muddy brown with poor color choices. So I stuck with suggestions from the video.

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Here's a closer look at each piece and the end results in card form. 

• All three pieces are stamped with the outline image from Craft Your Life Project Kit: Always Sunshine with Butternut Crisp Dye Ink
• All three pieces took less than 45 minutes to loosely watercolor... shocked that it was that quick!
• In hindsight, I wished that I had cut larger pieces of paper to begin with. so it would have been easier to rotate/choose final positions for the final cardfront.
• Stamped sentiments are from Fancy Greetings Stamp Set, inked with Obsidian Pigment Ink

1st attempt:

Gloppy,  I followed too closely to the shapes of the stamped images

So I re-stamped the image once it was dry with Obsidian Pigment Ink

Next I added some doodling with the Fine Liner Pen Set and dropped a bit of deeper watercolor in the parts of shadow. Added splatter and white detail with a White Gel Pen.

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2nd attempt:

A bit more freestyle,  I added a second large bloom free-hand

Trimmed it down to a slim-line and added a pop of bright color with the COTTON CANDY Watercolor Brush Marker

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3rd attempt:

My favorite because of the airy bits of white space left in the blooms and leaves.

Again, I dropped a bit more color in areas to create depth and added deatails with the smallest deatail brush.

Kept it simple by scoring a frame at the edges using the Crafter's Essential Scoring Board.

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After completing these cards, I decided that this LOOSE watercoloring technique needs to be visited more often! It was relaxing, satisfying, plus, it did spark my crafty MOJO for other assignments. Thank you DAWN for pulling me out of a slump.

I'm Joining a SUPER FUN BLOG HOP with several ladies focusing on WATERCOLOR SETS from ALTENEW :)

Your NEXT STOP is Hussena Calcuttawala

Giveaway Prizes

$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this special blog hop, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $25 gift certificate to 8 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 08/05/2022 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 10 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 08/09/2022.

 

Blog Hop Order

Altenew Card Blog

Jenny Colacicco

Kelly Taylor

Therese Calvird

Amber Rain Davis

Seeka

Virginia Lu

Tina Smith

Ishani Sai

Isha Gupta

Tenia Nelson

Joylita Dsouza

Karen Brown

Sandhya Iyer

Terri Koszler

LauraJane < YOU are here

Hussena Calcuttawala

Nenette Madero

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 Creations you will find on The WATERCOLOR HOP

Thanks for stopping by :)

LauraJane:)