So here I am at my last level 3 AECP class. For someone who does not know how to watercolor, I have a ridiculous amount of watercolor paints from several different companies. Watercolor painting is something that I would love to learn but not something that I have spent a lot of time with. So this is why I decided to do the Artists' Watercolor 101 class taught by Emily Midgett.
Emily does a good job teaching the basics of watercolor in this class. She went over the basics of paints, tools, and techniques of basic watercolor making easy for beginners to understand. Emily explains wet-to-dry, diluted, color movement, wet on wet, color layering and ombre` backgrounds in this class and gives examples of each.
Emily does a good job teaching the basics of watercolor in this class. She went over the basics of paints, tools, and techniques of basic watercolor making easy for beginners to understand. Emily explains wet-to-dry, diluted, color movement, wet on wet, color layering and ombre` backgrounds in this class and gives examples of each.
This is a good way to get familiar with how the paints react. She also showed us how to get a good feel for the opacity of the paints using a glazing chart.
Card 1
For this card the image was heat embossed using Altenew Obsidian Pigment ink and Crystal Clear embossing powder. This card uses just basic watercoloring technique to give the image depth and dimension. Heat embossing the image creates a "well" for the water and paint to stay inside making it easier to control.
I then used Altenew Ornate nesting die to cut a base in Altenew Jet Black cardstock for the stamp image to have a grounding place. After playing around with placement I decided the background needed more color, so I embossed a 4.25"x5.5" piece of Altenew Puffy Heart cardstock with Altenew's Masonry Wall 3D embossing folder.
I then used Altenew Ornate nesting die to cut a base in Altenew Jet Black cardstock for the stamp image to have a grounding place. After playing around with placement I decided the background needed more color, so I embossed a 4.25"x5.5" piece of Altenew Puffy Heart cardstock with Altenew's Masonry Wall 3D embossing folder.
SUPPLIES USED
Stamps: Altenew Dazzling Dahlia stamps and dies
Dies & Plates: Altenew One Go: Sentiment Strips press plate, Altenew Ornate nesting die
Dies & Plates: Altenew One Go: Sentiment Strips press plate, Altenew Ornate nesting die
Misc: Altenew Masonry Wall embossing folder, Altenew Artist Watercolor palette, #4 & #6 Watercolor Brushes
Paper: Altenew Watercolor paper cold press, Altenew cardstock, Neenah cardstock
Card 2
Card 2 uses an ombre` background technique. I have seen so many do this type of background but had not tried it for myself. I love this technique and plan on using it often. It is fairly simple although I can see that I need quite a bit of practice to get a better transition in my colors.
For this technique the watercolor paper was taped to a hardboard and then using Altenew watercolor paint and a large brush you just paint in stripes across the cardstock gradually bring the colors together as you move along.
You should try to use colors that are close on the ROY G BIV spectrum and you need to be mindful of color theory mixing so that you do not end up with a muddy mixture.
You can leave it taped to the board and allow it to dry, which helps to stop warping or you can dry it with your heat tool to speed up the process.
Once the background was dry, I used Altenew Just Leaves die to cut a leaf bunch with Altenew Jet Black cardstock and Altenew Timeless Sentiments 2 die to cut 2 of the sentiment for layering to give the card some dimension. The background panel was adhered to a card base and the dies were adhered using Bearly Arts Liquid Glue.
For this technique the watercolor paper was taped to a hardboard and then using Altenew watercolor paint and a large brush you just paint in stripes across the cardstock gradually bring the colors together as you move along.
You should try to use colors that are close on the ROY G BIV spectrum and you need to be mindful of color theory mixing so that you do not end up with a muddy mixture.
You can leave it taped to the board and allow it to dry, which helps to stop warping or you can dry it with your heat tool to speed up the process.
Once the background was dry, I used Altenew Just Leaves die to cut a leaf bunch with Altenew Jet Black cardstock and Altenew Timeless Sentiments 2 die to cut 2 of the sentiment for layering to give the card some dimension. The background panel was adhered to a card base and the dies were adhered using Bearly Arts Liquid Glue.
SUPPLIES USED
Dies: Altenew Timeless Sentiments 2, Altenew Just Leaves
Paper: Altenew Watercolor, Altenew cardstock, Neenah cardstock
Paper: Altenew Watercolor, Altenew cardstock, Neenah cardstock
Misc: Altenew Artist Watercolor palette, #12 Watercolor Brush
Incredible job Suzanne!
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