Watercolor School: Budget Kit for Absolute Beginners. Lesson Three.

Paint these two paintings along with me in your 16 page art journal made from 2 sheets of watercolour paper! 

Add new techniques to your repertoire and loosen up your painting style. 

In this lesson you will learn how to create perspective in your painting, and how to make a loose Wash background .

Have a marvellously creative day, Vicki x🎨🖼🖌🙂
 

Negative Painting Hearts Watercolor Card! 2 Fun Techniques to try. 💙♥️💜

 

Have you ever tried negative painting? No, I don’t mean painting when you’re in a negative mood! LOL 

This technique is quite simple. You basically paint images BEHIND the first image. Paint as many layers as you like ( I went a bit OTT with mine ) , but three layers would still give you this cool effect. 

I also used a wax paper technique to add texture to my hearts.  This was super fun , and one I will use again.

Have a marvellously creative day, Vicki 💙💜♥️

Elegant Writer Watercolour Painting : just one pen, a stamp and water!

This pen is MAGIC! 

I created this portrait using a Prima stamp and the Elegant Writer calligraphy pen. 

The black ink breaks into mesmerising colours of cerise pink, turquoise, pale blue and black once you add water. 

 It’s fun and easy, and you can create a portrait using any stamp that has a face on it.

Use Watercolor paper for this technique. Splash water onto the background, let it sit for a few moments, then blot up with a paper towel. Once you have completed and dried your portrait, add splashes of wet ink around the outside for added texture.

 Have a marvellously creative day! Vicki 🙂🎨

The Magic of Salt and Granulating Watercolor: 6 Cards.

 If you’ve never tried granulating Watercolor paints mixed with salt, then this technique will knock your socks off! 😄I used Daniel Smith Paints, plus Winsor and Newton Paynes Grey to create these 6 cards, then finished them with diecut greetings. They fit a standard notecard size envelope. I hope you give this a try. Have a marvellously creative weekend. Vicki x

Transparent Watercolor Leaves with Doodles.

Using more water in the second layer makes these leaves look transparent. 

A sepia marker gives a much softer accent than black, and ties in with the colour scheme.

Beginner friendly Watercolor Card. 

Have a marvellously creative day! Vicki 🌟🙂

 

Latest Art Haul, Swatching, and Make a Card!

 

Have a marvellously creative weekend! Vicki 🙂

This is the no line colouring technique I demonstrate in the video using Inktense pencils.

After I filmed the video, I used the Inktense pencils to draw lines directly into wet watercolour to create this fish painting.

Look at the vibrancy! This has now become my all -time favourite way to combine ink and watercolours. I added the gold and white lines with paint pens once the paint had dried.

2022 Christmas Baubles Watercolor Painting: Tips and Tricks.

 This watercolour painting was made using a small ceramic dish as a stamp to create the 3 circle shapes. 

I show you how to create easy dimension in each bauble by lifting out the colour using a simple tissue. Gently “kissing” each circle together creates beautiful bleeds. 

2022 Christmas Cards: Easy Masked Watercolor Trees.

No fail Watercolor technique, perfect for beginners. These trees were a breeze to paint ( I painted the whole 3 at once! ,) if you haven’t tried the Chux magic Eraser on your Watercolor yet, you’ll be amazed to see how easy it is to fix mistakes. I used my Daniel Smith paints for this, but budget watercolour paints would work too. 

Have a marvellously creative day! Vicki 🌟🎄🎅🏼🙂
 

Christmas 2022: Seven Snowy Gnome Cards.

Part of the 2022 Christmas Series of cards, these seven snowy gnomes are stamped on Crumb Cake card ( or Kraft would work as well.) See how I create dimensional snow , and see how you can personalise the scene with a scene building stamp set. Stamps are from Amazon. 

 

Christmas 2022 Modern Christmas Tree Cards

 Yes, it’s that time of year again! Time to start building our stash of Christmas Cards.

I have designed 6 Modern Christmas cards using simple designs and left over paper from my stash.

These are very quick to put together and are mainly collaged, with the greetings stamped on the inside.

Enjoy!

Have a marvellously creative day, Vicki x

How to Paint a Wreath Using Zig Brush Pens.

 

These flowers are seriously the easiest flowers you will ever paint. A gold pen creates a wreath.

The flowers appear to weave under and over the gold wreath. See in the video how I masked off some areas and how a fast, confident hand creates the easiest wreath you will ever draw. 

I am really into customising envelopes these days with my envelope punch board. 

It gives you the freedom to create cards of every shape and size.

Have a marvellously creative weekend!

Vicki 🌟🎨

Hand Painted Metallic Watercolor Card. A Fish and a Wish.

 Easy Watercolor practice painting wavy lines to make….you guessed it! Waves. Add a touch of metallic, and those bubbles! This makes a fun thank you card. Stamp set is A Fish and a Wish from Stampinup.

Resist Watercolor Cards. Use this technique to create an easy Watercolor background.

Try this technique with any Watercolor paints you have to hand. 

It’s fun and easy. 

I used Canson XL Watercolor paper, which is my favourite paper for Cardmaking.