Check out my new 'blinkie' over on my sidebar. I thought this would be a fun project for my students (I teach a 7th grade tech class) so I made one for my blog and will be having them design their own blinkies for their student web pages. I think they'll have fun doing it--at least I hope they will! My position was cut for next year which is a complete bummer but I guess that leaves me more time to stamp :-). Since I need to be able to afford all of this stuff, I am praying for some cards to fall into place so that I will have a job next year. My husband told me he wasn't too worried seeing I always manage to come up with something and he's right--I'll figure something out!
Jennifer Rzasa showed a really cool card in the online watercolor class I am taking and this would be my failed attempt. Don't get me wrong--I like the funky, bright colors I have going on here BUT it's clear I didn't quite get the same look that she did. My guess is that I didn't have enough water on the paper and/or brush because my colors really didn't blend OR the fact that I used my OPAQUE watercolors...uhm...ya. So the background was painted and then table salt added to give some unique texture as the painting dried--my salt didn't seem to do much of anything so I will be trying this again with more water and maybe different paints.
Here was another attempt where I used more water--you can definitely see where the salt affected the coloring. I still think the paint was still too dry or something in some areas as you can see distinct brush lines--especially with the black. I'm pretty far behind with practicing and creating so I will tackle this technique again at some point!
One thing I did do after watching Jennifer's video was I taped my paper down onto my nifty Epicurean Handy Board (idea I stole from Jennifer McGuire) and I actually LET THE PROJECT DRY on its own--yes, patience. The beautiful thing was seeing how the paper was so flat once I released the tape. Typically I am really working to get my watercolor to lay flat since I'm too impatient to leave it along, but leaving it taped to dry overnight was really a good idea!
Got some new stamps in from Papertrey Ink--loving these brush scripts that are all the rage right now. Can't wait to see what Winnie & Walter are releasing later this week!
Here was another attempt where I used more water--you can definitely see where the salt affected the coloring. I still think the paint was still too dry or something in some areas as you can see distinct brush lines--especially with the black. I'm pretty far behind with practicing and creating so I will tackle this technique again at some point!
One thing I did do after watching Jennifer's video was I taped my paper down onto my nifty Epicurean Handy Board (idea I stole from Jennifer McGuire) and I actually LET THE PROJECT DRY on its own--yes, patience. The beautiful thing was seeing how the paper was so flat once I released the tape. Typically I am really working to get my watercolor to lay flat since I'm too impatient to leave it along, but leaving it taped to dry overnight was really a good idea!
Got some new stamps in from Papertrey Ink--loving these brush scripts that are all the rage right now. Can't wait to see what Winnie & Walter are releasing later this week!