It never ceases to amaze me where we find inspiration as artists. I was visiting a Quilter friend today and she showed me a book by a Quilt artist. One photo just jumped out at me and I had to try and capture the colours she had used.
I don't pretend to be a watercolour artist and I did find it hard to "stop" before the colours became muddy. But overall, I am pretty happy with the end result.
I used Stampin' Up!'s watercolour paper and an Aqua Painter to apply a watercolour wash in Daffodil Delight, Strawberry Slush, Perfect Plum and Early Espresso Inks. I have masked with Post-it-notes and sponged Early Espresso ink for the Islands and foreground. I then stamped the tree image from Serene Silhouettes. A simple sentiment in Early Espresso completed the card.
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Shut UP!!!!! This is amazing. An incredible piece of art.
ReplyDeletegreat card, love the sunset effect!! :)
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely, beautiful colours, greet Miranda
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ReplyDeleteWow ... this is so amazing !
Continue with the inspiration
for us.
Glenda
Dunedin
This is amazing Paula you are so clever.
ReplyDeletePaula you are amazing, I'm so envious of your talent. Hugs Janet.
ReplyDeleteWow! This is outstanding. Fantabulous job!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful card! Fab!
ReplyDelete...shut the front door!!!!! This card is just gorgeous! I'll bet this one was fun to make. Just beautiful. Case-ing this one for sure! Thanks! Have a super day!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Paula, for being a NZSU pic of the week. You truly are an artist when it comes to water colouring!
ReplyDeleteYou NEVER cease to amaze me with your talent. This is so beautiful. You are very talented. TFS :)
ReplyDeleteGiggled at Bobbi's comment! This truly is stunning! Hugs xxx
ReplyDeletePaula! What brilliantly applied water color techniques! The intense colors are amazing. thank you for sharing the technique, and treating my eyes! hugs, de
ReplyDeletehi paula! this is such an amazing card! I wish I could make one like that!
ReplyDeleteLove it! It's so fun when you can take a creative vision and carry it through to completion—this turned out very well!
ReplyDeleteI just found this card on Pinterest - this is stunning. I had to look at it to see that it wasn't a photo you made into a card. I love it
ReplyDeleteI'm working my way through all of your old posts since I found one of your cards on Pinterest. I just came to this one and WOW!!!!! That doesn't look like any "wash" I've ever seen. It looks like you purposely painted a BEAUTIFUL cloudy sky and water and then stamped the rest of the scene. It is just gorgeous!! I wish I could do a watercolor "background" that looked so good! :) :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for your lovely comments! It truly was a wash, with a few intentional swipes of colour to give a more realistic look to the scene :-)
DeletePaula wow, this card is so beautiful, you're a color artist!
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