Second post for today..
for my Niji post click
here
My
Season's Greetings post had a reader asking me how I created the wet foggy look on my card and if I had a secret to share!
..I wish I had something to tell, but, honestly.... no.... I don't !
Whenever
possible, I try to explain how I achieved a certain effect, but most
times, it's just trial and error and happy accidents! With watercolor,
it's about knowing when to stop fiddling and letting it just be. It took
me a long time to understand that, but once I realized that, I began
enjoying watercolors !
Most of my work is done wet in
wet, as in dampening the paper and applying color, I enjoy this
technique the most. This almost always leads to some surprise mixing and
blending of colors on their own which gives some really good
unintentional effects. At the same time, this is very difficult to copy
and recreate, every piece will be unique and slightly different from
each other.
For all those questions about how to go about
watercoloring, my only answer would be.....accept the unpredictable
nature of this medium, that would be your first step towards success
and of course, keep trying and experimenting ..don't quit!
Some
day I hope to start doing video tutorials, until then, I shall help and
encourage all my readers through stepped out pics! For now, I have some
over
Faber Castell and
Niji .
Hope this helps!
Here is today's card ......
I played around some more with my PTI city scene stamp set and here is what I came up with...
..After
London, it's greetings from Paris!
Watercolored a scene around the stamped images.
Also brushed on some Iridescent medium on the Eiffel Tower, it gives it a shimmery silvery( are these even words or have I just made them up? hmmnn!) effect.
A closer look.....
Sharing with
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge- keep it clean and simple
Thanks so much for stopping by today.
Greetings from Paris!
