I stumbled upon this watercolour tutorial on Ink Stitch. Denice does a great job with explaining this and I am amazed that such a simple process produces such a cool finished project. This is Denice's version:
I started off with a piece of cardboard from a pasta box (one of my usual culprits because I'mcheap frugal). So I started with coats of acrylic paint instead of watercolour in butter yellow to get started.
Then I did a haphazard spray of yellow at the top, red in the middle and green at the bottom.
Now, time to add in the flowers. This was something close to hilarious. After I saw my attempt (which someone in my house, who shall remain nameless, referred to as 'something a 4-year-old might do', lol), I pulled out a sketch pad and got to work making flowers. Apparently, I need some practice in this area.
Here is how mine ended up:
I'll try this tutorial again when I get some watercolour paper because Denice's version is so pretty. I'll let you know when I do. What is your most recent,...uh,...room for improvement piece?
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I started off with a piece of cardboard from a pasta box (one of my usual culprits because I'm
Then I did a haphazard spray of yellow at the top, red in the middle and green at the bottom.
Now, time to add in the flowers. This was something close to hilarious. After I saw my attempt (which someone in my house, who shall remain nameless, referred to as 'something a 4-year-old might do', lol), I pulled out a sketch pad and got to work making flowers. Apparently, I need some practice in this area.
Here is how mine ended up:
I'll try this tutorial again when I get some watercolour paper because Denice's version is so pretty. I'll let you know when I do. What is your most recent,...uh,...room for improvement piece?
7 comments:
Looks like a fun project! Love the use of pink! :)
I like it!
I'm glad you are having fun with paint! I'm looking forward to the next one!
Hurrah for painting! Nothing wrong at all with painting on a pasta box. Better than just tossing it out!
Acrylics are awesome to paint with, I think. If you want a similar effect to watercolour, I've found you have to use a looooot of water with it. I'm not artistic genius though and my attempts at painting always end up with curled/buckled pages and watermarks lol
Hope you're enjoying the painting anyway! :)
To answer your question, "all of them." I like your sense of frugality, Terry.
LOL - sorry, I just couldn't help but laugh. It is actually pretty, though. I love the colors, and you know me and flowers. :)
You know what, it's modern art ;o) LOL! It's actually not that bad! Just a little hint, because I don't use water colors. Take very little of your acrylic paint, and a very tiny amount of water and mix it. It shouldn't be watery! Dab on your paint, then dab the excess off and paint away! That's how I get a very light affect. Have fun ;o) I am proud of you!!!
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