Ik heb al jaren flesjes Stampinback water color staan en ook al jaren niks meer mee gedaan. Water color heeft wat weg van ecoline en shadow paint. Voor dit kaartje heb ik aquarel papier nat gemaakt en met de druppelaar die op het flesje zit verschillende gekleurde banen getrokken. Daarna met een tandenborstel er wat waterdruppels op laten vallen en de boel laten drogen. Het heeft zo wel wat weg van alcohol inkt maar door de structuur van het aquarel papier en de frisse kleuren is het toch ook helemaal anders. Met StazOn Jet Black bestempeld en afgewerkt. Onderaan heb ik de grassprieten stempel een paar keer afgedrukt en op de puntjes van de sprieten een klein stempeltje gezet wat bij een kerst serie hoorde. Groetjes Ank

This is a 12" x 18" poster of my Useful Fungi series of watercolor illustrations. This poster has been professionally printed onto lovely matte 100 lb card stock and initialed and dated on the reverse. The generous top and bottom margins are perfect for framing using a wooden poster hanger (which also makes it very easy to change out posters every now and then). This listing does NOT include the wooden, magnetic poster hanger used in the photo. Your poster will be carefully packaged in a kraft tube for mailing. ★ Frame NOT included ★ I do my best to portray colors accurately, however different monitors (and cameras) will vary in how they display colors. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER AND GET 10% OFF: https://twigandmoth.myflodesk.com/newsletter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ***Purchase does not transfer copyright. For more information, please read our Terms of Use here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/AliceCantrell/policy ***

A selection of abstract pattern watercolor art from my portfolio

I’ve had a few requests for more cards requiring only minimal supplies, so I thought I would create another for Valentine’s Day. This card has a definite sketchy look, so it lends itself well to all levels of watercolor experience. After creating a heart “stencil” using a Post-It note, I traced the hearts onto the ...

Gratitude as deep and wide as the ocean. Each E. Frances card begins as an original watercolor painting, is then printed in brilliant color on luxe, heavyweight paper and is finally kissed with gold foil. Boxed set of 6 cards Made in the USA. 4.25" x 5.5" folded Blank interior Soft pine green envelope

I am a BIG fan of using watercolour in my journal! Personally, I find it’s the quickest way to colour in a spread, and I just love the effects you can create with this medium. However, as we all probably know by now (and maybe like me you found out the hard way), most dot grid journals are not made to withstand water. This doesn’t mean we cannot use watercolour, but it does mean we have to be mindful when picking a journal and tweak our painting techniques to avoid notebook disasters. In this blog I will help you pick the right journal for you, and let you know some tips I have found along the way that will help you avoid bleeding and get the best results with watercolour in your journal. Recommended Supplies: Archer and Olive Journal – This is the only journal I have found that can withstand watercolour with no ghosting or bleeding. Watercolours – My go-to watercolours are Winsor and Newton as they offer a brilliant range of colours at an affordable price. Paintbrushes – To be able to paint pretty much anything, I recommend having a mop brush (for covering large areas), a medium sized round brush (can do everything!), and a fine brush (for small details). Washi Tape – Great for lining your pages for bigger pieces. Fineliners – For outlines! My favourites are the Unipin fineliners as they’re waterproof, affordable and have a strong nib. Heat Tool - Or a hair dryer! Pencil Tip One: Picking Your Journal Before buying a journal, it is important to do some research to see if it will handle the mediums you plan to use in it. Instagram is brilliant for this as you can search brand-specific hashtags for genuine images of people using that journal and how it holds up. Alternatively, if you know a creator who uses watercolour, don’t be afraid to ask them what they’re using! Many times in the past I have sent unedited pictures and videos of my journals to help people make their choice. It is also important to note that you can also message the brand and ask them how their journal handles watercolours. If it does, they should send you examples from their customers! However, I would only do this if cannot find the examples yourself, as the brand will be bias and want you to buy their product. Here are some brands that I personally have experience with: Archer and Olive – beautiful white paper, no bleeding, and no ghosting. My personal favourite! Leuchtturm1917 – there is a lot of controversy around how this journal performs, but the coated pages do hold watercolour exceptionally well. However, there is a lot of ghosting, so it will depend on your personal preferences whether this one is for you. Dingbats – similar to the LT1917. Only differences are I would say it holds slightly less water, but does ghost less. However, the pages are on the yellow side of cream, and the Wildlife range have perforated pages which you either have to avoid or risk bleeding. Lemome – extremely similar to the Dingbats. Scribbles That Matter – these journals have lovely thick pages, but they do not handle watercolour at all as the pages are not coated. Nuuna – gorgeous journals, but do not hold watercolour. Tip Two: Water Control When you have picked a journal that you know can handle watercolour, it is important to remember that it is NOT watercolour paper. You aren’t going to be able use the same techniques in your journal that you use on 300gsm cotton paper! The main tip to remember is to limit the amount of water you use. Even though you won’t be able to do crazy wet-on-wet techniques or several heavy washes, you can still do most things using less water. What I like to do is dedicate a page in the back for testing, or if you like Dutch Door layouts, save the spare paper for practice. You will quickly learn how much water is ‘too much’. Tip Three: Layering The main way to ensure you’re not saturating the paper is to let the paper dry between layers. This is because if you’re putting more and more colour on the page, you’re also adding more water on already wet paper. I’ve found that when people are using journals that can handle watercolour, but they tell me they’re still experiencing bleeding, it’s because they’re unknowingly using more water than they think. Tip Four: Dry With A Heat Tool Letting the paper dry between layers can be time-consuming. A way to ensure you don’t get impatient is to invest in a heat tool. A heat tool is basically a more focused hair dryer, and it can dry watercolour layers in seconds! Also, I believe it reduces page wrinkling too! Tip Five: Washi Tape Barrier Lining the page/painting with Washi Tape (or any peelable tape) has many benefits: It leaves a crisp line around the painting. Ensures you don’t get watercolour where you don’t want it! Avoids watercolour seeping around the edge of the page and onto the other side. Reduces some of the page warping/wrinkling. Tip Six: Flatten Pages If you’re painting a large area, it is quite common to get a little page warping/wrinkling (even with the heat tool). Whilst it doesn’t bother me too much, it can be annoying if the pages don’t lie flat when it’s open beside you, or if you need a killer photo for your Instagram. Thankfully, this is super easy to fix! All you need to do is gather some heavy items (books/small weights/boxes) and leave them on top of your journal overnight. By the morning they should have sufficiently flattened out! Hopefully I’ve given you some confidence to dig out your watercolours and paint in your journal. If I have, I would love to see your spreads, so tag me on Instagram (@hayleyremdeart) and use #hayleyremdeinspired to get the chance to get your creations featured in my stories!

With a drop of watercolor, it’s possible to give birth to the most adorable creatures. Mexican illustrator, Oliver Flores created a pack of baby penguins,

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These vibrant note cards feature the original artwork of Dafne Murillo (Lima, Peru). Dafne was a winner of the 2014 Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Student Contest. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DETAILS - One (1) card with envelope (approximately 5.5"x4" folded). - Inside is blank; artist information is on the back. - Original artwork is mixed-media: watercolor, ink, and collage. - Shipped directly from Bow Seat headquarters in Westwood, Mass. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As an organization that supports the work of the next generation of ocean caretakers, Bow Seat will not make any profit from our Etsy sales. Instead, we share 100% of the profit (after production costs) with the student artist and our ocean conservation partners. If you would like a chance to have your art sold at Bow Seat's Etsy shop, enter our annual Ocean Awareness Contest. Find out more at bowseat.org. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ORIGINAL ARTIST STATEMENT Due to its mild seaside climate, my country, Peru, is an ideal place for whale sightings. For many people in the coastal region, being able to see a blue or a humpback whale is not a rare occurrence, leading to a lucrative bio-marine tourism industry. Ironically, Peruvian beaches are some of the most polluted in the world. I've been involved in two annual beach-cleaning projects and have been stunned by the countless bottles and plastic bags that spread across the shoreline of Lima alone. This is a factor that inspired my piece. My art project is my version of the "iceberg" metaphor: people can only see the portion above the surface but are oblivious to the portion undersea. I feel this is the case in Peru (as in many other countries); people can appreciate the whales yet fail to realize that by continuing to litter the sea with their plastic waste, they are responsible for the extinction of this cetaceous, which may unknowingly mistake the plastic for food. Therefore in my work I portray a whale emerging from the water - while the portion above the water is a regular painting of the animal, the submerged portion is the outline of the whale made completely out of plastic waste. I used acrylic to paint the upper whale and watercolours for the sea and sky. For the submerged portion I made a collage, pasting real plastic wrappers that I had painted and cut to resemble real waste.