Balloon Valentine | Watercolor Weekend | Art Impressions

Welcome watercolor fans!  I hope you are enjoying the weather wherever you may be.  For me, we are in the middle of a very cold winter but it doesn’t stop me from doing the things I love, snowmobiling and water coloring.  I was inspired by Shayda Campbell‘s February bujo layout.  Here is my take on her design. I call it Balloon Valentine.  It was so easy and fun to create.  Let me tell you how I did it.

Project Details

I started out by sketching the balloon to figure out the placement and give me a guideline for when I water colored it.  To add a place for the sentiment, I added the banner and water colored it.

I added flowers along the bottom of the balloon.  I usually add my flowers first because I tend to get carried away with my foliage.  The flowers were inked with 725, added water, then dotted the centers with 636.  To fill in the piece, I added foliage (177) around the blooms and added water to soften them.

Next, I inked up my basket stamp (which I think may be retired, sorry) and used my positioner to line it up under the balloon.  I stamped it and pulled the color out of the lines.

To add some color to the balloon, I added 569 and 725 to my palette.  I painted the balloon in opposite pink and purple making sure to keep with the shape of the balloon.  Next, I added some blue behind the balloon so it gave the impression of a sky.  If I had to do it again, I would make these more like clouds.  I added some wink of stella to the white areas on the balloon.

Finally, I wrote in the sentiment and added a shadow under the banner with 569.  Lastly, I signed and dated my work.

CARD DETAILS

I cut the piece out with my rectangle dies.  Then, I cut a mat a little bigger to have an 1/8 inch border around the painting.  I added this to a white base card.

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