Happy watercolor weekend Peeps! Monday is Earth Day. I thought in honor of that, I would do a post with the As the Deer Set called Earth Day Deer. I love this new watercolor Bible Journaling set. I plan to practice more with it to create lots of serene cards. Do you have a stamp set that reminds you of Earth Day? I would love to check it out…tag us on Instagram with #AIWatercolor.
The Watercolor Piece
I inked up the stamp with the 2 deer with Chocolate and Jet Blue. I added Jet Blue over the Chocolate where the rocks are. I stamped it down on my watercolor paper. I then inked up the land and tree stamp the same way and stamped it above the original stamp, leaving space for the water.
To start off, I lightly pulled the Chocolate color from the lines from each of the deer making sure to leave a highlight. I let each layer dry and slowly built up the color. On the deer at the top, I made sure to leave the top of his face white. I used a fine point to darken in the eyes and noses on the deer.
Next, I pulled the color out of the lines from the landscape. I pulled color from underneath the rocks and dragged it into the water. I added some Cyan and Navy Blue to my palette. I added the color to the water. Once the water was dry, I added some Chocolate to create shadows.
I added Dark Jade to my palette and added grass to the grassy areas of the stamp. Additionally, I added some Dark Jade to the small grasses from the original foliage set and stamped it in several places. Make sure you ink, walk out your stamp and pull the color out using an up and out brush stroke.
Lastly, I inked the flower bunch from the original flower set inked in Rhodamine Red and stamped several places around the scene. I pulled the color out of the lines. Remember to sign and date your work, which evidently, I don’t seem to remember all the time. LOL
The Background – Herringbone technique
I used several strips of patterned paper from the Carta Bella paper pack and card stock but into different widths to create this herringbone background. If you want o know how to do this technique, here is a tutorial that can get your started. Keep in mind that the background is simple and lots of different patterns can be used. There is no right or wrong way to do this technique. I cut down the finished background to 3.50 x 4.75. I added some Vintage Photo distress ink with one of my life-changing brushes to the edges of the piece.
The Card
I die cut the watercolor piece with my stitched rectangle die. The piece was rather large, and I had to cut a significant amount off due to the background I wanted to create. I cut a mat from Gina K Designs Dark Chocolate card stock about ¼ inch larger so I would have a 1/8-inch border.
I added this to a mat of Gina K Designs Wild Wisteria card stock (3.75 x 5.00) and adhered that to a Gina K Designs Dark Chocolate mat (4.00 x 5.25). I cut the nature circle with a stitched circle die from one of the patterned papers. The entire piece was added to a card base of Neenah Solar White (5.5 x 8.5)
I hope you enjoyed my Earth Day Deer project. This is such an easy card to make and I think it is relatively easy to do. Tag us on Instagram using #AIWatercolor so we can check out your projects.
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Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have a crafty day!
SUPPLIES:
Your background is so cool and your art is beautifully colored!
Love the scene, this set is one of my favorites
Ha! Yes, I love that we’re totally on the same wavelength… wonder what we’ll do next? I had my deer card done at the same time as the robins, so it’s funny that we’d both choose them at the same time. Your scene is lovely! I love your colour choices, so rich looking. Happy Easter!