Welcome watercolor fans to Watercolor Weekend! We have another exciting weekend full of inspirational projects. I created a Flowering Bicycle to help you get over the winter blues. Make sure you head on over to the Art Impressions blog to see my fellow design team members projects.
PROJECT DETAILS
First, I started off by inking the larger bicycle with Dark Blue and Brown. To ensure that wasn’t too dark, I stamped it off. Then I stamped it onto my watercolor paper. I pulled the color out of the lines and added some additional color from my palette.
I added some Mauve to the bicycle and Dark Blue and Brown to the tires. I also added some brown to the seat and basket for added interest. Next, I inked up the blooms from Flower Set 4 with Purple and Green. I stamped it several times to the left side of the basket. For the larger blooms, I inked them in Pink and stamped them several times inside of the basket, making sure to leave room for the leaves. I repeated this on the smaller basket inked in Purple. I added water to all of the blooms.
To create a background that looked like fence, I inked the wood slats from the Wall Texture set with Brown and some Dark Blue, stamped it off and, using my positioner, added it around the bicycle. I added water to wash out the slats so they were less prominent.
To create the foliage, I inked up the small vine with Green and stamped it around the blooms and over the top of the basket. I added water to the leaves. I added some Brown under the slats and below the bicycle to ground it. Next, I added Green to the small grasses and stamped them on the ground.
Lastly, I inked the “Stop and Smell The Flowers!” sentiment with Brown and Green and, using my MISTI, stamped it to the right of the bicycle. Last but not least, I signed and dated my project.
CARD DETAILS
I ran the painting through my Big Shot using the Gina K Designs Master Layouts 2 dies. Using the same die set, I cut a piece of Gina K Designs Christmas Pine card stock. I glued them together and to the card base using Connect Glue.
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Thank you so much for joining us this weekend. I hope you were inspired to create a spring project of your own.
Have a crafty day!
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