Hello watercolor fans, welcome back! This weekend I chose a stamp set from 2018, the Hobbit Door. I really wanted it to feel like the house was under a dirt mound. This is always such a fun set to play with. Here’s how I created this Hobbit House with an unusually bright pink door (why not? Right, it’s just too fun).
The Painting
First, I started off by inking the Hobbit Door with 969 and 569 (along the stairs, door hinges and door handle). I did NOT stamp it off as I wanted to make it pretty dark. I stamped it onto the watercolor paper. Next, I masked it off using some Post It tape to protect it from the stamping of the cliff above it. I inked the short cliff up with 177 on top and 969 on the bottom, and stamped it above the door.
Next, I pulled the color out of the lines beneath the tops of each of the stones, layering additional color on top for character. Just to vary the stones a bit, I added a small amount of yellow on top. When it was dry, I added some cracks with my black Twintone marker.
I pulled the color out of around the outside of the door and down from underneath the grass. You need to use layering to build the color up behind the door. I added a wash of green to the top of the grassy area. Once it was dry, I stamped some grass along the ridges on top of the cliff. I pulled the color out of the lines and added some brown in between. I used blue-green and purple to ink up the dots from the original flowers set to create the flowers on top.
For the door, I pulled additional color into the shadows and then layers pink and purple in varying shades to create depth. I was going to go realistic, but then thought “No” why not make it a pretty girl door. And I’m the artist, so that’s what I did. Lastly, I used the greenery from the original foliage set to create the bushes along the bottom. I added water to the flowers and foliage. I used some blue for the sky. I wanted it to really feel “watercolory” so I added a lot of water to the edges to fade them out. I pulled out my Kendra dots to add some dots in the background for a more whimsical look. I signed and dated it.
Check out my other hobbit house video here!
The Card
To create the card, I used a Gina K Designs die set to cut out the image and the mat (Gina K Turquoise Sea). Using my MISTI, I stamped “Home Sweet Home” using Gina K ink in the bottom left corner. I glued them all together using connect glue.
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