Ocean Cottage | Watercolor Weekend | Art Impressions Stamps

Ocean Cottage

Happy 4th of July my American peeps!  Hopefully you will have time to craft this watercolor weekend which also happens to fall at the beginning of World Watercolor Month.  I was so excited to use the new 2020 Exclusive set.  I have attended many classes just to get the exclusive set, so I was so happy to be able to purchase this one.  It’s a keeper.  I used it to create this Ocean Cottage scene.  Come with me and I’ll tell you all about it.

THE WATER COLORING

I started off by cutting a mask using a circle die and used the negative space to create the oval shape.

Next, I inked up the cottage from the Cottage Exclusive set in brown.  I pulled the color out of the lines.  To give this little cottage some color, I added some pink to my palette and painted the front and sides.  I also added some layers of brown to the room, making sure to keep the areas where the shadows would be dark. I took some blue from my palette and added it to the windows of the house.

I masked off the top of the flower box and stamped in the flower bunch that comes in the set using purple and green.  I stamped it multiple times and added water to soften them.  I added blue and brown to my palette and added in the water and sand.

For the fireworks, I inked the long grasses from the Wagon Set in red and stamped it into the sky.  I added a small amount of water.  I added some red to the water and the roof of the house.  Finally I added some blue to the sky.  I made sure to bring my color out to the edge of the mask so it would create the oval shape.  OH YEAH – I forgot to tell you I added wink of stella to the water and fireworks.

I added my signature to the bottom of the house!  I am so in love with this set, I hope you got the chance to pick it up in the limited release.  I go to a class every year just for the exclusive set (and to paint with Georgia).

THE CARD

I took the mask off revealing our oval shaped painting.  I ran it through my Big Shot using a stitched rectangle die.  Next, I cut a mat from Gina K Designs Bubblegum cardstock and adhered the painted panel to it using Gina K Designs Connect Glue.  I then adhered the entire panel to a Neenah white card base.

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I hope you all join me in painting this weekend!  Tag us so we can see your amazing work!

Have a happy & safe weekend!  Happy Independence Day!

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4 thoughts on “Ocean Cottage | Watercolor Weekend | Art Impressions Stamps”

  1. Tricia, I don’t see this cottage on the Exclusive page of the Collector’s Guide. Wondered why not.

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