Hi Watercolor Fans! Welcome Back. This weekend I was inspired to create a silhouette scene by the great Michelle Hoskins. I thought it looked fun and easy, and it didn’t disappoint.
I started out by taping down my watercolor paper and creating a square opening mask with some post-it tape. I inked the posts up with 025 Black and stamped it in the middle-ish of the bottom of the square. I then inked up the bird, also with black and, using my positioner, stamped it on top of the post. I added more black from my palette. In order to get a nice dark black, you need to layer the black. Let each layer dry before adding the next layer.
I covered the bird and posts with post-it masking tape and started adding clean water to the background. By taping down the paper it will help with the curling. I added some colors to my palette, picked up color and added it to the water. I added many layers. If you don’t like what you did, you can pull color up, add more, add clean water to create blooms. So many things you can do to create something you are happy with. Just play!
Once the sky was complete, I added some colors into the water and some black in the background to look like trees. Once it was all dry, I added some bleed proof white to the white caps on the waves. I also watered some down and pulled them away from where the sun would be to look like beams of light (not sure if that was accomplished, but I like it 😊). I inked the small birds up and stamped them into the top left corner.
The most satisfying part, pulling off the masks. Once that was done, I signed and dated my work. I cut it out with the rectangle stitched die to look like a polaroid picture. This way you can put any sentiment on it and send it on it’s way!
I hope you join me, the rest of the crew and Michelle in trying this cool technique. You can use any stamp you have. I hope you have a creative day and thanks for spending some time with us!
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Have the set to try this and I will. Love it. Beautiful sky and water.