Hi Watercolor Fans! Welcome back to another watercolor weekend and ANOTHER fabulous release. I chose to do a simple scene using the new ROCKS and POND sets. Here is my Simple Things card. This card is so versatile it could be a masculine card, birthday, sympathy or virtually any type of card you can think of. When I do these types of cards for my own stash, I leave the sentiment off so that I can add it when I need it.
The Painting
I inked two of the larger rock clusters from the ROCKS set in 569 and 969, stamped them off and onto my watercolor paper. I pulled the color out of the lines, making sure to leave a highlight at the top. Now that I am ready to add color to the rocks, I added some 569 and 969 to my palette and just randomly built up the color. These are so awesome because there is no wrong way to add the color. I think lots of color variations work great.
Next, I added some 528 to my palette and I started layering in the water. After a couple of passes, I started concentrating darker color around and behind the rocks. I added some 565 up close to the rocks.
To create the cattails and greenery, I started off by masking off the rocks and inked the larger grass from the POND set with 249. I stamped it a few times behind the rocks. To soften the lines, I added some water. The cattails in this set are so cute, I used both inked with 969, stamped several times between the leaves. I added some water to them to soften them.
Lastly, I used some 569, 526 and 528 to create some puffy clouds in the sky. Finally, I signed and dated my work.
The Card
I cut the piece using the Rectangle Stitched die and my big shot machine. I placed the cut painting onto a mat made from a black piece of card stock using the next size Rectangle Stitched die. I placed it into my MISTI and stamped the “It’s the simple things” sentiment into the corner using Gina K Amalgam ink. I glued that to a white card base.
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So simple, but so beautiful. Love your water and the sky too.