Hello watercolor fans! Thank you for stopping by for some Art Impressions watercolor inspiration. This weekend I chose to do a Summer Birdhouse.
I love this older stamp set. It is a perfect non-gender all occasion show stopper! Let me tell you how I created it. Make sure you check out Karen and Diane’s cards by the Art Impressions blog!
I started out by inking the large birdhouse with brown and blue. I stamped it off and then stamped into into the middle of my watercolor paper. I didn’t pull the color out of the lines because I wanted the leaves to be really soft and I wasn’t sure how much of the pole would show. Glad I did because I love how the flowers came out. I left off a little of the top right of the roof so I could place the bird there.
Next I used the Cardinal stamp, without my positioner, inked up with brown, stamped it off, then stamped it onto the roof of the birdhouse. Using the small vine inked with green and stamped a few bunches around the base sides and right of the house. I used a bit more water to soften just the ends of the leaves. Once that was dry, I inked it up again with the bright green and stamped a couple of times over the soften leaves. This brightened them up.
I pulled the color out of the lines and then added some additional color from my palette. I added some turquoise to the roof, making sure that sides are darker than the center. I also added some pink to the house, keeping the left and right dark.
For the bird, I added red, keeping the face light and building the color slowly, drying between each layer to get darker shadows. I used the N25 nib to draw in the cardinals face.
Using the daisy bunch, inked with purple, I stamped it a couple of times next to each foliage bunch. I added water to the purple and then once it was dry, added a detail darker layer to enhance the flowers. Once that was dry I added yellow to the centers.
I also darkened the wood on the stand and to ground the birdhouse. I used my marker direct to paper to darken in those shadows. Lastly, I added some blue for the sky. Don’t overthink it, lots of water, drop in color, let it dry, there are no perfect clouds only beautiful organic ones!
Sign and date! This was a quick and easy project that I had fun making. I hope you tag us so we can see your work. Head over to Instagram or the blog to see all the inspiration the team has for you!
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Love the flower design around it and the colors, but no colors were posted or sets either???