No Line Watercoloring

Hello! Today I was brave. I tried something I’ve always wanted to try: I attempted no-line watercoloring! I was inspired by the Altenew Class “Exploring Watercoloring Mediums” and specifically the class by Ashlea.

She gave a lot of great advice and encouragement. I first stamped the anemone outline stamp with a light ink. Then I got out my 36 pan watercolor set from Altenew and a round brush and gave it a try!

I chose to create a pink and a yellow flower. It took me a while before I felt like I was getting the result that I wanted. This flower has a center with smaller stalk-like stamens and the tops are lozenge-shaped anthers; these I hand painted in using small lines and then dots on each of the ends.

I also did the same technique on the leaves: stamping with a light ink, watercoloring them, then adding in hand-painted veins.

One of the things I also loved about Ashlea’s card was that she stamped a light grey spray of leaves behind her flowers. So I also stamped some grey leaves in the background for my card.

The sentiment is white heat embossed on a grey cardstock (to bring in the color of the background leaves); then popped onto some white cardstock to make it pop off the front of the flowers.

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