watercolor tutorial and a winner...
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KellyskardsflOctober 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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And since I appreciate everyone who has taken the time to visit me today, I thought I'd share a bit of a TUTORIAL for you---
(link to a video at the bottom for those who prefer that)
Remember this project I shared on release day?
I created the background first, then stamped the skull over it. Since the skull is white, I just added in some shadows and let the background be the coloring for the skull... super easy!
But how did I do the background? It is actually pretty easy too!
Let's take a look-
First you need to create a texturized blotter paper. (I made that name up- as far as I know, I'm the only person who does this, so I get to make up my terminology for my techniques, right?)
To make the blotter paper, you'll need toilet paper, a spray bottle, and an embossing folder, and your die cut machine. I used the Honey Bee Tangled Web folder.
Start by tearing off a couple squares of toilet paper and misting them lightly with water (not wet, just slightly damp), now stack another couple squares on top and mist that. Keep stacking until you have 7 or so layers of toilet paper.
Then put the stack in your embossing folder and run it through your machine.
Remove the now texturized blotter and let dry completely.
Once your blotter is dry, we can paint our background. I prefer working on Arches Cold Press watercolor paper for this technique as it can handle the water well, and it dries evenly. I start by taping my paper to a board using a low tack tape. This will help prevent warping and allow you to tip your paper easily.
I start by wetting my whole card front... Use a good amount of water. You don't want puddles, but you do want a good even sheen over the whole page...
Then start adding in your colors. You want to work fairly quickly because you don't want your paper drying before you are done adding colors!
This part can be messy and look absolutely horrifying! I generally pick an area I want darkest, and one where I don't add any color... this gives some good variety, but I don't try to control the color too much.
NOTE: non-staining pigment work best for this. I love using granulating paints as they add even more visual interest.
I used Asphalt (Deep Deep Light), Aquarius Green (Roman Szmal), and a little Flame (Masha's), but you can use whatever colors you want.
At this point, you can tip your board to move the colors, splatter with paint, splatter with water... whatever you want!
You can add in more color here if you want, more splatters, or whatever.
Be sure to let it dry COMPLETELY while taped to the board to avoid warping.
No two backgrounds will be the same. Experiment! Play! Have fun with it!
For those who like videos, here is a VIDEO I made a while ago showing this process- it uses a different embossing folder, but the concept is the same.
Yay! Thank you!
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