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Watercolor Practice with Purple Onion Designs!

29 Nov

Good morning!  Once again I’m guest-designing for Purple Onion Designs and today I decided to break out my watercolors for a wintery Christmas scene!

Whenever there’s one of Kathy Rac’s Coloring Challenges going on I try to push myself to try new coloring techniques or practice ones I don’t use often.  I can’t always participate daily but at least I’m pushing myself out of my box when I can! 😉 No-line watercoloring REALLY intimidates me but I’m glad I tried it with this scene!  To start I stamped the birch trees with barely beige no-line ink.  Then I used my mijello mission gold watercolors to paint each tree.  I also added a few details with a tiny round 0 paintbrush!  I also painted some snowy hills to ground my scene!  I dried it with my heat gun and then started on my sky.  I wet the areas around my tree and then dropped in shades of teal, blue, and a little purple.  I blended them together with a damp brush and then let it dry.  Then I splattered it with white gouache and set it aside to dry while I worked on my fox!

I wanted my fox to stand out a little more so I stamped him with amalgam ink and heat set it with my heat gun. Then I used mijello mission gold watercolors to paint him in shades of grey and teal.  I fussy cut him and adhered him to my scene with foam mounting tape.  Next I stamped the sentiment onto black cardstock with versamark and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder.  I trimmed it down to a fishtail banner and adhered it to the top of my card.  Finally I added a little spectrum noir clear sparkle to the fox’s hat and scarf.  I also added a little nuvo crystal glaze across the card and sprinkled it with chunky and prisma glitter to finish the card with a little extra sparkle!

And that’s it!  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

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  1. Robin Ridpath says

    November 29, 2018 at 10:37 am

    Love your card! The colors and shades are beautiful!

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  2. Jeanne H says

    November 29, 2018 at 11:55 am

    Beautiful scene and your fox is adorable. tfs

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  3. Christine Brooks says

    November 29, 2018 at 12:12 pm

    Cute card indeed! Love the colors used.

    Reply
  4. Mary Lehett says

    November 29, 2018 at 12:42 pm

    Jessica, your card is adorable! Your watercolors are beautiful! Thank you! I’m going to check out this stamp company.

    Reply
  5. Tara Prince says

    November 29, 2018 at 1:01 pm

    such a pretty background!

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  6. Andre M. says

    November 29, 2018 at 1:50 pm

    The sky and the entire scene is lovely. That little fox is quite the cutie.

    Reply
  7. Mary G says

    November 29, 2018 at 3:27 pm

    The background is lovely. I’ve always wanted to try the “no line” technique. You’ve done a beautiful job.

    Reply
  8. Michele F says

    November 29, 2018 at 3:38 pm

    Shades of adorable, you mean!!! OH is he a cutie… great job, Jess!
    =]

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  9. Kandice J says

    November 29, 2018 at 3:52 pm

    My heart skips a beat! Love the colors of the background; your card is so so cute!

    Reply
  10. Bunny says

    November 29, 2018 at 7:01 pm

    What a fantastic card. It really is cute and I’d love to have it as a prize.

    Reply
  11. Celeste Goff says

    December 1, 2018 at 2:51 pm

    Oh, so sweet and adorable!

    Reply

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