OCC Watercolor Intermediate Day 2

So day two is learning more about using the brushes and controlling your strokes and the paint.

I'm struggling with this one! BIG TIME!!!!

Those blue blobs are supposed to be cornflowers.  HAHAHAHAHAHA I'm no gardener but I'm pretty sure no flower exists in nature that is that scary. 

Oh well, I'll keep trying. In the mean time, add some paint splatters to it and call it artistic expression. 

Happy Crafting

Theresa

OCC Watercolor Intermediate Day 1 Part 2

So I didn't get all the homework for day one posted yesterday.
The second exercise was on learning how to control the paint and practice your brush strokes.

Here's my card for the actual lesson:

By no means perfect, but I think it turned out ok for a first attempt. I love the color combo, so I decided to keep playing and take the diamond pattern to an extreme and use it as opportunity to work more on combining colors and again controlling my paint and getting more comfortable with a flat brush, which I've never used before.  This is the result: 

I like it too but wish I'd made a different choice on the stamps I used for the accents.
But there is always the next card to improve on it.

Happy Crafting
Theresa

Online Card Classes Watercolor for Cardmakers Intermediate Techniques Day 1

Today's the first day of the OCC Watercolor for Cardmakers Intermediate Techniques class taught by Dawn Woleslage from Wplus9.

Today's lesson and homework was on learning how to control the watercolor and using your brush to it fullest.

I got part of the homework done, although I cheated and stamped my repeated images to paint rather than draw/trace them as Dawn said to.

I'm using cheap tube watercolor paints that I purchased in a large multi-media kit from Hobby Lobby on clearance.  Since this is my first foray into watercoloring that didn't use markers or inks, I bought what was cheap.  If I find I enjoy it and want to do more, I can always get better paints later down the road.

All that said to show you the card I made for today's homework.

I repeatedly stamped the little oval frame (sorry I don't have any idea of the mfg.) with Versa Fine Onyx Black Ink and heat embossed with WOW clear powder. 

I then added clean water with my brush to the ovals, doing one at a time, then dropped in two colors of paint in each one.  Once it was all dry I used a sentiment and little heart stamps from a Casual Fridays stamp set. 

I really like how it turned out, except for the stamping mistake in the lower left orange oval. Those hearts should have been in the top right "corner," but oh well, such is crafting.  

Stop back throughout the week and see what else I make for the class. 

Next week I'll be posting my cards from the Stenciling class on StampNation and LOAD is starting and the 30 day color challenge by TheDailyMarker.com.  It's going to be a crazy busy crafty February. 

Happy Crafting

Theresa