Sketched Trees and Watercolor Sky

The Limited Supply Challenge on SCS was to use green and limit embellishments and layers. I had a Nestabilities negative left over from a previous project and thought I would create a little scene to fit perfectly inside it.

I used a wide brush to apply plain water on my watercolor paper to prepare it to accept color more easily.  Then using the same wide brush and I applied on a vivid layer of blue and then added vivid yellow. The paper was really wet so applying the two colors together allowed them to run together and create the streaks in the sky.  I love the look. I added a green paint to the ground area and then heat dried the paper.

I sketched in the three little tree trunks with my artist pen and painted with brown ink.  I filled in the leafy area of the trees by first painting in a pure layer of lighter green paint, drying and then going over it delicately with a darker shade of green and heated dried again. I finally added full strength yellow reinker over areas of the leaves and made the texture of the two greens pop to accentuate the leaves a little more.  I sketched in tall grass sprigs at the base of the trees and then painted with both brown and green to create the appearance of an overgrown field.

I thought the scene was set off perfectly with the stark white frame against the green and brown layers of the card. The finishing touch was the little multi loop brown bow placed in the corner of the frame.  If you’d like to see my ribbon tying tutorial on how I created this bow please check on the top right corner of my home page.

Stamps:  None

Paper:  Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, White

Ink:  Bashful Blue, Adirondack Lemonade, Lettuce, Distress Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo

Accessories:  Nestabilities, Brushes, Artist Pen, Twill, Crimper