Good Tuesday morning. Do you love Art Impressions watercolor scene sets as much as I do. I had fun trying my hand creating a bucket full of flowers using the Watercolor Containers Set, Watercolor Flower Set and Watercolor Foliage Set. My flowers and foliage got a little too mixed up and messy but I thought it was still good enough to share.
I stamped the bucket on cold pressed watercolor paper and stamped again on Eclipse masking tape using a Hickory Smoke marker. I applied Hickory Smoke and Rusty Hinge ink on an acrylic block to use as a palette and mixed the inks with water and then painted the bucket. Sadly I got the bucket a little too dark with the rust color but Ki just kept going. I cut out the mask and placed it over the bucket to protect it. I applied Mowed Lawn ink on the foliage stamp and stamped it two or three times each time I inked it up to create darker and lighter foliage. I repeated the same steps using Worn Lipstick and Picked Raspberry inks using a flower image. I removed the mask, masked off the top of the flower and foliage portion of the arrangement and inked up the foliage stamp and stamped down over the bucket to create a more natural appearance. I used Mowed Lawn to multi stamp the grass around the bucket. When I was finished with the scene I took used a damp brush to lightly touch on the grass, flowers and foliage to soften the images. I thought everything looked a little too plain so I sponged in some yellow around the flowers but sadly got a little too heavy handed with it.
I created a frame using the My Favorite Things Pierced Square Frames and attached it over top of the scene using mounting tape. I attached a green piece of cardstock behind the scene layer using ATG adhesive and then attached it to the card base using mounting tape.
I love Art Impressions watercolor sets and hope that as I use them I can become more accomplished. Now is a great time for you to check them out as Ellen Hutson is holding a 15% off sale this week.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day.
Card size: 5.00” square
Looking so natural, love it, so pretty along with frame!
You did a GORGEOUS JOB on this Kittie! I LOOOOVE the colors you’ve chosen! AND that POP of yellow behind! JUST GORGEOUS! 😉
Looks stunning to me! Watercolor doesn’t have to be muted all the time. It’s beautiful. I enjoy your blog so much.
Beautiful stamping!!
Good Morning, Kittie. WOW! bright an sunny, a beautiful watercolor. I like the watercolor to be pacific, some of the watercolors today are so muted, and so splashy, like there was no intention to color. sometimes that’s good for the creation, but these simple detailed in watercolor is showing the artist meaning with confidence. Guess you would say I am a traditionalist. Love your creation. Well done…..have a good day.