Monday, June 6, 2016

Summer Garden Watercolour



Hello friends!! I hope you had a good weekend! We have a long weekend here since today is a public holiday (national day). Anton and I went on a bike trip on Saturday. I am so happy that he now cycles well enough to be able to do that, because it is one of my favourite things to do. We found a beach at a lake and stayed there most of the day. He discovered a bush full of really pretty blue dragonflies and I am hoping to make a project inspired by them soon. 

This week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge we are featuring products by Paper Artsy, and our theme is Summer Garden. You don't have to use Paper Artsy products to join, but it is always fun if you do. 

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Watercolour Art Journal Page tutorial, with stamps by Paper Artsy and Prima watercolors.
I created a summer garden with stamps and watercolours in my large Dylusions journal, aiming for a sketch book look. I love flower stamps, since they are so pretty, versatile and can be used for so many different themes. Paper Artsy has a lot of wonderful sets with flower stamps. This was really fun to do and I took some step photos. 

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Watercolour Art Journal Page tutorial, with stamps by Paper Artsy and Prima watercolors.
Here you can see the two stamp sets that I used. The ESN12 from Sara Naumann, which was used for the sentiment and for textures, and the ELB22 by Lin Brown

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Watercolour Art Journal Page tutorial, with stamps by Paper Artsy and Prima watercolors.
I worked on a sheet of hot-press (smooth) watercolour paper and stamped the images with Jet Black ink. After stamping, I white embossed the text stamp from Sara's set here and there. I masked out areas on the flowers, added stems to the flower without a stem, and dots as flowers in the grass, with a Molotow Art Masking Fluid Marker. The clouds were made with Distress Micro Glaze, applying a thin layer with my finger on a few areas in the sky.

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Watercolour Art Journal Page tutorial, with stamps by Paper Artsy and Prima watercolors.
When the masking fluid had dried, I painted the scene with Prima's watercolours, using paints from the Classics, Tropicals and Decadent Pies sets. The sky was painted with clean water first.

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Watercolour Art Journal Page tutorial, with stamps by Paper Artsy and Prima watercolors.
When you rub off the masking fluid, you'll find the white of the paper underneath. Applying masking fluid with a pen is so easy, and mess free, and it has a fine tip, which is great too.

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Watercolour Art Journal Page tutorial, with stamps by Paper Artsy and Prima watercolors.
Add texture to the scene with two texture stamps from the ESN12 set and the grass stamp from the flower set.

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Watercolour Art Journal Page tutorial, with stamps by Paper Artsy and Prima watercolors.
After removing the masking fluid, I added some paint to the white areas, such as the yellow dots on this flower, and the green stem.

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Watercolour Art Journal Page tutorial, with stamps by Paper Artsy and Prima watercolors.
Stamp one more stamp, but this time with Peeled Paint Distress Ink. Mist the stamp with water before stamping, for a water-colour effect. Use this stamp to fill out the scene where it might be a little empty.

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Watercolour Art Journal Page tutorial, with stamps by Paper Artsy and Prima watercolors.
After everything dried, I took out some black pens and started doodling on the page, adding birds to the sky, scribbles to the clouds and some words. The white flower dots in the grass were given a shadow and I added quite a lot of marks to the stamped flowers too.

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Watercolour Art Journal Page tutorial, with stamps by Paper Artsy and Prima watercolors.
Here you can see how the Distress Micro Glaze creates a resist effect in the sky, making pretty cool clouds. The text in the cloud translates 'blue'.

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Watercolour Art Journal Page tutorial, with stamps by Paper Artsy and Prima watercolors.
The great sentiment was stamped on mixed media cardstock and cut into strips. I inked the edges with Black Soot and added some shading with a pen.

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Watercolour Art Journal Page tutorial, with stamps by Paper Artsy and Prima watercolors.
Aren't these flowers fun? They were given a rough circle around them, to mimic the circles I made around some of the words, and simply because I like circles.
 
Layers of ink - Summer Garden Watercolour Art Journal Page tutorial, with stamps by Paper Artsy and Prima watercolors.
The grass has a lot of texture, with the painting, embossing, stamping, masking and doodling. I also splattered black watercolour paint on the page here and there. 

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Watercolour Art Journal Page tutorial, with stamps by Paper Artsy and Prima watercolors.
Here's another view of the grass. I used just the first part of the sentiment from the flower set

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Watercolour Art Journal Page tutorial, with stamps by Paper Artsy and Prima watercolors.
I love thistles and this big one is such a great stamp. Painted purple and with extra black splatters at the base of the flower. The white embossed text adds texture to the flowers.

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Watercolour Art Journal Page tutorial, with stamps by Paper Artsy and Prima watercolors.
The masking fluid helps to preserve white highlights, so you don't need to think about that when painting.

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Watercolour Art Journal Page tutorial, with stamps by Paper Artsy and Prima watercolors.
This flower was painted with yellow and just a tad of orange.

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Watercolour Art Journal Page tutorial, with stamps by Paper Artsy and Prima watercolors.
I love this resist look from the Micro Glaze. You need to use a permanent pen on top of the glaze.

Layers of ink - Summer Garden Watercolour Art Journal Page tutorial, with stamps by Paper Artsy and Prima watercolors.
I wrote some summery words and sentences here and there on the page, about enjoying summer. On these little flowers you can again see the effect of the masking fluid. I added the yellow paint after removing the fluid.

I hope you will join us in our Summer Garden challenge. As every week, you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

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Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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15 comments:

  1. This is absolutely gorgeous! Love it! x

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  2. This is a beautiful garden! Thanks for sharing many useful tips such as the Molotow-cocktail (LOL) I've never heard of it but I will definitely try it after your tutorial!

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  3. This is such a beautiful page, Anna-Karin. I love everything about it especially the beautiful sky.

    Hugs,
    Cathie ♥

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  4. Awesome! Love everything about this page--the perspective and composition, the colors, the sentiments and especially your hand-drawn doodle-ly touches. You've used many techniques here and I thank you for sharing them.

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  5. Wow how cool. I was fascinated by your methods with micro glaze and masking fluid!! Very clever! ~Leandra

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  6. Love the spontaneous sketchbook look of this, and that sky is just heavenly (well, that's as it should be, I suppose!)... I like to lie under a summer sky like that and let my mind drift with the clouds, and that's the gift this page has given me.
    Alison x

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  7. This pages are wonderful! love the watercolor effect and your use of Micro-glaze is fantastic! I'll try it! Barbara

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  8. Lovely journal pages and very inspiring!

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  9. I love your big, bold images front and center on your pages, Anna-Karin, it makes me think of laying in the grass looking out at the plants in the fields. Love the saying you chose too! Just delightful!!

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  10. Oh my! This is just perfect! I can't say what I love the most cause I'm so impressed by everything. Especially thanks for the Molotov inspiration cause I have it from a while ago and don't have idea of what to do with it. Now I know and will try this out for sure. I adore the sky and clouds you made! This is such a beautiful page! Hugs, Marzena

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  11. beautiful project Anna-Karin...it has a whimsical fairies at the bottom of the garden look...hugs kath xxx

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  12. Fabulous spread, Anna-Karin! Love the gorgeous garden you've created! Hugs, Sandra

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  13. This is wonderful Anna-Karin...a really beautiful project and I adore the garden you've created using the stamps and watercolours, it's just divine! :)

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  14. What a wonderful piece! I really felt the movement and energy of this scene-- as if I were biking alongside you, passing some gorgeous scenery! I especially like how you combined so many different styles of flowers. So clever!

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  15. Your journal pages are so beautiful, Anna-Karin. I love the beautiful layout and the colors you used on these pages. :)

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