Watercoloring A Monoprint
Here is another postcard I made as part of Tracy Weinzapfel's 5-Day Postcard Challenge class. All my postcards were the Nostalgie ones from Hahnemühle that I had previously monoprinted. I used a gel printing plate from Gelli Arts and got some marvelous results.
We worked with watercolors. Look at how well the watercolor covered up that awful yellow yet left the lines of the flowers underneath. Perfect!
And one step at a time we built our design. Tracy charges for this class, so I am leaving out much of the steps. I can't give that to you for free. You need to sign up for her postcard challenge and get in on the fun!
We had a great time! These card projects are meant to be able to complete in about 30 minutes. Most people can carve 30 minutes out of their day to do something fun.
The wording is a stamp. I do not have cool handwriting like this. I wish I did!
I get questions all the time asking what I use to make my white accents. This Sharpie paint pen is the best thing I've found. Notice that blue band around the bottom of the barrel with the words "water based".
It's all in the details. And what I learned from making these little hearts is that I am not very good at them. Hahahaha!
When I removed the painter's tape I saw the watercolor had bled under in a whole lot of places. Not cool on my favorite postcard.
Since we painted with watercolors I knew they would reactivate. So I took a wet paintbrush and wet those bleed through places, pulling the color around the border. Not perfect but it did two things. It helped make those areas a little less noticeable and in your face AND it covered up some of that awful yellow. Hahahahaha!
5-Day Postcard Challenge can be purchased here
Nostalgie Postcards can be purchased here
You did such beautiful work for that class Alice! I can see why this is your favorite. It's awesome!
ReplyDeletethank you, sandra, it was a great class. tracy is so easy going and she is funny, keeps the class interesting. I really learned a lot
DeleteIf you'd not mentioned the bleeding through of the watercolour & how you got round it I'd never have known. No Mistake there!!! An opportunity I'd say. This is a gorgeous postcard & I do love your white addition - really makes the whole pop.
ReplyDeleteThis is really my favorite. (I think I say that about all of them) my white pen is almost empty. I tried to find one at the store today but no luck
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