Painting Bunnies

 I had it in the back of my mind to maybe watercolor some bunny images, thinking maybe I would use them for Easter ( or not) but, I used to have a stash of colored images and I really have not added to that in a long time so, either way it was something to do that didn't require thought like when you are trying to fit the perimeters of a challenge prompt. 

I'm pretty sure I have never colored these guys but the chick magnet is from Whipper Snapper designs and that row of bunnies in pots is from Penny Black. so, I stamped them with some Versafine Morning mist on some Studio Loft watercolor paper and started adding some Daniel smith paints to them.

 Another layer, the colors are being inspired by the index sticker art. so that makes it kind of mindless to do. although I am going to have to add some detailing to the little snail on the rim of the center pot, it didn't quite stamp all the way on the texture. 

Then I decided to give the sky a slight blue wash and these are propped up on the edge of the palette to let the water/color flow up into the sky rather then pool along the edges of the images. 

And then I got side tracked because, I seen the Clean and Simple challenge was to do Squares on monday and I like to do square cards but, I decided that the bunnies under construction were too big and too busy to be CAS cards so, I knew I wanted to do some kind of embossed texture square frame so I started by cutting a piece of studio loft watercolor paper with the scalloped edge die in the Waffle Flower lots of squares die set and then I cut that smaller scalloped die out of the center of that piece, and then I used the Stiched circle detailing die in the center of that. ( all these pieces are taped together again on the back side with scotch tape) and the outside frame was run through the big shot in an Stampin' Up! quilt top folder. So, that tiny drop piece in the center I stamped a tiny PSX bunny on that with the morning mist ink and added just a bit of greys to him. The sentiment here is from Lili of the Valley's hex tags set and the tiny brad came from Recollections ( years and years ago) This is 5 1/2" square in real life. And that's about it from me, thanks for stopping by.

Drawing with your Paintbrush

 This week Kia is sharing this video at YouTube on drawing with your paint brush to make a loose rose from Karen Rice Art.

 So I picked up a piece of Artist loft paper to give it a whirl, this is the first layer of paints using what was left over on that palette from the poppies and what ever came behind that. (forgot)

I did have it pretty watered down color wise and I thought that doesn't look half bad. and I at that point walked away and then on Tuesday when I came home from work I added the second layer.

 

And I am not so impressed with it anymore, I have some pretty hard lines on those petals and the top left leaf looks wonky to me so. This is where I stopped and I am debating about A watching the whole video again to see what comes next ( because, I have already forgotten) and or B starting over again. That's about it from me, if you'd like to play along with us Kia did get the challenge loaded here at Splitcoasstampers but, I have been unable to post in either the gallery or the forums there after yesterdays big update the site had. Thanks for stopping by. 

So, I Did end up adding a third layer of paints to this on Wednesday Afternoon and I can still see the hard lines but, I am guessing this would have worked better on the good paper and I may try it again like that later. but, for now this is a shot of the third layer ( wet) 

So I decided to add just a little more paint to the leaves for veins, and deepened some of the rose petals and some tiny splatters. I liked how the bottom two leaves looked so I decided to finish this into a card. The sentiment was stamped a while ago and I had cut it out with scissors so, its out of the little tray on the table. I added some coral paint to the center spots in the framing detail but, it was pretty plain so then I added some stickles glitter glue to over the top of that.

 This ribbon is really old I want to say the company that made it started with a C but, I don't remember the rest of that anymore I do know I bought it cut by the yard from a scrapbook store something like 20 some odd years ago. The mini brad your guess is as good as mine. I did use the A set of Matt Basics A2 spellbinders dies to cut out the rose panel and then I am thinking that paper might be Basic Grey and if not its probably My Minds Eye. ( I've had it a long long time also and I don't remember that part either anymore. The base here is some textured coral Bazzill and its 5 1/2" square in real life.

 

Swearing Helps

 Ha, maybe its even true eh? I have spent some time thinking the last couple of days that when you lose your mama you lose your biggest fan. I knew my mom read this blog and She was also the person who always excitedly asked if I watercolored something ( even years ago before I owned a paint brush) so, I had the encouragement as I have been learning that also. It just struck me hard when I had seen the home page of her cell and she somehow ( I don't even have this) has a short cut to this blog on her home screen.

It was just a "wow" moment for me. So, yesterday I had some free time when I would normally be painting the next weeks sample or watching the video anyways and I started cleaning off my desk and I came across this Penny Black How's Tricks? dog on the other side and so, I stamped him on some Artist loft watercolor paper with Acorn ink and added a layer of Daniel Smith paints to him.

 

The humor of this dog being a scaredy cat just makes me smile. I have a lot of second hand stamps I picked up over the last couple of years that have not seen ink (by me) yet and or that I bought knowing they would tickle my mom's funny bone. I know I have a sentiment that reads "don't be a scaredy cat" but, I didn't see it when I was thinking of what to do with this. and that lead me to go see if anyone had ever posted a card with him in Splitcoaststampers. ( and if they did, they didn't use the name of the stamp on the upload as it didn't find anything for me to see with this particular pup) but, I did see the sample makers for the Featured Stamper challenge had started loading to the gallery so, I pivoted and went and looked at Cyndi Evan's Gallery and kept coming back to this Emerson Chick ( which I own I think I probably even have that die) but, I knew I could work to tweak the idea of this with this dog. So, I did. 

I did add more paints to the pup, and a little tiny bit of black fineliner pen to the pupils and the nose lines of him when the paints were dry. Cyndi's gallery has a lot of fancy backgrounds for her cards and I just thought, well if you cut a hole and counter sink the image behind some printed background paper it would give you another change. I kept the humor and the clean and simple style, but I changed the stamps and made my card square. This brick print is from the BoBunny Once upon a lifetime collection pad and the Sentiment here I used my Misti to do it twice and get it so bold. is from The Casual Fridays This Sucks set. This card is 5 1/2" square in real life, I did use some DOX vintage photo ink along each the cut edges of the printed paper. And that's about it for my Saturday evening, I hope you all are doing well & thanks for stopping by.