Watercoloring Abstract Branches

 This week Brenda is sharing these abstract style Branches with berries seen here on YouTube by Wendy Powell-Jones called Watercolour Christmas Card Ideas festive berries tutorial step by step. I did use some Arches cold press and sketched on some random berries onto a scrap and In my head I was thinking Tag when I started this. 

 I used Windsor & Newton masking fluid to cover my berries and skipped the do some additional Swipes for white space step.

 First layers of paint and splatters.

 When that was dried I did remove the masking fluid from the berries.

 Added paint to the berries and some branches along with some more darker greens in a few spots near the bottoms of the berries. and through the really undefined needle spaces in the background.

 While that was drying I did think I may as well start another one going and put the berries in nearly the same pattern as the first branch. 

 I was messing around with this Time For Tea A6 frame die and it nearly fit the painted panel with a sliver of the watercolor paper being too short for it to fit, and I also have some "wrapped up" type Christmas sentiments on the table at the moment and I did work this in and out of the frame on an angle and thought this will work for some interest. That is all up on foam pop dots over the Recollections printed peeling wood grain printed paper. That green frame and the base are some SU river rock cardstock and the sentiment is on Soft seafoam and cut with an Tim Holtz stitched die. I am still trying to remember who makes that sentiment stamp. This is A7 in real life.

 

 This was the second piece or Arches and I did the branches in about the same/similar way so, this one I diecut with an Impression Obsession tag die. The reinforcer part was cut from a scrap from a 49&Market printed paper. The stitched ribbon, I don't have any clue anymore who makes it but, it is soft not stiff. The green burlap string is from May Arts & I did that sentiment sometime last weekend but, I have forgotten its details. There is a bit of DOX Iced Spruce on the edges of all those papers.  That's about it from me, I hope you're doing well. Thanks for stopping by. If you'd care to play along you can find the challenge details here.