For the final water coloring tutorial challenge of the year Linda has shared this using a dry brush for quick grass backgrounds from Wendy Powell-Jones seen here on YouTube
I had watched the video and then set out to recreate something similar without really doing it in a step by step type thing as I did this stealing time between the holiday events so, I think it turned out ok.
The first step was to do a soft wash of yellow and purples for the background. I am not a fan of either color but, I gamely did so and let it dry. ( This is on Strathmore 400 series wc paper)
Funny true story, on the practice strip I got really cool dry grass blades, on this taped off sheet I got some big blobs of paint.
at this point I decided to start dropping in color blades with a rigger brush and I remembered there was supposed to be flowers in the grass, so I started adding some in over the grass without having masked some blank space before hand. oops. ( also did not sketch a thing either)
Pulled the tape off added a Riley & Co. sentiment to the corner and then added just a few splatters to the grass and more red blooms. of course some went into the dry sky and I decided they were flying bugs rather than stray splatter. ( that's my story)
When the paint was dry I did run it through the big shot in a Spellbinders rectangle die and used some textured green Bazzill for an A6 base under it. ( this one is flat to the cardfront)
I probably should have used some foam tape as even though I did tape this to a board, its not perfectly flat it has a twist going on. might stick it under some books for a while. That's about if from me, Hope you are all doing well. Thanks for stopping by. If you'd like to play along with us, you can find this challenge here at Splitcoaststampers.
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