- Hi everyone, Kristina here.
Welcome to another card video
at my YouTube channel and blog.
Today I'm going to be using two new stamp sets
that I designed for Simon Says Stamp.
And I'll get into those when we get further into the video.
But for now, I wanted to let you know
that this is the third video in my mini-series
on color mixing with watercolors.
So I'm going to be showing you some more color mixing
over on the side, in this split screen.
And the first thing I've done
is I've wet my watercolor paper with clean clear water.
I just want that to be nice and wet
while I mix some colors
and then I'll add those in a minute.
Starting out with a nice coral shade
or kind of like an orange-yellow.
I'm gonna add a tiny bit of blue to that
since blue is the complementary color to orange
and it's going to just dull that back a little bit.
I really love that particular color combo
for a nice warm coral shade.
for a nice warm coral shade.
And then I took some yellow,
added a tiny, tiny bit of purple
to make that more of a golden yellow
and to the same puddle of paint
I added a little bit of red
to make this more of an intense red coral.
So I just dropped that onto that wet watercolor paper
and because the paper was already wet,
all those edges really softened out
and mixed and melded together.
Used my heat tool to dry that piece
and then I set it aside.
I have another piece of watercolor paper here
and I've prepped it with a powder tool.
And now I've taken images
from the More Spring Flower Stamp Set.
And I'm stamping that in VersaMark Ink.
I'm going to be adding some
Hero Arts White Embossing Powder on top.
And then melting that embossing powder.
And that's going to leave me
with some nice strong white lines
with some nice strong white lines
that as I paint over the top
it's going to resist the paint
and then I'll have a nice clean line.
It'll make more sense once you start see me painting.
So I'm sprinkling on that embossing powder
and then I'm heating that with the heat tool
and melting all of that powder
until it's smooth and glossy.
I stamped an additional large flower
so I've taped all of my pieces
down onto my hard board here.
And now I'm going to start painting one of the flowers.
This first flower that I'm painting,
I'm going to mix two pools or puddles of color.
The first is going to be red and purple.
It's going to lean more toward purple than red.
And I'm using a size 10 round brush
which is a little bit larger
than I'll actually be painting with
because I wanna make sure
I have a nice big pool of color to work with.
I don't wanna run out of this color.
So I just added some purple to that.
It's a nice dark red purple.
And then I'm going to mix another shade
and this is going to be the lighter shade for this flower.
Started out with some red
and I'm building up that pool of color
because I wanna make sure I have a nice big pool of color
just like I have for the purple.
So I'm gonna add just a tiny bit of purple to this
just to get it to be a little bit more of the same shade.
Kind of a just a lighter version
of that darker shade that I've mixed.
But it's still looking a tiny bit too purple
so I will add a little more red
and kinda even out the color
because I do want it to be sort of like a pink shade
and then the purple will be what I use
to start shading everything.
to start shading everything.
So I'm gonna use a small paintbrush.
This is a size four silver brush round,
This is a size four silver brush round.
It's a silver black velvet size four round brush.
It's a silver black velvet size four round brush.
It's a really long name.
And I'm just dropping in some of that color
and then I'm coming in with the purple shade.
And I'm dropping that in while that pink color is still wet.
And I'm dropping that in while that pink color is still wet.
I've cleaned off my brush a little bit
and just kinda softening those edges.
And then I'm gonna go ahead
and paint the rest of the flower the same way.
So the watercolor paper I'm using today
is from Fabriano.
This is one of their cold press papers
and I believe it's in extra white.
I think that's what they call it.
And I wanted to use this paper in particular
because these inexpensive paints will dry back quite a bit.
because these inexpensive paints will dry back quite a bit.
They'll be very very soft once they're dry.
And so I want it to have them
on a brighter white paper for this.
I knew I could put it on some regular cold press paper
which has more of a cream color
but I really wanted that stark contrast
between the colors and the paper.
between the colors and the paper.
Especially since I'm using white embossing powder.
So for the next flower,
I'm going to be focusing more on
kind of an orange coral yellow color scheme.
kind of an orange coral yellow color scheme.
So I'm starting out with some red
and then once again
I'm mixing a nice big pool of color.
So when you guys are painting,
you wanna make sure that
if you're going to be painting a large area
or if you're planning
to use that color throughout your painting,
go ahead and mix a lot of color.
If you end up not using it,
you can let it dry on the palette and pick it up later.
You can use it in other ways
or you can clean up.
Because really your paints go a long way.
They'll last you a long long time.
So I've mixed some red with orange
and then I wanted it to be a little lighter
so I added some yellow.
And then I'm gonna make the darker shade
that I'll be shading this flower with.
And I'm starting out with red
and I'm making sure I have a nice big pool of color
just like I did with the previous
three colors that I've mixed.
And I'm adding a ton and ton of red up there.
So I want this red to be a slightly darker shade
than what it is right now.
So I will end up adding just a tiny bit of green
to dull it out and also darken it just a tiny bit.
to dull it out and also darken it just a tiny bit.
So I'm cleaning off my brush there off camera,
bringing in a little bit of that green.
I'll grab some more
and I'm liking how this color is looking.
So I'm gonna go ahead and start painting.
I'm once again going to switch to that size four round brush
and I'll drop in the lighter shade.
This is just like a nice warm kind of dulled back orange.
This is just like a nice warm kind of dulled back orange.
It's a little bit of a coral shade.
Adding in some of that red.
Just dropping it into those colors
where there would be a little bit of shading.
And I will come back to this flower eventually
because I realize that I didn't have as much contrast
between these two colors
as I did on the purple flower
and you'll see that in a minute,
when you see them side by side.
So you can see how on that purple flower
there's quite a bit of color difference
and I didn't like that there wasn't as much color difference
on the other flowers.
I will come back to that eventually.
Cleaned off my palette just with a wet rag or baby wipe.
And now I'm going to mix some color for the leaves.
And there's lots of leaves and I was thinking,
instead of having it be more green,
I thought it would be kinda fun
to have them be more of a blue-green color
and then have the darker shade
be like a dark blue navy shade.
I thought that'd be kinda fun
a little bit unexpected.
There are leaves out there that are these colors.
You don't see 'em quite as often
but I've seen a lot of watercolor paintings online
but I've seen a lot of watercolor paintings online
or in watercolor classes
where the artist mixes in kind of like
this blue aqua shade with the leaves
and I thought it was just so beautiful.
So I'm gonna try to kind of
mimic that kind of color combination today.
So I'm mixing just blue and green together
'cause I really wanna get that shade going.
And it's leaning more toward blue to me
more than green.
So, now I'm gonna clean up my brush
and then I'm gonna make another pile of color.
Actually, just kidding, I'm not.
I'm adding a little orange,
I'm dulling that back just a little bit.
Okay, there we go.
I'm wiping off my brush
making sure I'm getting all that color out of the brush.
And now I'm gonna start another pool of color.
Starting out with that blue,
like I said I want this to be
sort of like a dark navy color.
So I'm going to have lots and lots of blue
up there in that section of my palette.
Cleaning off my brush.
And then I'm gonna come back
and grab a tiny bit of orange.
This is going to dull back the blue.
It's going to darken it a little bit
and it's gonna give me a nice shade to start painting with.
Add a little more blue to that
so it doesn't read so dark.
And then I'm gonna grab my smaller paintbrush once again
and go in to paint the leaves.
Once again I'm starting with the lighter shade
and I'm just dropping in all that color.
And then I'll take the darker shade
and drop that in while it's still wet.
I'm gonna go ahead and paint all of these leaves right now.
All of these leaves on the one side.
I'll drop in that darker blue color.
Really love how these two colors kinda mix together
and the blue seems a little bit unexpected
but I also knew that these colors would fade back
quite a bit as they dried
so they wouldn't be so blue in the long run,
so they wouldn't be so blue in the long run,
if that makes sense.
So I'm dropping in more of that color
on this really long stem of leaves
and then I'll drop in the darker blue.
So don't be afraid to kinda mix some colors
that might be a little bit unexpected.
You might be surprised how well they look together.
So like I've said before,
this flower was looking a little bit anemic to me.
It didn't have enough color change
between the lighter shade and the darker shade
so I thought it would be smart
to add a little more color in here.
So I've mixed a darker more kind of dull red
mixing quite a bit of green into that red
to make it a little darker.
And then I'm gonna go back in
and start painting in some darker areas.
So I'm just dropping in and I actually didn't add
the shading everywhere on the flower.
There were a few petals
where I decided just to not worry about it.
But I did wanna have a little bit more shading
especially in the center of the flower
where all those petals are all scrunched up.
So now I'm using the coordinating die set
that goes with the stamp set.
And I'm placing them all onto the watercolor piece
And I'm placing them all onto the watercolor piece
and then taping them with some blue painter's tape.
And I'm making sure the blue painter's tape
is taping the die to the paper
and avoiding that painted area in the center.
Sometimes, when you're taping dies down
it can kinda tear the actual colored area in the center.
So I'd like to make sure
I'm taping only the die to the outside of the area.
I then cut down that background
that I painted earlier
to a size of four and a 1/4 by five and a 1/2
and then adhered all of the leaves down onto it.
Kind of arranged the flowers and the leaves
and then adhered the leaves first
'cause they were on the bottom layer
and then put some foam tape on these flowers.
Okay, so my original plan
Okay, so my original plan
was to stamp my greeting
on that yellow background piece
but I have a mishap with some embossing powder
and it looks sort of okay.
You can see on the side of the screen.
But I was really not loving it.
So I decided I would perform some card surgery
and salvaged what I'd already created.
So I used a ruler and a craft knife
just to cut those pieces off
and then I changed my card base
to a smoke card stock color from Simon Says Stamp.
I wanted this kind of midtone gray to be the background.
So I put that in my Misti stamping tool,
I've arranged where I'm putting my greeting
and then I'm stamping that greeting
in a VersaMark Ink.
And this is going to keep it really sticky
so that I can apply some embossing powder.
So I'm gonna use some more white embossing powder.
This is Hero Arts White Embossing Powder, once again.
Now I've heat set that until it was smooth and melted
and then I added some adhesive
on the back of my watercolor piece
and adhered that down onto my card.
Just to finish it off
'cause it was looking a little stark at the top.
Gonna take a white gel pen
this is a Signo, a Uni-Ball Signo Broad white gel pen
and I added some dash lines around the outside of the card.
So that's basically the card for today.
This is actually part of a blog hop for Simon Says Stamp.
So make sure you head over to my blog
to see lots more inspiration from this latest release.
Thanks so much for watching today
and I'll catch you guys in the next video.
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