I thought I had finished coloring this image until I saw the wonderful version by Micheline Jourdain: http://www.magentastyle.com/2015/01/micheline-jourdain-retrospective.html?showComment=1447000032996#c7550021585823458092. You have to scroll down to find it. After looking at her version, I headed back to mine. I used a Tombow Marker to watercolor a brighter blue on darker part of the birds. I tried to bleach out the brown which I felt was too dark, but that wasn’t successful. I added the wash of blue around the image. I tried to splatter white gesso using my new Kemper Splatter Brush. I managed to get it everywhere except on the image. (I’ll have to watch a video to see how to use that thing.) I used a regular brush and that worked better, but didn’t show up much so I ended up applying dots with a white gel pen.
I just found a video on how to use the splatter brush: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7YNKYplGvY. I turned the wood piece that moved the pin all around the brush instead of turning the brush and leaving the pin facing my card. Why didn’t I think of that? No, I didn’t have the directions. I wonder what I did with them. Next time.
The mats are pieces of wax paper resist I made with wax paper and an embossing folder in 2008. In 2012, I added the ink just to see if it still was good. Now finally, I’m using it. (I have a bunch of pieces that I decided to save until I need them before applying the color.)
CARDS: 4 ¼” x 5 ½” Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock Magenta Christmas Holly Birds Versafine Onyx Black Ink Ranger Clear Superfine Embossing Powder Peerless Watercolors (I only have 12 colors.) Tombow Markers, #555 (to brighten the color on birds) and #559 (for the wash around the image) Talons watercolors (for the beaks and claws) Sakura Glaze Pen, Red (from the set of darker colors) My Favorite Things Die-Namics Pierced Oval STAX, the largest one Uniball Signo White Gel Pen White Gesso Wink of Stella Pen (over the blue paint on the birds)
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