WOYWW #348

Welcome to WOYWW…the “What’s on Your Workdesk Wednesday”  blog hop created by Julia at the StampingGround,  so hop over there to join the fun.

 Another busy week! I’ve actually been in the craft room 5 times!!! Shocking!  So still practicing for the Online Cardmaking Class, “Watercolor for card makers, intermediate techniques”.

So scattered about are the strips left over from trimming card panels, which are perfect for perfecting brush strokes and checking on color, a few of the cards on the left, and the various other tools, ready to picked up tonight!  Only 2 more days of the class still be “live” so if questions pop up I can still ask the instructors.  Gotta say; I do love their classes!

There are some inks out, as I had to make a quick birthday card for my nephew..while I was on time, he’ll get it late, so….Here it is:Picture not great as I only thought to photograph it as I was putting itin the envelope. 

 

And ‘cause I finally liked one of my watercolor cards, here is that up close.  Getting there…slowly….

So there is my desk area for the week.  Now go visit Julia’s and see what the rest of the Desker’s are up to!  Have a great week everyone!

Watercolor Eureka! Moment

Thank heavens for going back to the previous lessons! Being a musician, I know the importance of practice, but still.  Kristina Werner shared a quick expressive floral lesson; and my first attempts were truly horrid.  I didn't even take pictures to prove it.  But then.....

Ta Da! Still by no means perfect..but it will be going to my mother for Mother's Day!

And again; my splatter is getting worse! LOL!  I'll add some sequins as this was still drying, and then it will good to go.

So stay tuned; now I'll just be practicing for the rest of the week, And I will pull up my big girl panties and get on that  Advanced lesson....
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OCC Watercolor IT Day 6

Very excited! I managed to only be 1 day behind for these classes; so I have a whole week to further practice and still ask questions to the instructors!  While the Advanced lesson by Swarup is simply amazing...I'm so not there yet! But Jennifer McGuire's Bonus lesson seemed approachable...so here is my rendition. I know we're not to aim at a "real" flower look for the expressive flowers, but I couldn't help but think of California Poppies; so there ya' go.

Funny: as my overall techniques have progressed, my splatter has degressed...can't even begin to figure out why.

Stay tuned for more watercolor samples...
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More OCC Watercolor homework! Day 4

First; wishing I could link multiple photos from one blog post; but is seems it can't, so there you go; I haven't posted this much on over a year!

The last day of lessons, while totally stunning, have completely flummoxed me; so I stepped back a few days to get more practice in.  And shocking, actually made some pieces that worked for cards!

So here is my Day 4 Stamped Scene's card; gotta love the Tim Holtz Blueprint stamps; and now I'll be able to use them all in a whole new way!

Be posting my other cards following! Thanks for stopping by.

More Watercolor for Card Makers...Day 5 lesson

I have to say; this has been one fast week!  I'm trying to keep up with the lessons, even though I should be spending much more time on the previous ones...but I'll have plenty of time for that later...a great benefit of these Online Card Classes.

For this day, the first lessons need much more work on my part...but this one seemed to work pretty well for me.  Not as expressive, but rather straightforward. I think I was much more shocked that I had a card back that pink to go with it.
For this, I found a pack of the Peerless Water Colors that had been in my stash since forever! Since I'm having a horrible time mixing colors from the Cotman set I thought I'd give these a go...and I like them, rather brighter. And to mix I just cut equal sizes of the paper and put them in the same palette well..

And just to show practice does make a difference; here are my first 3 attempts as the first lesson. 

So, off to cut up more paper....Thanks for stopping by!

More Watercoloring: Day 3

OK, today's lesson over at Watercolor for Cardmakers, Intermediate techniques was about negative painting and lifting....and these are the looks that make me fascinated with watercoloring! Everyone should take this class just to see Dawn Woleslagle's "so Very Grateful (Leaves)" examples!  That is what I want to do when I go up! LOL!

By my third attempt I was at least a bit OK with my results; but by then my patience on waiting for the first paint to dry was pretty much gone...and I had much "bloom" overflow.  Really need to continue to work on my hard edges.  (but at least the only browns I got were intentional!) I tried the lifting on the second one where the wings overlapped; but thought 3 butterflies was too much for this size; I'll give that another go tomorrow.

The stamp is by MemoryBox, and the butterfly has some leaves as part of the image; I trued to lighten them, but forgot on the final one. The palest Archival ink I have is Dandelion, which was darker than it probably should be.

Thanks for stopping by and witnessing my transformation into a water-colorist...I can't wait to see what the next 3 days bring!

1st Try

2nd Try

A Rose....

by any other name, would still look better than these!

More work from the Online Card Class, "Watercolor for Cardmakers, Intermediate Techniques"
I admit; I thought since it was for card makers, we'd be water coloring over stamped images; not doing things free-hand! How frightening!  But, after many attempts with my brushwork, here are two images that could actually be somewhat considered a rose!

Here too, are poppies--yes, from a stamped image (Our Daily Bread)--as I needed to have some feeling of accomplishment, while practicing my washes and testing different papers.

So some progress! Yay Me!Can't wait to start day 3!