Thursday, February 9, 2023

Metallic Watercolouring on Black Card


Hi Everyone.  Prior to starting our Group of Seven Cardmakers blog, our group kept in touch during Covid and started trying out new and (revised) older techniques.  We are including them as a reference for those that are interesting in trying them out.

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October 2022

Supplies:
  • Black or dark watercolour or mixed media paper
  • Image (mix of line and solid images works best), sentiment stamp
  • Ink (Versamark, pigment ink
  • Metallic embossing powder
  • Heat tool
  • Metallic or Pearl paints that work on dark card (FineTec, gouache, etc.)
  • Watercolour brushes

Technique Instructions:

Following the video above ...
  • Stamp image and sentiment onto dark card and heat emboss in metallic.
  • Watercolour images using paints.
  • Add in extra details to image with brush strokes, dots, etc. (as per video). 
  • Splatter with paint to finish.
* For Christmas cards, add snow and splatter with white


Metallic Watercolouring on Black Card

  

 

 

  
 

                                                       Susan                                                                     Susan
 


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