Spotlighting with Watercolors!

Hello friends! 

I don't know about you...when it comes to stamping, I am kind of old-school.

There is this technique called "Spotlighting". Basically you stamp the entire image and then you highlight only a certain area with or without colors (depending on the design) with a shape. I love the idea behind it and I am using this Good Neighbor stamp from Penny Black as an example.



Today's post is my latest take with this technique with watercolors. 
I have seen many takes on this technique, but I rarely see a watercolor version. A large stamp like Good Neighbor is ideal for spotlighting.
 

I decided to use the Memory Box Stitched Oval Die to highlight the image. 

With the help of MISTI, I stamped the ENTIRE image with Khaki and clear-embossed it.

I made the oval die cut and started coloring the background lightly. Keeping it light, I only used pastel colors. For the white images, I actually colored it with white/silver from the Kuretake Watercolor (36) set. 

For my focal oval image, I added lots of layers of colors and shades. Once it's dry, I clear-embossed it twice. That is also why the image is shiny and is almost metal-like. Two more pieces of oval die were added for the dimensions. 

Here is a card I made previously with the same stamp.
(click on photo for more details)

I hope this gives you some ideas/inspiration about this technique.
Here is one I made with the same technique (see below) 

You can use this technique with any styles/ medium.  It can be slightly more involved like the card I share today. Thanks for stopping by!

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