Monday, February 17, 2020

Watercoloring the Succulents (with a Creative Light Bulb)

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It has been super cold in my area this weekend, I stayed home mostly and did some more water-coloring. The Spellbinders Stamp Of The Month is just right for this.
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I took out all the images and positioned them in my MISTI. 
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I am a timid colorer, but images like this is manageable. 

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 Now here is the thing... you may know this already....

DING---->When you color (doing any type of coloring), if you like your outlines not getting lost in your coloring. You can re-stamp it in your MISTI if you leave your stamped paper in the exact same position.  Of course, this doesn't apply if you are doing no-line coloring.

This little "tip" really helps me with my confidence in coloring. I now don't get discouraged when my outlines are blurred from my poor coloring.
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I hope that today's Creative Light Bulb is helpful.

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9 comments:

Linda BL said...

Great succulent card. Thanks for the reminder about restamping after you are finished coloring. I tend to clean my stamp, whisk it away and then regret thet I did that. Restamping would be of use to me for sure.

Karthikha said...

Lovely succulent card :)

Harriet said...

i HAVE THE SUCCULENTS stamp, you have inspired me to use it!

Denise Bryant said...

Great idea to restamp the images! Pretty card!

conil said...

Love the way your used your varied images as a frame for your sentiment. Your watercoloring really looks amazing.

Sue D said...

I am new to watercoloring. thanks for the tip on re-stamping.

MadeByMeghanK said...

Gorgeous succulents and great idea about the re-stamping!

Ms. Tamp said...

Wonderful tip for restamping. Like the simplicity of just simple stamping and applying the focus to the loose coloring. Fantastic way to practice.

Dawn T said...

A gorgeous card Virginia. Love the idea of re-stamping. Pencils are particularly bad at making the lines indistinct. Must remember the tip