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Brea Reese Watercolor Review

August 15, 2019

Hey everyone. Today on the blog I’m doing a Brea Reese watercolor review. I have the watercolor tubes from Brea Reese and I wanted to pan them for a project. Any time I get a new watercolor product I like to color swatch them and pan some to color with. There are two different packages of Brea Reese watercolor tubes, Classic and Jewel. I’m going to be sharing and swatching both today.

Here is a quick tutorial showing you how I pan my watercolors and how I swatch them. It’s important to know the colors that you are working with and get familiar with them. Some paints may be more transparent than others and they also may have a higher or lower water content. So let’s get into the review. Products used for this tutorial are listed below for your shopping convenience.

Thanks for stopping by for this review. Remember what I mentioned in the tutorial. Work with your paints to get the feel for them. See how they respond to different papers and brushes. Be curious about the products you purchase. It helps with your creativity and overall happiness of using a product. Here as a link to tutorials I have here on my blog. Let’s get inspired to create. Make sure to come back later today as I’ll have a sneak peek for you from Pink and Main.

(DISCLAIMER: THESE PAINTS HAVE A HIGHER WATER CONTENT SO THEY MAY CRACK WHEN YOU PAN A LARGE AMOUNT. IF YOU ARE PANNING A PALETTE, I WOULD HIGHLY SUGGEST INCLUDING A DROP OR TWO OF GLYCERIN INTO THE PAINT, MIXING IT WELL AND THEN LETTING IT AIR DRY IN YOUR PALETTE. IF YOU ARE ONLY USING A SMALL AMOUNT FOR A PROJECT I WOULDN’T WORRY ABOUT THE PAINT DRYING AND CRACKING.)

Sweet Sisters Flower Stencil

July 25, 2019

Hey everyone. I’m a huge fan of Rita Barakat and all her mix media glory. I have the pleasure of sharing a watercolored Sweet Sisters Flower stencil card with you today. Now I will admit mix media scares me just a little as I’m never sure I’m doing it right however this stencil was so easy to use and the results are gorgeous every single time. So let’s get started on the process of my card.

I started off with cold press watercolor paper and traced the Sweet Sisters Flower stencil image using a fine black multi-liner marker. Once I had it traced I connected the line to create the full face for my card. Now when you do this, it image really comes to life right before your eyes. Therefore you can easily color the image with pencils, markers or like me watercolor.

The paints I used today I purchased off of Amazon a few months ago. You can checkout the review here. Creating this image I needed to start with the skin complexion and then move forward. I mixed together a light and medium brown and added lots of water to get a lighter version I could do a color wash with. Continuing to add layers by drying in between each coat, I achieved the complexion I wanted for this piece. Next I decided to add some blush to her checks in a light watered down red shade. I heat set then before I moved one.

Rita Barakat Sweet Sisters Flower

It was now time to add the rest of her makeup by applying a light coral shade to her eyes, a hot reddish pink to her lips and super long eyelashes. For her eyes I used several shades of brown as I truly believe our eyes are not just one color. Adding eyelashes with a multi-liner pen made them pop. I also used the same pen to add hair like strokes in her eyebrows.

Her hair was the last part to complete along with the little flowers. I mixed together browns and reds to get a light burgundy color wash. I laid down a quick wash of color and let it dry. Next I came in with brown and light red streaks of color to add movement and dimension to her hair. I kept the flowers simple in color so they would not compete with the over image of this girl. The last step was to add some clear glaze over her eyes and lips. Staying with a simple sentiment was the perfect way to finish off this card.

Rita Barakat Sweet Sisters Flowers Stencil

Here is a closeup of the finished image and I must say I love how this card came out. Having completed this card I may have just conquered my fear of stepping into the mix media world after all. I can’t wait to work with this Sweet Sisters Flower stencil again.

Rita Barakat Sweet Sisters Flower Stencil

Thanks for stopping by today everyone. I’ll see you back here soon. Don’t forget to swing by Rita’s Etsy store to pick up your Sweet Sisters Flower stencil and mix media products for your next piece of art.

Watercolor Tube Inspiration Card

June 22, 2019

Hey peeps. I’m back today sharing a quick crafty card I made a few weeks ago. I love to watercolor so when I saw the Arts & Craft stamp set from The Ink Blot Shop I knew I had to have it. This stamp set features some of the cutest images for us crafty peeps. You can watercolor the images or color them with pencils or markers.

For my watercoloring today I used a inexpensive palette I picked up from Amazon awhile ago. I have a review of the palette here. It’s really a great palette for the price. I started off by stamping out the paint tube seven times so I could have all the colors of the rainbow. I colored each one leaving some high light areas around the top. Now I don’t get caught up on light source and all that. I just like to paint and make pretty things. (However I’m taking a watercolor class so I might change that when I’m more experienced).

Watercolor Tube Card

Once I had all my painting done, I fussy cut each image with my spring action scissors. Next I grabbed a piece of fog cardstock for the base of my card. I popped each paint tube on a foam square and went in a circle-ish design round this piece after I stamped a sweet sentiment in the middle. To add a little bit of white to the card base, I pulled out my gelly roll pen .10 and drew dots around the edges of the card panel and a few around the paint tubes. Here’s a closeup of the card.

For my second card I pulled out the glue bottle, washi tape, paint bottle and sequin holder and got busy painting them as well. The text on each bottle was done by first drawing the word out with pencil and then going over it with a fine tip pen. Now it was time to add some Ink On 3 liquid pixie dust for sparkle. I fussy cut out each image and now they were ready for a card panel.

Again I kept the panel really simple with just a sentiment and faux stitching round the case base. I them alternated the images and stacked them on top of each other as if they were sitting on my shelf waiting to be used. This definitely was a fun card to make. The sentiments for both of these cards are from The Ink Blot Shop Arts and Crafts sentiment stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by today. I’ll see you back here soon with more card making inspiration. Have a great day everyone.

No-Line Watercoloring Ink On 3 Hollyhocks and The 30 Day Color Challenge

June 15, 2019

Hey peeps. I’m sharing some no-line watercoloring today using the Hollyhocks from InkOn3. I started this card a few weeks ago on Periscope and now finally finished it. You can see the start of this card by hopping over to this link. I love watercoloring and no-line watercoloring is easy with the fade out ink from Ink On 3. I’m also participating in #thedailymarker30day challenge that the lovely Kathy Racoosin . I love participating in this challenge as it gives me a reason to color each day.

Hollyhocks InkOn3

I used my Windsor Newton watercolors to create the colors for my painting. When mixing the colors, I made sure they matched my new vintage nuvo dream drops I purchased. Once I completed the watercoloring, I used the left over paint to splatter some color on the background.

Hollyhocks InkOn3

To finish up the card I pulled out my polychromo pencils to add in some depth to my flowers. I do this a lot when watercoloring if I can’t get the depth I want. I trimmed down this panel to add a fog background to it. I stamped a simple sentiment to complete the card along with a few enamel dots using the new nuvo dream drops in Earl Grey, Dusty Rose and Pioneer Green. I’m so in love this with colors.

No-line watercoloring Hollyhocks InkOn3

Thanks for stopping by today.

Updated Watercolor Swatch – What Have I Done Now?

June 4, 2019

Hey peeps. Updated watercolor swatch…what have I done now? Yes I MUST keep my colors organized. LOL . I thought I would share with you a quick video showing how I updated my watercolor swatches. The first method really did work for me for years, however I felt I needed to tweak it just a bit. Do you watercolor swatch your paints? Which brands do you use?

Keeping my space organized is one of the most valuable things I can do for myself. It keeps me from chasing my own self around the room trying to figure out where I placed or stored an item. I’m not OCD however I am VERY dedicated to keeping a happy space. When I find disorganization in my space it kills my creativity. I feel like I’m suffering slowly and to keep that from happening, I stay organized. An updated watercolor swatch will make all the difference if you don’t understand how much watercolor paints you already have. For me, if I see what I have I will “try” not to purchase the same colors. That doesn’t always work because different brands have different shades however at least I would know that I don’t need anymore yellows when I have 30 of them. LOL

Okay onto the video. You can watch it here or over at my Youtube channel mzdanajoy.

Let me know if you keep a color swatch of some sorts? Do you do it for your inks, markers, pencils, paints? Let me know in the comments. Have a great day everyone. I’ll see you back here soon!