Hi friends! I’ve been trying to find ways to pass the time, and decided to put together a watercolor palette. A dear girlfriend and I decided to swap half pans of watercolor. Before I picked out my colors, and I did a lot of research, learning about these paints. I spent a lot of time watching YouTube videos, and found a few channels I highly recommend checking out: In Liquid Color, Dr. Oto Kano, and Teoh Yi Chie. If you ever had any who, what, when, where, why questions about pigments, these channels have all of the answers.

My first project was highly inspired by this VIDEO. I used The Greetery‘s umbrella in the Hand In Hand stamp set.

I stamped the two up-front umbrellas first, and added masks before stamping the rest. I picked out two colors for each umbrella, a light and darker shade. I wet 1/3 of the bottom panel with a wide flat brush, and started with a light wash of rainbow colors. I made the paints flow into each other, and made sure to add a bit of color above and below the umbrellas. I let the panel dry, then started started adding highlights and shadows. This was a fairly quick process, maybe 20 minutes in all. After the umbrellas were dry, I used my paintbrush to tap the excess paint around the umbrellas.

I attached the panel to a card base, and stamped a sentiment from the beautiful Simple Things stamp set to finish the card.

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Daniel Smith Colors used:

• Lemon Yellow, Quinacridone Gold
• Opera Pink, Quinacridone Rose
• Quinacridone Purple, Purpurite Genuine
• Amazonite Genuine, Phthalo Turquoise
• Cascade Green, Jadeite Genuine

Thanks so much for joining me today. I hope I have help give you watercolor ideas for you next project. Happy Crafting!