Mood Board Challenge.... by Cindy Porter

Hi everyone, today I have created a journal page to play along with the new mood board challenge... 

I was drawn both to the colour palette of the challenge and the requirement of adding a butterfly.... 

You can find all the details of the challenge and the prizes on offer here....September moodboard

Normally, I would have a process video to share with you all... however, I as I mentioned in my last post I have fractured my ankle and can't sit under my desk and film at the moment... so instead again I have a photo step by step...

so I began by spraying my page with water 

I loosely added Ecoline watercolours in Light Orange and Dark Orange to the damp page

 I then spritzed some more water to help the Ecoline watercolours move...

 Next I left the background to dry...

Once dry I sketched out my image...

 then I began to add colour...

 and continued to do so, using white Ecoline and Blue Ecoline watercolour...

 For the flower centre I mixed white and Bright Yellow Ecoline ....

 I then added shading to the flower centre and began painting the body of the butterfly...

 The final step was to add shading to the butterfly and flower and add details to the butterfly...

One last look at the completed piece...

I hope you'll be able to join in the challenge this month for your chance to win some fabulous prizes...

Products used:

Aqufine Water Colour Pad

Ecoline Liquid Water Colour White

Ecoline Liquid Water Colour Light Yellow

Ecoline Liquid Water Colour Sky Blue Cyan

Ecoline Liquid Water Colour Light Orange

Ecoline Liquid Water Colour Deep Orange

Ecoline Liquid Water Colour Blueish Green

Ecoline Liquid Water Colour Vermilion

Ecoline Liquid Water Colour Burnt Sienna

Ecoline Liquid Water Colour Deep Grey

Extra Fine White Sharpie

hope you enjoyed seeing my process,

till next time

Happy Creating,

xC

Sunset Dreams..... by Cindy Porter

Hi everyone, I'm back with you today to share my latest piece for Art and Soul Studio, a water colour painting "Sunset Dreams"

I have been wanting to test out the Ecoline liquid water colours for a while now, and finally had the chance to give them a go...  I loved the vibrancy of their colour and they were wonderful to work with on the watercolour paper...

I have made a time lapse video of my process for you all... so grab a cuppa and enjoy...

Products used:

Aqufine Water Colour Pad
Ecoline Liquid Water Colour White

Ecoline Liquid Water Colour Light Yellow

Ecoline Liquid Water Colour 

Ecoline Liquid Water Colour Light Orange

Ecoline Liquid Water Colour Deep Orange

Ecoline Liquid Water Colour Vermilion

Ecoline Liquid Water Colour Burnt Sienna

Ecoline Liquid Water Colour Deep Grey

FW Acrylic Artists Ink Black

Posca Pen White
Extra Fine White Sharpie

hope you enjoyed seeing my process,

till next time

Happy Creating,

xC

Having Fun with Yupo

Hello Soul Sisters

 

For a little while now I have wanted to play with yupo, which is a synthetic paper, mostly used with alcohol ink. Well I decided to do something different.

 

I used yupo with my ecoline liquid watercolours. I had a lot of fun playing, I could have kept going but I did make myself stop.

 

Here is what I created with my playing but I will share my process as well.

 

 

The process is really, really easy and its so unpredictable.

 

I used the 5in x 7in pad. Comes with 10 sheets and I know that I could have easily used all ten but only used 4.

 

Step 1: Using a soft brush and clean water add as little or a lot to the paper. I covered my yupo all over and then added my liquid watercolour with big fluffy brushes.

 

 

Sorry about the quality of the photo the camera didn't want to focus on the image. How cool would it have been if the design stayed like this

 

Step 2: Keep adding water and colour until you are happy then start drying your creation. You will notices when you start drying the colours will fade in places but they stay true colours.

If you want to add more colour or water during the drying process do so, it will add another layer to your finished piece.

 

Here are some close ups of what happened after I finished drying my four pieces.

 

Just a word of caution: the darkest parts of the purple have not actually completely dried, they are sticky. I am trying to think of what I can use to take the stickiness away. It doesn't matter how many times I dry it then returns to being sticky.

 

The colours I used are 201, 318, 311, 545, 548 and 579.

 

Happy Creating