Getting Going with More Poppies

MORE poppies - using UART sanded pastel paper

instead of watercolor paper - making watercolor.

glue gun stencil, and saran effects...but

found that it just didn't pop

like it should.

Next lesson (I had just an inkling of what it might be and...)

I went ahead and added Derwent and pastel pencil.

Like it, oh so much, better.

Organically Speaking

"Poppy I"

watercolor - with a variety of tweaks

In my online class with Tonja Sell, part of our lessons for this week

is watercolor on different papers using

our own hand made glue gun stencils, gauze, and saran wrap.

This is the precursor to a poppy done on UART

pastel sanded paper..which reacts a little differently 

to this method watercolor paper vs. pastel sandpaper.

I see that this was an important

lesson, so I could push the technique to

look similar on the sanded pastel paper.

It will probably take more layers than 

about the three that I have here.

More Experimenting

This time I am playing with watercolor swatches 

and complimentary colors in pastels - on top.  

Some of the colors added literally POPPED off the surface, creating an optical illusion.

The class I am involved in is "Merging Watercolor and Pastel" 

on patreon.com with Tonja Sell.

Lovin' it!

Experimentation

Experimenting with watercolor, stencils of all types, even ones made with 

glue from a glue gun, gauze, waxpaper, saran wrap..so fascinating and fun!

Taking an online course, MERGING WATERCOLOR WITH PASTELS...stay tuned, we are 

about to get down to the nitty gritty.

In the meantime, one studio cat had to be 'shaved' the other day...her fur was 

so matted and full of knots, it was beyond our capability to help.

Had to be sedated and shaved at the vet.

She looks so cute..shows her tubbiness, however, the

other studio cat now HATES her..guess it's the 'cootie' smell

of the vet clinic and maybe because she looks so different and cool.