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Some of my fellow mighty friends have recently been posting some cool thing and it inspired me to share one of the pieces of “art” I made recently.
Watercolors are extremely soothing for me. I like the fluidity of them, mixing the colors, watching the pigment spread across wet watercolor paper.
I saw this project on IG by an artist Andrea Nelson and decided to try it. If you want to create it too (it also probably would be fun with kids), here is what I did:
First- you need to find leaves. I used my neighbors - he has better leaves than I do.
I then taped down my watercolor paper with washi tape.
I mixed my colors with enough water for them to be fluid but still highly pigmented (watercolor paintings aren’t usually super vibrant but all of mine are because I like bold color). Personally I prefer tube watercolor paint, but any will work. You will get more pigment if you “pre-wet” your watercolor pans (the dry ones) a minute or two before you use them.
I used clean water to wet my paper and then I painted a layer with a mixture of the colors.
I placed the leaves on the wet paper and then added more paint around the leaves.
I placed “weights” (crystals) on the leaves as the paint dried (it takes longer than you’d expect- especially under the leaves).
After a few hours I removed the crystals and leaves and it turned out this beautiful!
I would love to know what you all think. I may just love it because watercolors are soothing to me.
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