Finally — Video Vednesday! After you watch this, make sure you scroll to see how I worked these panels (similar to the ones here) into cards!
I’m never sure how these watercolor swash panels will come out, and that’s the fun of it! This first panel was pretty much straightforward. Look at that beautiful blending — so simple to achieve! The card base is Poppy Parade; I wanted something bright enough to carry all that color on the swashes.
In the video, the second panel — created with the wet-on-wet technique — was not what I hoped for (you know, the dripping blood effect). A little later, while it was still pretty wet, I gave it the “butt press” and was pleasantly surprised how it was transformed! Quite a bit of the ink was absorbed by the copy paper. Who would have thought Real Red ink refill would turn out so Flirty Flamingo?
I hope you’ll try this technique and post your results (or questions) on the HeartfeltInk Facebook page!
