Print, Watercolour, and then Watercolour some more

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I love Derwent Inktense pencils and have for a very long time. They never disappoint with their beautiful bright colours and the ability to continue to add color, that dries permanent, over the top, making little ‘tweaks as much as you like.

I took the card I made the other day and added additional depth of colour over the top, and wow I love the vibrancy!

I made another quick video just to show how easy it was to add color using these amazing pencils. The video is nothing flash, has no voice over or written words and is at 4x speed, but hopefully it may be useful for some. This flower can be found on my Etsy and Payhip Stores.

Thanks for stopping by.

Smiles,

Annabelle

Print and Watercolour

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Looking for a quick easy project after playing with my colouring books, I moved to one of my Printable Cards and created this very quick project using watercolours.

I tend to indulge a little each year for my birthday, and this year was no exception. I purchased just a few things from Jane Davenports site, including these watercolours.

This card took no time at all to whip up – after I worked out how to print with pigment ink! There I was all set up to video and paint and my first attempt did not go well, with the water bleeding the lines. Oooops.

That’s it for now. If you’d like to check out this image visit my Etsy page HERE.

Smiles,

Annabelle

Memory’s

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A very dear friend lost her Mum a few weeks ago. You want to give something, say something, do something at times like these, but they all seem not enough.

We shared visits and many phone calls and in between those I made this card. Not your normal sympathy card. The four flowers represent her Mum and the three daughters she had.

I used my Sennelier watercolours, Black Velvet Silver 4 brush and Artistico Fabriano paper, along with a Fine Lin 0.1 pen.

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Blue Vase

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I have nearly completed a video to go with this very simple water colour card. I love watercolours because they are so very forgiving! I am constantly eyeing off new ones when I don’t really need them, and planning how I can squeeze them into my budget.

The card came together very quickly! After printing my images on Derwent Watercolour paper I trimmed to desired size – border marked on card – then started colouring.

Smiles for now

Big, Bold Colour

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I love bright colours! Not so much in my clothes but definitely when I create. They’re just so much fun!
This collection of three designs was created using my very much loved Derwent Inktense Pencils. I have had these pencils for a very long time and love the ability to blend like normal watercolours but also go back and add colour without disturbing what I had already laid down.

I created these images in part using the Printable Stamp set Doodle Delicious – bottom image. I selected the stems, leaves and circle flower heads then added in my own detail to complete. It gave a base to work with as well as leaving me free to add my own style.

Enjoy your day,


Smiles

Brights in Watercolour

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I love my Inktense pencils, and I love to doodle.  Not much more I could ask for!

Smiles,

Andrea

Watercolour Background

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Hi and thanks for stopping by today!  Remember this card I made a little while ago, well it made it as a favourite on CAS(E) this Sketch!  I was blown away, and so very excited to be asked by Chrissy to be a guest this week for a brand new sketch!!  So here is the sketch and my take on it.

I decided to use a new digi image I’ve created and twisted and turned it to fill the front of my card, then coloured it using Derwent Watercolour pencils.  This time I didn’t use my Inktense, which was really hard to do, but then I felt these lovely pencils had long been neglected and so therefore were chosen…(lucky them).

I wanted to keep it fairly subtle , and I have to say (after taking numerous photos) this card is far prettier in the flesh….I simply couldn’t capture it with my limited photography skills.  I added Lagoon Sprinkles as an afterthought, and they really make a difference – in the flesh!

 

Be sure to check out the new sketch over at CAS(E) this Sketch  and join in with us!

Smiles for now,

Andrea

Indented Flower

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Well it definitely feels like January holidays were ages ago!  I’ve been back at work about 2 and a half weeks and already my desire to craft at least once a week has gone out the window lol! I saw the current sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch and knew I had to make something, but then I saw last weeks sketch as well and thought the same thing but simply didn’t get there.  Once the weather cools there will be less to do around our house so I’m thinking that will free up my weekends.

Here is this weeks great sketch:

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I decided on a doodle I created ages ago, but still haven’t completed the set because there are more elements I’d like to include to make it as versatile as possible.

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The panels are raised and coloured with Copics with the silhouette of the flower cutout.  The flower is on the main card and also coloured with Copics.  I’m not the best photographer so showing off how the flower is indented was not easy, well at least not for me!

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Enjoy the coming week, and don’t work too hard 😉

Smiles,

Andrea

Copic or Inktense

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I loved the simple sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch this week and have had it sitting on my desktop for daaayyys, so today I got around to doing something about it!  I wanted to use both Copics and Inktense and have tried to match the colours as close as I could just so I could see the differences.

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This one uses Inktense pencils.  The light background at the top took mixing 3 colours to get something close to the colours I used in the Copic card, but I came pretty close with that I think.  To me it looks like a watercolour card and not smooth like the Copic, but then I liked the Copic as well 🙂

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The Copic card actually took a lot less time because I didn’t have to wait for anything to dry.

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Not good lighting in my office today so it was hard to get a good shot, even with three lamps going!  The image is from the Flowers For You set but I’ve used the digital version (coming soon) and scaled them larger to suit the card I had in my mind.  The sentiment I created and printed at the same time as I printed the image out.

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Here’s the sketch and I hope you enjoyed the comparison 🙂

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Smiles,

Andrea

Lil Monster’s InKtensity

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Ok, so when I stamped a sheet of watercolour paper the other day I stamped more than one of Lil Monster, so thought I’d better colour him and move him to the finished box of cards.  After using my new Peerless watercolours for the last few projects I went back to my favourites for colouring in – Inktense pencils by Derwent (they’re just so easy to use).

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Very plain, possibly a little boring, but I don’t know another way that I’m comfortable with, so went with it!  Lil Monster is coloured using – Golden Yellow, Mustard, Amber, Dk Aquamarine, Sea Blue, and the floor, background and balloon with Neutral Grey.  The background and balloon was a combination of yellow and grey to create a very muted colour.  I used the Neutral on the balloon and allowed it to dry before brushing the watered down yellow over.  This time I left the image as is without adding any additional shading 🙂

I used the colour combo from the Color Throwdown challenge blog

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Smiles,

Andrea