Water Colour Paints...
...another technique for you to try.
Water colour paints can give a lovely, delicate finish, especially good if you are new to this medium. Very easy to work with and very forgiving too.
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The paints can be bought in small pans and the colour picked up from them with a damp paint brush.
Don't use too much water as your card will buckle if it is too wet.
Try the "Koi" water brushes that are available on the market.
These have a reservoir that is connected to the brush and so eliminates the need to carry extra water with you, if you are out and about.
Squeeze the reservoir gently to get the water flowing to the tip, and clean the tip regularly with tissues as you go along.
Some of these paints have mica pigments in them, which give a shimmery effect when dry.
Brush markers are useful when colouring in and the water based ones can be used straight from the pen.
I prefer to decant some of the colour onto a non-porous surface and pick it up with the paint brush, and then apply it to the image.
Just scribble the brush marker over a white tile or even a scrap piece of acetate and use it that way.
The same rules apply to this medium as Water Colour Pencils and Copics. Start with your palest colour first and add the darker ones as you go on. It's easirer to blend the colours that way.
You can always add more colour where needed, but you can't take it away.
Painting with watercolours, or any other medium you may like to try, is such an enjoyable way to spend your time.
The pictures you create can be incorporated into your cardmaking, for that extra personal touch.
Again another idea for you to experiment with and enjoy.
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