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I’m sure you’ve seen some nice watercolour art prints online or at retail stores. How about making your own from scratch? At the comfort of your home too!
In my case, I did it in my living room. As for the materials, you will need-
-watercolour paper(buy it loose piece or a pad) or a piece from your younger sibling’s drawing block
-watercolour cake or in tube form
-white gouache paint *optional
-assorted brushes
-toothpick or wooden stick
-tissue papers
-chinese ink
-water container
-a placemat or newspaper to protect your working area from stains
**you can get some of these materials from Popular or Art Friend.
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I prefer to have torn edges for my paper.
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Step 1- Choose a light colour and make your first mark.
Step 2- Wet a small area and drop a colour. Watch it spread.
Step 3- Add another colour while it’s wet. I added orange.
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Step 4- Add a puddle of water and add a few drops of yellow and orange.
Step 5- Tilt the paper slightly and observe the paint drips. You may repeat this step on other parts of the paper.
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Step 6- Explore markmaking with the brush.
Step 7- Explore more colour mixing. Wet paint on wet paper.
Step 8- To remove excess paint or water- dap tissue paper over it.
Step 9- While paint is still wet, try using Chinese ink and add on.
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Detailing part is always fun and you can do as much as you want.
Step 10- Use toothpick or wooden stick and dip it in Chinese ink and create patterns, dots or lines. You may repeat this step by using watercolour too.
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You may choose to add words, a message, names or none at all.
Step 11- Use a round brush and do the lettering. I chosed red paint but it didn’t stand out as much. Let it dry.
Step 12 - Add white gouache or poster paint to highlight the words.
Step 13- Lastly, sign off your artwork.
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Once dry, the print can be pasted on your wall or place it at your work desk. To turn it into a gift, simple frame it up!
To end this post, Self and I would like to announce the winner from our first #TheLSexperience-workshop!
Can you spot the winning design?
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Congratulation Hanney (@hanneytiara) !We will be contacting you soon once we’ve launch the Nautical Street collection!
-Lully
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