Colorburst (Powdered Watercolor) Ideas

Colorburst (Powdered Watercolor) Ideas

Hello friends!! Today I wanted share ideas for using your Powdered Watercolors!! You may know them as “Colorburst, Color Sparks, or Brusho”

Check out the Video Tutorial below:

I LOVE using colorburst!! Colorburst is a powdered watercolor that BURSTS out with color as soon as you spritz on water!

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I love the effect that the powdered watercolor creates!! I also love that the effect happens organically.. which means you can’t really control how the inks move.. which I actually LOVE!!!

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Did you know that you can WATERCOLOR with your Colorburst?!

You can use a small amount of Colorburst with your Waterbrush to create VIBRANT watercolors for creating art! I always like to make swipes of color to create a RAINBOW palette to see how beautiful the colors are!


I added in the “splatter” with leftover ink that was left in my palette.

You can also use a craft mat to create a beautiful Colorbust creation and then take a piece of white paper and “lift” the ink off the craft mat.. this process is called a Monoprint

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You can create an EVEN MORE AMAZING design by doing your Colorburst Monoprint onto a paper called Kromekote. The paper is GLOSSY on one side and it is AMAZING how you can see all the details and swirls!!

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I wanted to play with some stencils and Colorburst.. check out this idea where I picked up some of the wet Colorburst ink with a small sponge and pressed it onto my Mushroom Stencil. I love the effect!! The trick for using sponges with a watercolor is you need to press out as much moisture as possible so the ink doesn’t leak under the stencil.


To finish off the card, I added some lines at the bottom with my waterbrush and some splatters to make the background not look so stark-white.

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Check this out… I did the Monoprint onto Kromekote paper, then I finished it off with some stenciling of my little fairies using the sponge and Indigo-colored Color burst!! I LOVE this effect!! The fairies and the whimsical background go perfectly together!!

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There are SO MANY wonderful ideas!!

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Thank you for checking out this week’s Demo!!

Questions? Feel free to give me a call or stop by!!

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See you soon, friends!

~Elli