Hello friends and welcome to this weeks demo!!
This week we are inspired by Watercolor!! Let’s make something magical to send to a friend and share happiness!!
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This awesome stamp is perfect for creating postcards!! Let’s stamp it on half of our watercolor paper!
We can get two postcards out of a sheet! You could either cut it with scissors or hand-tear it along the edge of a ruler. I really enjoy the rustic look of hand tearing!
Now it’s time to create a magical scene for your postcard!!
You could create anything from a galaxy to a flower garden!! How about we start with a magical fairy door!!
Paint the bricks with big even strokes, staggering the bricks to form a wall! Try angling your bricks around the doorway to make an arch!!
Fill in the doorway with a light brown! Take a fan brush and saturate the tips in a dark brown watercolor paint! If you use a frayed fan brush and move it straight down it will look like woodgrain!!! How cool!!
Now you can add detail around your door like little plants and moss! Take a brown paint around the door to give it a doorway!
Let’s add some finishing details!!
You can stamp out a sentiment like “Sending Happiness Your Way” and attach it as a banner above your fairy door!! Draw in the hinges and any details you love!!
The back could have stamps you love and a message to your friend!!
Make it with joy and it will come out beautifully!
You could explore so many designs for your post card!! Create a rainbow with flowers!
Or Different shaped doors!! Want to add a secret element to your postcard?
Draw something tiny hiding in the bricks or under a fern! Use metallic watercolor to create a color-shift shimmer!! Add something you know your recipient Loves and tuck it away so they have to play I-Spy to find it!!!
There are so many fun things you could create!!
Watercolor is so much fun to play with!! You can create any scene or color combination and so long as you have Fun it will come out lovely!!
Make sure to write a sentiment on the back describing how much Fun it is to create and what inspired your postcard art!!
The lucky receiver of your beautiful postcard will be so happy to know that creating this present was an act of Joy and Play!! Your art shines with Happiness, my friend!
Thank you so much for creating with us today!! Take inspiration from this craft and come see us for a custom-made Postcard stamp and anything you would need to create your vision!!
See you soon for next weeks craft!!
Art and Happiness
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Bellingham WA 98226
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