Welcome! Today I'm playing along with a My Favorite Things Stamps Wednesday Sketch Challenge, WSC449. I've been playing with watercolors a bit lately; they're out of my comfort zone, but I wanted to give them a shot for today's sketch challenge. I stamped the Flowers in Bloom image on watercolor paper with Versamark ink and then heat embossed with detail white embossing powder. Next I just played with some Zig Clean Color watercolor markers, coloring with the marker where I wanted the petals darkest, and then using a clean wet brush to push water toward the painted area.
Looking back, I can see that I probably should have done a little more planning--like on that bottom petal on the left flower. Why on earth did I put the darker area at the top of that short, wide petal instead of at the base of the petal? But you know something? You learn as much from your mistakes as from your successes! Plus, I really doubt that the person I send my card to is going to look at it closely enough to say, "Hmmm, that dark area should have been at the base of the petal instead of the top edge--I'm sending this card back!"
Would you like to play along with the Sketch Challenge? Check the MFT Stamps Blog for more details and more sketch inspiration as well! Thanks for stopping by,
