Controlled No Line Watercoloring: Waffleflower Watercolor Media Mat

 Hello Crafters!

I definitely shared this video over on YouTube a few days ago but needless to say I'm a bit backed up on blog sharing.  

This card started out completely different than it looks right now. My original game plan was to pop up my die cuts over a messy watercolor background. However, when I combine them I didn't love it. The background detracted from the controlled painting and so I decided to make two cards. 

For this one I stamped in a very light ink onto watercolor paper and then began watercoloring. I tried the new Waffle Flower Watercolor Media Mat and really loved it. Instead of dropping my liquid watercolors in a separate palette I was able to put them right on my mat and just wipe them up with a baby wipe when I was done. So nice! There was a bit of staining with the pink but it was the only one. 

As far as technique goes when I do controlled watercolor I lay down a line of watercolor in the area I want the darkest then rinse my brush, blot the base of the bristles on my paint brush and pull the color out into the rest of the petal, leaf, etc. The blotting is very important until you get a good feel for how much water should be in your brush. Often times people are unhappy with their watercolor because they are using far too much water. 

You can watch the entire process in the video below. 

I'm so glad I decided to go with the white background! It's a much cleaner look that I really enjoy. The crisp label sentiment adds to the over all clean and simple effect. 

Thanks for dropping in! 

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