Sunflower Watercolor Card with Brutus Monroe

 

Hello everyone!  With a few short weeks of summer left it's almost

time for fall!  So, today I'm sharing an early fall card with products from:

Brutus Monroe

Pre-Printed Watercolor Cards

Aqua Pigments

I absolutely love pre-printed watercolor cards.  They are quick, easy

and there are so many options!  This set of 4 different fall designs is

fabulous!  Let me show you how I made my card.

I chose the sunflower panel - my favorite one of the 4.  I used my

Aqua Pigments to paint with.

I started out painting my sunflower yellow.  This is known as

"local color".  When you think of a sunflower you immediately think

it's yellow, when, in fact, it's many colors.  I ended up using

4 colors on this flower.

Liquid watercolor is quite different than traditional watercolor.  I

found that I could mix colors on my glass mat, but they didn't layer

particularly well when they were wet.  They layered better when

they were dry.

I used Amber, Penny, Cherry and Shimmering Gingerbread.  I

made a mix of the Cherry and Amber on my glass mat.  It made

a lovely shade of orange.  I didn't use the reds in the center, and

added a touch of Lime underneath Shimmering Gingerbread to

give things a neutral brown tone.  Next I moved on to the

leaves and stem.

I really layered on color with the leaves.  Leaves are amongst my

favorite things to watercolor!  I used:  Lime, Delphinium, Amber,

Penny and Shimmering Gingerbread.  The underneath of sunflower

leaves have a very blue tint to them.  I love that variation and

contrast.

Once I finished my painting and everything was dry, I trimmed the edges so

the final measurement for the panel was 3 1/4" x 5 1/2".  I mounted that

onto a top folding A2 size white card base that I had covered with 

orange plaid paper.  To give the edges of the panel a little definition, I

used dark brown and shimmery green peel-offs along the edges.  I

decided against a sentiment and any embellishments.  The Aqua 

Pigments, when dry, are extremely shimmery!

I hope you enjoyed today's tutorial.  I love painting on these cards!

Find the cards and the Aqua Pigments at:

Brutus Monroe

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I appreciate your interest and

your time spent here!  I hope I've inspired you to create 

something beautiful!

Betsy

In my capacity as a design team member for Brutus Monroe, I do receive the products I use from them.

 All opinions and creative decisions remain my own, and I only work with companies/use products that I love.