I needed an idea for a card that is quick and easy to make as I’m currently running out of time. I’ve been spending time in the forest forging for blueberries, raspberries and mushrooms. So I needed something uncomplicated to make and I came up with the idea to draw and paint a kite. Trust me this is very simple, perfect for beginners. The supplies you need are watercolours, watercolour paper, brushes, jars with clean water and a paper towel. I also will be using a masking fluid, but that’s optional. And since I’m making a card, I also have a card base. I am using a card stock that is cut to the size of a slim-line or long card, but you can use a standard size card stock as well. For one of my trial cards I used that size and it looks great. I just don’t use the long card bases that often and I thought this painting would benefit from a longer card stock. I decided to sketch out the kite. I drew it into my sketchbook, but you can use a printer paper or even draw directly onto the watercolour card stock. I was actually thinking about doing just that, since this is a very simple drawing, but in the end I sketched it and transfer it onto the watercolour paper. To draw the kite, I first drew a cross, where the horizontal line is lightly higher then the middle. And after that I drew four lines connecting the lines of the cross. When you draw the connecting lines, start a few millimetres below the cross-lines, you want those lines to sick out. I hope you know what I mean, it is easy to draw, but difficult to explain. Then I drew a wavy line below, connected to the bottom of the kite. This line represents the string. And lastly I drew a few bows along the line. The bows I drew sort of in a shape of an infinity symbol, except I didn’t keep them round, but squared them up a bit. Because I didn’t want to tear up the page from my sketch book, I took a light, slightly see-through paper, placed it over my sketch and traced the kite. However, if you drew the kite onto a printer paper, or you don’t mind tearing up the pages in your sketchbook, just follow the next step. To transfer the image onto the watercolour card stock, all you need to do is to scribble the led of the pencil on the back of the paper with the drawing. You don’t need to cover the whole paper, just where the lines are. Then place the paper on top of the watercolour card stock. If you have secure it with a washi and then using a pencil or pen, trace the image. Thanks to the led background, the image will be transferred onto the watercolour card stock. Next I secured my watercolour paper onto a board using a washi and first I used the masking fluid and used it on the kite and the bows. If you do not have a masking fluid, you could carefully paint the sky around it, either before or after colouring the kite. I waited a few minutes for the masking fluid to dry and then I painted the sky. I did here the wet on wet technique, first I applied clean water and then using a blue paint I painted the sky. I didn’t go from edge to edge, I left a space between the washi and the paint. Thanks to the wet on wet technique, the edges were much softer. While the paint was still wet, I picked a clean paper towel, cut it in half so it’s not too big. I crumbled the paper towel into a smaller oval shape and doing the lifting technique, I created clouds along the edges of the paper. I thought the sky was a little bit to light, so I took my blue watercolour paint and added a little bit more colour around the clouds. This is actually the first time I did this technique with the paper towel and I’m not sure if I like the results. The clouds just look a little bit weird. It might be they are too small. I’ve watched a few videos since then and I will try it again in the future. And once I painted the kite, it looked very nice. To paint the kite. I picked three colours - yellow, orange and pink. Those when mixed together do not create muddy colours, but the colours are up to you. You can do the same or use two or just one colours. Here I also did the wet on wet technique, but that’s optional. I painted the middle yellow and on one side I used orange and on the other I used pink. Once the paint was dry, I applied a second layer to make the colours more vivid. Then I painted the bows using the same yellow, orange and pink, but I also added green and purple. After everything was dry, for the lines I used orange-brown and a size 2 liner brush. I really like this brush, it makes painting lines much easier. My hand shakes too much when trying to paint lines with the tip of the round brush. Liner brush helps a lot. Actually I wish I had the size 1 or even 0, because for some lines I think it’s still too thick. If you don’t have such brush, just use the tip of a round brush or use a black fine liner. I think that would look great as well. Lastly after trimming the card stock a bit, I glued the panel on top of a card base using a liquid glue. The card base is made out of a craft card stock and I bought it already pre-made. Wow! This blog post was suppose to be short. Oh well! I hope you like the painting and will try making this card yourself. Make sure you check out my video on YouTube and give it a Like as well. The list of product is down below, where you can also find a few blog posts that I think you might enjoy. And if you have any questions, just drop me a line. VIDEO TUTORIALWatch the video below or on my YouTube Channel. PRODUCTS USEDCLICK HERE TO SEE TO THE LIST OF PRODUCTS
Canson XL, Watercolour Cardstock , 300gsm/140lb
AmazonDE | AmazonUK Kuretake, Gansai Tambi, Watercolour Paints 36 Set AmazonDE | AmazonUK Faber Castell, HB Graphite Pencil AmazonDE | AmazonUK Staedtler, Eraser AmazonDE | AmazonUK Blue Squid Brush Set AmazonDE | AmazonUK Kreul, Long Bristle Brush Size 2 AmazonDE Schmincke, Masking Fluid AmazonDE | AmazonUK Papermania, Tall/Slim Card Base + Envelopes AmazonDE | AmazonUK UHU, Liquid Glue AmazonDE | AmazonUK Fiscars, Guillotine A5 AmazonDE | AmazonUK Tonic Studios, Guillotine A4 AmazonDE | AmazonUK Crafting Mat, Black AmazonDE | AmazonUK Disclaimer: Here you can find the products I used to make this card. Please note that the products are just a guide, you don't need the exact products or brands. If available I include links to the stores where you can find the products. As I live in Europe, I provide links to UK and German stores. These are not affiliate links and every product I used for this card, I purchased myself. YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEPIN MEDid you like the card? I would love, if you pinned it to your board on Pinterest!
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