Watercolor For Cardmakers Intermediate Day Four - Lost and Found Details

This was a hard one, I made some mistakes and learnt some lessons along the way :) I mixed my own custom colour here using Windsor & Newton Cotman Intense Blue and Brushos in yellow and orange. I should have just mixed a dark mix and split in parts to make lighter washes but it didn't quite work out so I had to do a lot of fiddling but I got there in the end :) This one's on Arches 300gsm Cold Pressed paper.

I only had enough time for one technique from day 4 so far but I will come back to them. Day 5 and six are amazing techniques, again possibly only one from each lol...
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Watercolor For Cardmakers Intermediate Day Three - Negative Painting

I am really struggling with this technique as you will see in a minute lol . . . Firstly I don't have many leaf stamps and my brain wasn't working on alternatives like it has for other days, secondly the paper wasn't staying wet as fast as I misted it the water soaked in pretty much lol. Darn Aussie heat! And of course am still using the plaid one stroke which don't hold a point well. Anyway here it is...

More practice required!
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Watercolor For Cardmakers Intermediate Day Three - Lifting

Hi, I know, tonnes of posts all at once... Sorry lol. I am using my phone net to do most of this so hope I don't go over haha! Extra big bill... So again I don't have the right paper for this technique and am still using Plaid One Stroke brushes that honestly just don't cut it for these types of techniques. For the following lifting attempts I used Rangers watercolour paper and I'm not 100% sure which watercolours set lol. Attempt one.

Attempt two.

I really am seeing how paper and brushes play a big part in these techniques! Attempt three

Hopefully I'm improving! Still struggling with leaves but I think better brushes will help!
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Watercolor For Cardmakers Intermediate Day two - Pattern On Pattern

My first attempt at this was too dark. I am hoping somewhere in the near future I can rewdo it with a lighter was and also make sure my layers are dry between colours. I was a little impatient ;)

I used Arches Cold Pressed 300gsm paper with Windsor & Newton Cotman pans. The stamp is from Docrafts Creative Essentials and is called butterflies embossed with white Hampton Arts embossing powder.
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Watercolor For Cardmakers Intermediate Day 2 - Wet on Dry Roses

I am really struggling with the wet on dry roses. There are a few reasons. First I don't have the right paper (this one is coming), secondly the papers I do have dry super fast which thirdly could be from how hot it is in Australia lol. Also I am using Plaid One Stroke brushes as that's all I have in a big size... While they look like roses they are not soft and pretty like they should be... This is attempts one and two.

Three

My leaves leave a lot to be desired lol. Oh well practice makes perfect.
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