Last Friday night while I was falling asleep I had an idea for a watercolor painting, a half red heart with bold black lines. The next day I was still thinking about it so I went ahead and decided to paint it.
I have done watercolor in the past, but I have always had a hard time forcing myself to put a lot of pigment down on the paper so I never get bright, bold colors. To make the red of the heart, I mixed red with black, brown and orange and put a good amount of paint down. I sprinkled some salt on the watercolor paint while it was drying. I have tried this effect before without much luck. In the past I think I used coarse salt but this time I used normal table salt and it worked out really well. After the red paint dried I finished the painting with the black, using the brush almost as one would if doing calligraphy with black ink.
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"Heart Half Full" |
I was loving the heart theme and the bold colors. In the past I think I would have limited myself and thought "I have to try something different". Instead I just had fun making more paintings of the same type. I am really happy with the results. Even though the paintings are very simple, I definitely learned a little bit more about working with watercolors. Perhaps more importantly, I am getting better at letting my creativity flow instead of trying to control it.
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"Carried Away" |
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"On the Line" |
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"Sweet Heart" |
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That's the time I'm always the most creative too! I really like the texture the salt gives and the titles/themes for all the hearts.
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Thanks Linda! I did have some fun with the titles :)
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