Hands down, taking\u00a0a couple of Sandy Allnock’s classes this weekend is the most SUMMER FUN\u00a0I’ve had yet (I told Sandy that too!). Today I spent 4+ hours learning various techniques to use with Ken Oliver Color Bursts. We practiced a whole bunch on small tags cut from student-grade Canson XL watercolor paper<\/a><\/span>. \u00a0I know I’ll be able to use at least some of these on card fronts but I might just keep them on a ring as a kind of reference. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

<\/a>Anyway, after a lot of practice (see the photo at left of 6 of the 12 tags I colored up in class), I really fell in love with the magic and mystery that are in those tiny granules of pigment in the Ken Oliver Color Bursts.<\/p>\n

My favorite technique was: (1) stamping an image with VersaMark ink, (2) heat embossing it with Hero Arts white embossing powder, (3) laying down water around the image (or in the image, but not both at once or you’ll get pigment everywhere), (4) lightly sprinkling on a bit of powder (never squeeze those bottles or you’ll end up with a hot dark mess), and then (5) moving the pigment crystals\u00a0around with a paint brush or going WILD\u00a0just spraying on water to move the pigment around in the ultimate crazy loose way (I can’t believe it since I’m usually all about control, but I did this a lot)!<\/p>\n

We had the opportunity to try out one of our favorite techniques on a larger format. Sandy also provided a matte so that we could frame this “work of art,” but I had to finish up my piece when I got home to add the background soft greens. I wanted to try my hand at using\u00a0some complementary colors (which if you’re not careful can turn very muddy) so I thought about\u00a0vintage pansies and WILD roses as I painted this picture of a <\/a>cluster of flowers (I did a bit of masking as I stamped the image to eliminate most of the stems and overlapping areas) that I stamped using the Hero Arts Antique Rose<\/a><\/span> and the Hero Arts Antique Rose Stem stamps<\/a><\/span>. The Ken Oliver Color Bursts I used were Violet, Lemon Yellow<\/a><\/span>, Yellow Ochre, and Terre Verte<\/a><\/span>. Even though this is a single layer treatment, there is so much visual movement and interest that comes from the Color Bursts.\u00a0 I’ll definitely be playing more with these!<\/p>\n

By the way, the BIGGEST THRILL\u00a0for me was that Sandy\u00a0actually took\u00a0a picture of my final floral project! She said she had never seen the purple and yellow worked together to achieve such a pretty natural color combo and she wanted to use my piece as a reference! I was humbled and absolutely floored!<\/p>\n

The large floral watercolor is being entered into the following challenges:
\nSimon Says Stamp Monday Summer Fun Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nSimon Says Stamp Wednesday Let’s Go Wild Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nCAS-ual Fridays Time to Color Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nWord Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nThrough the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\n613 Avenue Create Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nPenny Black and More Anything Goes with a Stamp Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nCraft Your Passion Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nAddicted to Stamps and More Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nMFT Camp Create Farewell Bonfire Single Layer Challenge<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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