Hello friends! I have a fun layout to share with you today, featuring the color challenge posted in Vicki's Facebook Group. We are using a bright and cheery color scheme today. Cobalt, violet, magenta, orange, yellow and aqua are our colors to play with.
My layout features a watercolor painting I made for my grandma for Mother's Day, so a happy and colorful color scheme is perfect for this celebration. I used the watercolor markers in a new way today, and I cannot wait to share it with you. There is also a process video for you at the bottom of this post. I kept my colors in the same order as the sample photo.
Color scheme photo.
First, I added water to an acrylic block, and used the lid from Vicki Boutin White Gesso to stamp using the clean water. Then, I touched the tip of the Watercolor Marker to the clean water to bleed the color around the ring. You can add more than one color to each circle, and I chose to keep the order from the challenge photo to keep it simple. You can add a second color before the first color dries, to get a nice blend. I ended with the aqua color, that coordinates with my photo.
I added punched circles to coordinate with the colors of the rings. I punched several different sizes of circles and a few different patterns for each color. I added them and folded up the edges, overlapping some and adding color coordinated embellishments. I punched the acetate sheet from the cover of the Ready To Use Mixed Media Paper Pad. The black and white flower, and the pink butterfly are from the acetate. It was fun to add lots of the epoxy Thicker elements, and puffy stickers.
I added the paint brush and the pen die cut in a criss-cross fashion under the photo, and over the text print layer beneath. I added the teal butterfly to draw attention to the photo. The movement on the page leads your eye directly to the photo and the butterfly die cut gives your eye a place to pause. I added a floral branch as well to give some more weight to the photo cluster.
Have you tired this color challenge, and Vicki Boutin Watercolor Markers yet? I can't wait to see what you create! Share it with us in the group here:
Vicki Boutin Mixed Media Community of Facebook
Enjoy the You-Tube video above.
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Vicki Boutin Color Kaleidoscope Collection: Patterned Papers
Vicki Boutin Color Kaleidoscope Collection Embellishments
Vicki Boutin Color Kaleidoscope Die Cut Embellishment Pack
Vicki Boutin Mixed Media Watercolor Markers
Vicki Boutin White Foundations Mixed Media Art Paper
Vicki Boutin Color Kaleidoscope Epoxy Thickers
