Nature’s Nest
Well my nose is all still blocked, but it’s the first time in a week where I’ve actually felt like doing anything substantial!
Feeling a little in the mood to create something, and to colour in, so I thought while I’m colouring, I would photograph after each layer of colour so you can all see how I do it (nothing fancy I assure you!)
I’ve used the Turtle from Nature’s Nest, stamped with Stazon onto Watercolour Paper.
1. Using and Aquapainter (try to keep dry not wet) lay down a light colour wash of Creamy Caramel
2. Â Using Creamy Caramel Ink again, add a little more colour on his face and legs. Â Use the image as a guide, where the shade lines have been drawn in.
3. Â Add Close to Cocoa Ink this time in the same area’s of the face and legs, blending as you go. Remember to keep the Aquapainter as dry as you can.
4. Â Add a touch, and I mean a touch of Chocolate Chip Ink in the same area’s to add more depth.
5. Â For his shell, we are going to repeat the process, but use greens this time. Â Start with laying down a light colour wash of Mellow Moss Ink.
6. Using Mellow Moss again, deepen area’s on his shell. Â I’ve tried to concentrate on the ‘circles’ of his shell.
7. Â Continue to deepen the colour in your chosen area’s with Always Artichoke Ink.
8. As my son reminded me, Turtles have a fleshy colour underbelly, so I’ve put down a light wash of Blush Blossom.
9. Then to deepen and warm this colour, I’ve used a touch of Creamy Caramel where the lines are drawn on the underbelly.
10. Â This is where you can squeeze a little more water through your Aquapainter now, and do a light wash of Chocolate Chip Ink for the ground, and Baja Breeze Ink for the sky. Â I also used Chocolate Chip for his claws/toenails.
Your image is now finished 🙂 Â and can be used as you wish.
Card Recipe:
- Stamps: Nature’s Nest
- Card: Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke, Watercolour Paper, Chocolate Chip Designer Print Paper
- Ink: Black Stazon, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke, Blush Blossom, Baja Breeze, Versamark
- Other: Aquapainter, Jumbo Brad, Chocolate Chip Ribbon, Round Tab Punch
If you would like to have a go at watercolouring and need any of the supplies mention, please email me, and I can help you out.
Wow! Just wow!
Thanks for sharing your step by step instructions. I’d love to give this ago, I just might! :0)
beautiful job on your watercoloring and explanation. xox
Thanks for showing us this great technique – I’ll definitely give it a go when I get time. He almost jumps off the page (should I say crawls off the card)
Hi Alisa,
the turtle is awesome. Thanks for sharing the colouring process with us. Your written step-by-step instructions along with the photos make this look relatively easy. So much so that I’ll give it ago now with one of my stamp sets. Thanks again and I hope you are starting to feel better.
Donna Zammit
Hi Alisa
Thanks for showing your step by step photos of your watercolouring process. When I receive my stamp set from my current order I will give this a try myself! TFS
This turtle is so divine. I would never have dreamt about giving this a go as I would not have known where to start. You make it
look so easy. Thanks for sharing.