Hi watercolor fans, welcome back to Watercolor Weekend here
on the Art Impressions Blog. Today I have my
Alice in Wonderland journal and I have an announcement. I will start with the
announcement, which is, after a lot of soul searching, it is bittersweet that I have decided to retire from my Watercolor Design Team
position. I have been so blessed to have been part of this amazing watercolor
team since Bonnie’s vision of expanding the regular line design team in 2017.
I started using Art Impressions stamps in 2016 after I
attended a scrapbook show and thought it looked fun. I have always been drawn to
watercolor. I jumped in FULL FORCE. It was also my first experience with social
media (Instagram). I set a goal to work
with Art Impressions and in July of 2017, I was invited to be a part of the New
Art Impressions Guest Design Team. I was beyond excited!
Well, it’s been 7 years and this watercolor community has
grown in leaps and bounds. It has been such a pleasure watching you all blossom
into your art and encourage each other along the way. I have been inspired,
lifted up and humbled by all of you. I sincerely wish each and every one of you
joy in your journey and know that I will still be around watching and encouraging
you. I am so proud to be part of your tribe.
For now, my heart is telling me that I need to move forward.
I will continue to make art in all forms and continue on my journey to see what
my next chapter looks like. I wish you all the love and happiness in the world.
Thank you for joining me on this wonderful journey!
Alice in Wonderland Journal
Here is the complete Alice journal that I created a while
ago. A couple of the dies are not
released yet so I have blurred them here.
I hope you enjoy!
Cheshire Cat / Alice
I started out inking the Rugged Tree and stamping it diagonally
to create a tree branch for the cat to sit on.
I used my positioner to place him perfectly on the tree. Next, I added long
vines and leaves. I did this in a couple
of layers to get some depth and interest.
I pulled the color out of the tree and added some additional darker values.
For the cat, I pulled the color out of the lines first to
create the shadows. Next, I drew in the stripes and face with a pencil. I stayed with the contours of the cat. I used my palette to add color.
For Alice, I used the standing Angel stamp without the
wings. I stamped her in brown stamped
off to get a light image. I added color
to her from my palette. I extended her hair down, tip: Do her hair first so you
don’t fill in color where you want hair.
I grounded her with gray using a back and forth stroke.
Finally, I added in the sky.
To get the really blurry look, use more water than normal.
Dormouse
I started out by stamping in the peeking mouse. I then masked him off and using my positioner stamped the teapot (inked with blue and brown and stamped off). I pulled the color out of the where the shadowed areas would be. Once it was dry, I added the flowers and leaves free hand along with the lace below. I pulled the color out of the mouse and added some additional color from my palette. To finish it off, I added some brown for the table and blue for the sky.
I used 1 10x14 piece of watercolor paper to create all the paintings. I cut them out with the journal template dies. I picked some coordinating papers and cut those as well. I assembled the journal and printed the parts of the story I thought went well with the paintings.
This was so much fun to do and I loved stretching my stamps. I hope you have been inspired to create a journal too!
Here is the entire journal:
Again, I have been so blessed these last 7 years and I am so excited to see what the next chapter brings. Have a great day!
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