at the art supply store. One of the items on the supply list for Julie's class next week is watercolor paint. It's not a mandatory supply but the idea of using watercolor again just made me happy. I have not painted with watercolor since I was in college, and that was well over 15 years ago. So I picked up this little number:
Cute no? I know the real artists probably use the kind in tubes but I like the idea of not having to open a giant pile of tubes - this looked easy to me (and fun and pretty, too). It's little, only about 6 x 3. The silver brush comes apart like a pen with a cap - very James Bond. I also purchased a watercolor pad. Last night I got to play with the new toys.
What I really wanted to see was if I could paint inside the stamped images with the watercolor and not bleed the inks. I tried a few different kinds of ink and a variety of stamps. Lots of stampers probably already know the answer to this question - but yes, you can paint in the images. Now I want to go through all my stamps and see which ones will work with this technique, and which ones won't.
In the painting/ 'coloring-things-in' mode, I found these in Target yesterday:
Book covers you customize with your own color. Clever, no? I didn't think kids used book covers anymore. (My kids aren't at the school book age yet.) Just realized it's been a very, very long time since I covered a book with a paper cover. We used to use paper bags from the grocery store then embellish them as the year went on with the names of our favorite rock bands and the crush of the month....ok, back to reality. I'm hoping to use these in Julie's class, too. If I don't use them there, I'll re-purpose them into material for another crafty project.
And sort of un-related, but another little thing that is making me happy - I decided to tackle a little organizational project while working on my assignment for The Studio Challenges this week. The Distress Inks were driving me nuts - I could never find the color I was looking for, so I did this (excuse blurry photo):
So, tomorrow, I'll post The Studio challenge that spawned this organization project. Stay tuned!
9 comments:
Ive not tried storing the inks on the side, but awesome idea for the labels! Your class sounds like so much fun, and I'm in awe at the fact that you get to use real watercolors! Oh how I miss mine! And I had to laugh too about the book covers. I did the exact same thing. Back then it was chic to use the paper bags and see how much little of it you could see at the end of the year. Oh, good times!
I have watercolour pans like that, and love how transportble they are, and so small to store that I can keep them tucked in a corner of my desk so they're easy to take out and use. Hope you have lots of fun playing with them, I really like the images you've coloured with them so far! x
Those watercolors look delish, Valerie! I love the SC stamped letters with them, that is gorgeous!!
Wow...so arty!
so it totally forgot to tell you that i'm all signed up for the class :)
i guess i should take a look at the supply list more closely - at first glance it looked like i had most everything. but i don't have watercolors. maybe i will get some this weekend.
are you driving in or taking the train?? i'm taking metro north to grand central then the local train to 14th.
i just want your cast off 'practoce paper'...it looks FUN!! xoxo
I can't do classes on Saturdays, but hopefully there's one we can go to sometime! Tell me about Julie's!
I think I have not painted for over 12 years! I really miss playing with watercolors and I'm amazed with your coloring skill! I'm sure you get good grades in Arts :)
I haven't watercolored in ages!! Sounds like something to do with my girls since they have been wanting to paint. And yes I find it crazy that they sell bookcovers when everyone is "going green" & the kids should be using paper bags like we did. ;)
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