Have you tried using leaves in your watercolor paintings yet? The oil pastel resist technique creates amazing textures! 🎨 Let me know how your artwork turns out, and drop any questions in the comments! 👇 Don't forget to subscribe for more fun tutorials!
Only about half way through the video and I love it. Looks like a cliff face. I bought white crayons a few months ago and now I remember why😂. Thank you!
This technique with leaves is great! Thank you for sharing. I came across a method to make collage papers this week and I think you might like it. Some of the marks are really your style. It can be messy, but it's really fun. Her name is Jane Davies and the video is called Texture with Alcohol. Hope you like it! 🙂
Good morning Trina…you always amaze me in how you take interesting shapes and turn it into a wonderful abstract landscape. I really love how the sky turned out and the background. If you look at the entire piece, the dark space at the bottom made it look like a cliff of sorts that is overlooking a valley and a town (in the middle of the piece I see a town 😊)…it really did turn out well. The leaf impressions leave wonderful marks that can be made into many things…love this technique as well. Thank-you once again and wishing you a wonderful day and weekend ahead! 😊
Thanks Katerina! I’m having fun seeing what I can create with the leaf technique. I agree that the dark space looks like a cliff. It’s so interesting to me what people see in the work. Have a fantastic weekend! 😍
Love all the layers in this piece Trina and the play with leaf prints. I've been experimenting with scratching back into layers lately, using sandpaper, and other tools to distress the surface, to bring back some of the underlayers. I watch an acrylic artist who does this a lot, and it leaves an old weathered, vintage look to the piece. Not sure how well it would work with watercolors, and you have to be careful working on paper (I use gel mediums in between the layers), so you don't scratch too far back and peel up the paper. Maybe something to experiment with? I think it would work great in a multilayered piece like this. Fun to experiment! 😍🤩😍 PS: Need to go back a watch your vids this week as I've been offline.
Hi Trina! Was saving your video to give me some evening painting inspiration 😁 Love love love the marks in this one. Such a sand duney/rocky bedrock landscape. Speaking of marks… Discovered a cool floral artist who creates the most beautiful marks with a dancing brush (you’ll have to watch one of her shorts to understand what I mean) Vinessa Redford is her name. A fellow photographer too.
I wonder if the little weights sewers use, to weigh down the textile they will be cutting, would be good to hold down the leaves so they wouldn't move around. Just a thought.
Hmmmm 🤔 I love that bottom section & the contrast between all that texture & the flowing lighter landscape above. But I can see why you might be thrown off by that little section to the left. I wouldn’t have noticed if you hadn’t pointed it out. But maybe it might be a bit too smooth & mid-toneish dark? If you split your painting into 1/3 with that corner & 2/3 for the rest, both work beautifully as separate pieces. So maybe it could use some highlight texture or darker texture? Do you ever use metallics? I love them & was playing with some earth colours & metallic Gold & Rose Gold and they go together so beautifully. So I’m thinking just a hint of texture from an almost dry Gelli plate, or a ghost print of metallic imprinted with some texture (maybe that rock-like stamp?) from the Gelli plate to give it that hint of highlight & texture without taking over. Or even some lighter earthy colour in acrylic paint dry dragged on with cardboard, that matches another lighter tone? Or just leave it because it’s beautiful! I was naughty & bought some Schminke colours that arrived today 🤭 Early birthday present! Especially looking forward to my Forest Grey & Tundra Pink & some Linoprint ink for Gelli printing details. Must be about that time 😊
I love adding metallics and was just thinking I hadn’t used any for a minute. I think you’re right that a bit of texture could add some depth to that corner. You are going to LOVE those Schmincke watercolors. Thanks! I love your comments my friend. 😍
Im trying mixed media now, watercolour and crayons as theyre all i have at the moment and its hard to change from painting figuratively and realistically si im at the stage of putting light washes on then staring at it thinking whats next. Ive done sone rocks with cling wrap but thats as far as ive got so far
That’s awesome! If you have some stamps play around with adding Watercolor to them and stamping. Start thinking about what shapes or textures you could add. You could add some texture by putting a leaf under your paper then use crayon over top. Get creative and have fun. 😍
@@allisonjames2923ditto! One would be the positive print and the other the negative print. My first thought is the wcp wouldn’t lift the negative spaces as it would be far too thick to reach between the leaves. Paint applied to the backs of the leaves should be the only thing lifted. My second thought is use MEP for the blotter and don’t press to lift the negative spaces would be my best guess. This MEP blot be quick and then leave the leaves to dry longer with the weight applied with whatever protective sheet you like. I’ll fool around with that and a stencil or some leaves later today and see what happens and report in.
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Have you tried using leaves in your watercolor paintings yet? The oil pastel resist technique creates amazing textures! 🎨 Let me know how your artwork turns out, and drop any questions in the comments! 👇 Don't forget to subscribe for more fun tutorials!
Only about half way through the video and I love it. Looks like a cliff face. I bought white crayons a few months ago and now I remember why😂. Thank you!
The crayon resist has become a favorite technique for me. Perfect for watercolor and ink. Thanks for watching! 😍
This technique with leaves is great! Thank you for sharing. I came across a method to make collage papers this week and I think you might like it. Some of the marks are really your style. It can be messy, but it's really fun. Her name is Jane Davies and the video is called Texture with Alcohol. Hope you like it! 🙂
Thank you! I love finding new techniques and experimenting with different materials. Jane Davies always has great techniques. Thanks for sharing! 😍
Good morning Trina…you always amaze me in how you take interesting shapes and turn it into a wonderful abstract landscape. I really love how the sky turned out and the background. If you look at the entire piece, the dark space at the bottom made it look like a cliff of sorts that is overlooking a valley and a town (in the middle of the piece I see a town 😊)…it really did turn out well. The leaf impressions leave wonderful marks that can be made into many things…love this technique as well. Thank-you once again and wishing you a wonderful day and weekend ahead! 😊
Thanks Katerina! I’m having fun seeing what I can create with the leaf technique. I agree that the dark space looks like a cliff. It’s so interesting to me what people see in the work. Have a fantastic weekend! 😍
@@MixedMediaArtByTrina I did…wishing you a wonderful week ahead!
Love what you do
Thank you. Much appreciated. 😍
I love that you are thinking out loud for our sake. I do it in my studio, but I am not making video. Just talking to myself. 🤪
Haha! I do it all the time even when I’m not recording. Im always muttering to myself like a crazy woman. 🤣🤣🤣
Gorgeous
Thank you! 😍
Love all the layers in this piece Trina and the play with leaf prints. I've been experimenting with scratching back into layers lately, using sandpaper, and other tools to distress the surface, to bring back some of the underlayers. I watch an acrylic artist who does this a lot, and it leaves an old weathered, vintage look to the piece. Not sure how well it would work with watercolors, and you have to be careful working on paper (I use gel mediums in between the layers), so you don't scratch too far back and peel up the paper. Maybe something to experiment with? I think it would work great in a multilayered piece like this. Fun to experiment! 😍🤩😍 PS: Need to go back a watch your vids this week as I've been offline.
I love the idea of sandpaper. Hoping to start a series of small canvases this week and that would be great to try. Thanks so much! 😍
Hi Trina! Was saving your video to give me some evening painting inspiration 😁 Love love love the marks in this one. Such a sand duney/rocky bedrock landscape.
Speaking of marks… Discovered a cool floral artist who creates the most beautiful marks with a dancing brush (you’ll have to watch one of her shorts to understand what I mean) Vinessa Redford is her name. A fellow photographer too.
Thanks Allison! I will definitely check out her work. Sounds interesting. Have a wonderful day. 😍
Vinessa's work is gorgeous! I love how she uses her palette knife to swipe through the watercolor. Thanks for sharing. 😍
I wonder if the little weights sewers use, to weigh down the textile they will be cutting, would be good to hold down the leaves so they wouldn't move around. Just a thought.
@@alineroberts I didn’t show it but I used a square piece of wood and a heavy book on top while drying. I forgot to record it. 😍
Oo little weights would be a good idea 🤔
Hmmmm 🤔 I love that bottom section & the contrast between all that texture & the flowing lighter landscape above. But I can see why you might be thrown off by that little section to the left. I wouldn’t have noticed if you hadn’t pointed it out. But maybe it might be a bit too smooth & mid-toneish dark? If you split your painting into 1/3 with that corner & 2/3 for the rest, both work beautifully as separate pieces. So maybe it could use some highlight texture or darker texture? Do you ever use metallics? I love them & was playing with some earth colours & metallic Gold & Rose Gold and they go together so beautifully. So I’m thinking just a hint of texture from an almost dry Gelli plate, or a ghost print of metallic imprinted with some texture (maybe that rock-like stamp?) from the Gelli plate to give it that hint of highlight & texture without taking over. Or even some lighter earthy colour in acrylic paint dry dragged on with cardboard, that matches another lighter tone? Or just leave it because it’s beautiful!
I was naughty & bought some Schminke colours that arrived today 🤭 Early birthday present! Especially looking forward to my Forest Grey & Tundra Pink & some Linoprint ink for Gelli printing details. Must be about that time 😊
I love adding metallics and was just thinking I hadn’t used any for a minute. I think you’re right that a bit of texture could add some depth to that corner. You are going to LOVE those Schmincke watercolors. Thanks! I love your comments my friend. 😍
Im trying mixed media now, watercolour and crayons as theyre all i have at the moment and its hard to change from painting figuratively and realistically si im at the stage of putting light washes on then staring at it thinking whats next. Ive done sone rocks with cling wrap but thats as far as ive got so far
That’s awesome! If you have some stamps play around with adding Watercolor to them and stamping. Start thinking about what shapes or textures you could add. You could add some texture by putting a leaf under your paper then use crayon over top. Get creative and have fun. 😍
I was just thinking..if you put a piece of watercolor paper on top in lieu of wax paper you’d get a twofer!
Maximalist gal here too😂
Oh I like that idea! But would it soak up the color on the exposed paper? 🤔
@@MixedMediaArtByTrinaIt might soak up some, but if you put the top colours down on that one too, you should get a twofer 🤔
@@allisonjames2923ditto! One would be the positive print and the other the negative print. My first thought is the wcp wouldn’t lift the negative spaces as it would be far too thick to reach between the leaves. Paint applied to the backs of the leaves should be the only thing lifted. My second thought is use MEP for the blotter and don’t press to lift the negative spaces would be my best guess. This MEP blot be quick and then leave the leaves to dry longer with the weight applied with whatever protective sheet you like. I’ll fool around with that and a stencil or some leaves later today and see what happens and report in.
Works either way I spoke of above! I love the MEP print for collage fodder!
@@swl9270 it’s really the best thing ever! I think tomorrow I might try some string and mesh with the leaves with acrylic ink. 😬