I'm loving #WorldWatercolorMonth -- how about you? I thought my Copics might be getting a little jealous, so I decided to incorporate them into the watercolor mix today and use my Various Ink Refills in one of my favorite ways ... you guessed it -- by "watercoloring" with them!
Don't you LOVE that vibrant color?!! "Watercoloring" with your Copic Various Ink Refills is quite simple -- Just squeeze a little of the ink into a palette, fill a waterbrush with Copic Colorless Blender, then pick up your desired Various Ink color with the brush and paint away on watercolor paper!
Note: It may take you a bit to get used to the flow of your waterbrush and how much Colorless Blender it dispenses -- if one brush flows a little too much or not enough, try a different brand of brush. I have several different brands and they all flow a little differently. If there is not enough Blender solution on your brush when you pick up the Various Ink color, the resulting color going on your paper will be dryer and may streak and not color smoothly. But, this can sometimes work well to add shading to previously laid-down color. On the flip side, too much Blender solution will lighten your resulting color a lot. If this happens, touch the end of the brush on a tissue or paper towel, to dry it off a bit. The key here is get to know your brush and adjust the flow before beginning on your project!
To start this card, I stamped Pink Ink Stamp Company's cute new House of Flowers with Memento Tuxedo Black ink in the center of my die cut watercolor panel, then stamped the equally as cute Pretty Petals flower around the edges of the panel, to create a frame. Then I had a blast coloring!
Here are the Copic Various Ink colors I used (click on any photo, for a larger view): 1. V15, 2. RV17, 3. R24, 4. YR04:
On some of the flower petals, I did a couple of coats of ink to deepen the color, allowing the first coat to dry before adding more color. I also was able to achieve some shading this way, too.
5. Y15, 6. YG03 for outer parts of leaves. I didn't have a good darker Various Ink Refill to compliment YG03, so I just used a G05 Copic Sketch Marker to color the centers of the leaves:
7.E21 and E23 for the house and chimney.
8. B0000 was used to lightly color wash the sky. Very lightened (with Copic Colorless Blender) YG03 was washed below the sky, to create grass.
I like that this way of using my Copics allows for the use of thick/heavy, pretty textured watercolor paper! To finish the card, I die cut the watercolored panel with the largest stitched frame from MFT's Blueprints 15 die set, then mounted the watercolored panel onto a Taylored Expressions Lemon Meringue card base using X-Press It's strong High Tack Double-Sided Tape.
What would you paint with your Copic Various Ink Refills? The possibilities are endless!
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Awesome idea. I will have to give this a try. Love your card and bright colors.
Posted by: Billie A | July 11, 2017 at 12:50 AM