Brushless Watercolor

Today is one of those days that all routine has been broken... which is GREAT every so often...  I love it...  

I thought I was going to do one thing... and ended up doing another... and that has been going on all day long... and I love it...  

Even with this picture... which I will most likely add to my journal.. I thought I would do one thing... and it ended up being another...  and I had a lot of fun doing the whole piece...  

step one and two 

 This week on Linda Ledbetters STUDIO L3 challenge she has chosen to do the following...  

Technique 7: Brushless Watercolor

A Compendium of Curiosities, Vol II, page 49

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 So I gathered up my supplies that I wanted to use and started to play...  

 After I got the background done I had to add more... oh wow... the stuff started to fly then... 


I used a new to me stamp from Mini ornate ... love the words... and stamped them in Black Archival all around the edges of the 8.5 x 11 paper...  then I took my Olive archival pad and used my blending tool in the center section of the paper...  

 Here is the paper after the Olive archival had been added....  


Oh now I was really excited... this technique was really perfect for the mood I was in...  


I had dreams about painting flowers with my H2's... and hoped that todays challenge would allow me to do something with them... and YIKES... it was...  

 Okay... I still felt like I needed to add more... so I distress stained another stamp ... the larger ginkgo leaf... and stamped that in peeled paint... and then used a black archival ink on top of that... you can still see the distress stain if you look closely... 

I wish I could get larger pictures up here for you... but with this dial up ... not a go for me...  

 Then I started to play... Bonnie style... 


I drew flowers all over the paper... and then using my Twinkling H20's... I colored them in... and then used my distress markers to accent the flowers...  Love the look I got... I also used my white copic in a jar as a paint for the accents...  


But don't you love the washed out gingko leaves... love it...  

 Here are some close ups of the flowers... and the background... which is just the look I wanted... LOVE it... You are right Linda... it will be a much used technique for a long time to come... LOVE IT...  100%... 
Thanks Tim for the inspiration on this background... I love it... 

 Another section... love these little orange flowers... they started out yellow... LOL... and of course the daisies are my very favorite... which please don't forget to take a look at my newest collection of Digital flowers... called Dynomite Daisies on Pretties by Bonnie  There are a lot of pretty ones to play with there... and there are bonuses galore HERE

 so that each time you decide on a kit, class or collection... you receive a BONUS... what a great thing to do...  check it out... thanks...  

Okay... more pretties on this corner too... I really had fun with this challenge today.. and thanks Linda and Tim for putting me into that space...  

Hope ya'll have a wonderful day.. if you are traveling... be safe and careful... and enjoy your day, week-end and time with loved ones...  Thanks for stopping here today too... 
Love, Light and Peace...Bonnie