Freehand Watercolour Bouquet | Zinia Amoiridou

Hello artsy friends! It's Zinia here and welcome back to the Shimmerz blog!
Today we are gonna dive into the world of watercolors and create a unique art piece using Shimmerz sprays.

We all love watercoloring with Inklingz and Creameez but did you know you can do it with your mists too? In today's project I'm sharing with you how I created this abstract watercolor bouquet with my favorite Vibez and Coloringz.

I didn't really feel like painting the vase for he base of my page so I used a stencil by Donna Downey studios and the Salt of the Eart Paste-eez to add the impression of a container.

After it dried I added a little bit of color using my favorite Vibez, Jeni B Blue.

Before I started painting, I pre-mixed all my colors in a little palette so I have everything ready to go. I used a pipette to add the sprays on my palette so I won't need to dip my paintbrush in the bottle every time and risk contaminating my colors.

The rest of the products I used are: Vibez - Hermit the Frog, Sunset Strip and Sweet Heart, Coloringz - No Yoking, Pink Stilettos and Don't Citron Me.

The actual painting process is very loose and intuitive. You basically let the color lead the way. To create the roses you just draw a few "C" shapes going out from the middle while you water down the color as you go.

You can follow along the video and use the exact strokes if you are a beginner or allow yourself to experiment a little bit and try to create your own composition. Whatever you chose be sure to enjoy the process.

If you want to grab a some of these gorgeous supplies to create your own version of this project or just to expand your Shimmerz collection, make sure to mention my name "Zinia" at the comment section of your order to receive a FREE Shimmerz product!

I really hope you got inspired. Until next time, happy crafting.

Love Letters In October (#5)

Hello October!

I have a new Love Letters Video for you today.
With all the busy-ness in everyday life, it's so nice to sit down and just play.

Creating things that are easy, loose, not too structured....just letting the paint do its thing......Its fun. Thats all!

In this video you see how simple it is to let the brush make its marks.  Add water and watch the paint move.  Mix Aqua Huez (flat colours) with Inklingz (shimmery colours) and see how the shimmer responds.  Its really a process of getting to know your paints and the specific colours (they have a habit of behaving differently!)  Its relaxing and very therapeutic!

You will need
Paper that is thick enough to be able to handle a bit of water
a round brush  size 6,8 or even 10
Gesso to seal the page (I used clear)
Shimmerz Aqua Hues, Creameaz or Inklingz in colours for flowers and leaves
Water
Pencil/eraser

watch the Video Here.....

TIPS.....

Gesso your page first.

This gives you room to move as the paint sits on top of the surface rather than soaking in.  This means you are able to move the paint around, even when it has dried.  Remove completely with a baby wipe!  (cool!!!)

Let the brush make marks.  Push it and drag it.  You will be surprised how many flower and leaf shapes the brush is able to make on its own!!!  Practice on scrap paper to get a feel for it.

Let layers dry (use a heat tool if you are not particularly patient!) and then add more to build colour and dimension!

outline with the lead pencil to define shapes and bring your painting to life.

The Lettering.....

As always layout your design lightly in pencil first (don't press hard as it's tricky to erase pencil on gesso) use a water brush or paint brush with a nice fine point.  You can see in the video that this gives you the option of pushing down heavily to get thick lines on your downstrokes and lifting to get light pressure on the upstrokes.  

(practice with a couple of different ones in your collection.....they don't all perform the same!)

Practise this

Heavy down

light up.

It's easy, but takes some rhythm to get the hang of.  

Practise, as with anything is key.

 Thanks so much for stopping in today.....Hope you can sit and relax with your paint soon!!!

Painting and brush lettering.

Hey there!  

I am sharing a page in my Bible today.  

Psalm 139:14 is a lovely verse to remind us of our worth.  

Clear gesso base and washed over with Shimmerz Aqua Huez

I used......

Aqua Huez- Purpilicious, Inter-BLACK-tic, Little boy blue, hottie pink.

Creameez- Ride the Tide, Boogie boardin Blue,

Text with a thin paint brush and inter-black-tic Aqua Huez

           To create this page I mixed Aqua Huez with Gesso.  I will share a video on this next month.

I finished it off with Prisma color Pencils...adding a few details and shadows.

Fun to do and an awesome way to spend some creative downtime!

Have a great day!

Landscape by Astrid

Hello all, have you checked out the new website yet? So easy to order now!!
Today I decided to play just with my new Aqua Huez and while I am still learning about them, I decided to create a little watercolour landscape painting....

No step by step photos I'm sorry to say, it was evening when I created this and it's been so dark here anyway, - it was hard enough to get a few half way decent photos even the next day. But I have a few close ups.

I used a piece of cold pressed watercolour paper, spritzt lightly with water, chose my colours (listed as I go along), activated them with a bit of water and just started to play.

I created a circular mask with the help of a punch and painted lightly around it, but because my paper was quite wet, some seeped underneath, so in the end I just took it away and carefully painted some cloudlike formations around it. Colours used here are Very Blueberry, Blue into Town and a tiny bit of Cuppa Joe.

For the trees and the area around them, I used Blue Moon, more Very Blueberry and Chesternut mostly, I gave the trees themselves a bit more definition with my Stabilo All pencil.

This bottom part was mostly done with Blue Moon (a wonderful Indigo sort of colour) Cuppa Joe and tiny bits of Sea Weed.

 Well that's it. Hope you like my little painting, and the great thing with these Huez is that you can fill a box with 10 colours of your choice and you get a free water brush to go with it.
Check it out HERE

Well that's it from me for today, thanks for your visit like always and happy painting!!