Watercolor Experiment

Today I came across the "Inspire Me Thursday" challenge, which was watercolors, so I did this experimental project. (I don't know if these Thursday challenges have to be created on Thursdays, but I did it anyway!)

I used heavy watercolor paper (I think it was 140 lb.). First, I drew the design with a clear Sakura Glaze pen, which was kind of hard to do, since I could see what I was drawing with the clear ink! After the design was dry, I colored the paper with watercolor pencils and went over the whole thing with a wet brush. While still damp, I drew around the designs with a brown w/c pencil, to make them stand out more, went over with a wet brush again. What I wanted to know was would the Glaze pen work as a resist, and the answer was yes! Glaze pens come in a variety of colors, and they dry clear and shiny, almost like embossing. Well, I challenged myself, I found out something, and it was fun! Thanks, IMT!

Doodling

Here are some "test doodles" I did in my art journal. First, both sides of a page were lightly gessoed. The doodles are done with Glaze pens - they dry shiny and slightly raised, almost like embossing. Then I scribbled over the doodles with watercolor crayons, washed over the crayons with water on a flat brush, let dry. (My journal pages are thin, so they warped when water was added, but they mostly smoothed out.)