One Last Project

I had one last project for this week. Twinkling H2O's. I got a bunch of new colors for my birthday and was just itching to try them out! I started by spritzing some water into the tubs to get the colors primed and ready.

I used an 8" x 10" piece of watercolor paper and wet the entire surface really well. Then I used my twinkling H2O's to lay down various colors with a brush. To get some pops of color, I dropped spots of color in random places. 

As I let the colors start bleeding, I started to see some feathering.

Not as much bleeding and mixing as I wanted, so I sprayed a layer of water across the entire page. This caused the intensity of the colors to soften.

As I let the paper sit for a few minutes, the colors started spreading out more, overlapping, blending and merging. 

To get the color pushing a little more, I spritzed this with some rubbing alcohol. As soon as it hit the colors, I started getting more spread patterns, more color, and more variation.

The alcohol kept the colors spreading and fanning out.

I love the intensity of the colors and the way they bleed together. Starting to pick up a little sparkle in this photo.

More detail of a different area.

And more. That right-hand corner didn't get hit with the rubbing alcohol and those colors blended in a different way.

It was a productive day. This is a shot of some of the supplies I used overall. Add in the twinkling H2O's, sharpies, a couple more tile and it was a good day! Now to decide what to do with all my projects!