Brilliant
Posted: March 16, 2022 Filed under: brilliant, Peerless watercolours, Penny Black, vintage touch | Tags: Papertrey ink, Peerless Transparent Watercolors, Penny Black creative dies, Penny Black stamps 18 Comments
It seems that Penny Black always includes a poppy or two in a spring release. This large stamp is called ‘brilliant’ and I think the mix of flowers, leaves and seed heads is just lovely. I chose to do no-line watercolour with soft stone ink and peerless paints.
I stamped the large image in Papertrey Ink ‘soft stone’ then worked with rose red, mountain green, golden yellow and warm sepia peerless paints. If you haven’t heard of Peerless Watercolour paints take a look at the video I made about them a few years back.
I wondered about adding background pattern or blended ink but left it clean except for the simple ‘vintage touch’ die-cut. The vintage touch set has two fancy banners as well as two dies that cut negative space banner patterns. I finished off the centre of the poppy with a black marker.
I am still undecided about the lack of background and sentiment; what do you think?
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Heather Telford 
It’s a lovely work of art. Keep it as is.
It is beautiful, no change.
Gorgeous, simple. The flower jumps out at you. As-is.
This is beautifully simple and elegant that anything else might spoil the balance. I know I leave a lot of cards without a sentiment so I can choose the right one when it’s needed.
I agree with the others. The simple white background gives your card the feel of a botanical painting. I like it.
WOW, just WOW! You’ve always done a fabulous job painting but this is exceptional! The artwork is done so well that it stands alone perfectly without a background which may detract from that image. This is so beautiful it looks like a photograph!
Simply lovely….don’t touch a thing other than a small sentiment if you must. Maybe just sign it! Always look forward to your creations….
I agree that this is beautiful as it is. Like a photograph for sure.
The coloring is flawless.
Brilliant is a great name for this stamp.
Tish
It’s brilliant!
Poppies are the epitomy of Summer Heather and these are fabulous, and I love the more pinklish tone to them, and finished beautifully with the yellow and black centre to the fully open one and the different green tones to the leaves are perfect, and the die cut vintage banner is a great finishing touch. I think that it needs nothing else. x
Gorgeous!
Gorgeous!
Simply beautiful Heather. These poppies need nothing else. Their clean, clear beauty shines out.
as always, just beautiful!
Please, no sentiment! What a gorgeous work of art! Your watercolored poppies “speak” far louder than any words could. I have watercolors; I have flower stamps; I have some light ink. I need to try this technique. Thank you for sharing your talents and your inspiration.
Stunning!♥
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I think it is perfect just as it is