Snow trails
Posted: November 20, 2018 Filed under: snow trails, Tagged | Tags: Peerless Transparent Watercolors, Penny Black stamps 7 CommentsWe’ve had some beautiful skies lately, the heavens declaring the glory of the Lord. I decided to add bold colour to this beautiful ‘snow trails’ stamp from Penny Black for a similarly dramatic sky. To begin I embossed the stamp on hot pressed watercolour paper then splattered masking fluid over the panel.
I painted the sky from yellow up adding a colour at a time and blending each into the next. I used my peerless watercolours for all the painting and they blended beautifully. I decided to paint the tree trunks that were not already black in brown, that way I did not have to preserved white ‘birch’ trunks as I painted in the sky. I used the same colours but more diluted to paint colour on the snow and create shadows along the path and in the foreground. Once dry I removed the masking fluid to reveal the falling snow.
The popped up sentiment in the corner became a necessity when I botched the sentiment directly on the painted panel. I framed the panel in blue and attached it to a natural white card base. Can’t wait to paint another of these panels; it is such a peaceful scene.
Hope you are having a peaceful day.
Supplies
Stamps: snow trails
Die: tagged
Ink: versafine clair nocturne
Paper: hot pressed watercolour paper, blue shimmer paper
Paint: peerless transparent watercolours
Also: clear embossing powder