Another Flower

Flowers From Templates #3

Flowers From Templates #2

Flowers From Templates #1

I recently stumbled upon Ana Navas' awesome Flickr flower tutorials and decided to try a few. I used atc sized paper which is small and convenient. This is just the first of a few I made so far:

Looplopp Flower

I am really enjoying using colors with tangles. Here's my latest creation:

I used basic Looplopp for the flowers. It's a really nice tangle with great variations.

Whimsical Floral ATCs

I really enjoy whimsical art, but I am terrible at making it. I would like to learn, so I am going to practice. For a start I made these 3 floral atcs with watercolor pencils and gel pens.

The Fields

In honor of the spring here are two more floral postcards.

Floral ATCs

Since I enjoyed making the floral with my new favorite toy: the wax aquarelle pencils so much I decided to go for it and do more of the same today. The result:

They are ATCs (artist trading cards), so only 2.5x3.5 inches. I used pages of an old poetry book as the background. The book has been falling apart for a long time now. It's really hard to read. I am not much of a poetry person, anyway. Still, I would hate to throw any book away, so I am up-cycling it this way.

Floral

Florals are not my strong point. I usually get frustrated with them, add to much details and it goes downhill easily and fast. Doesn't stop me from going back to them often. What can I say, I am stubborn. 

This is my latest shot at it:

To paint this I used wax aquarelle pencils and a pen on watercolor paper. The dimensions are 4x6 inches. 

The wax watercolors are totally new to me. I bought them without knowing anything about them. I searched the net and couldn't find much info. When used dry on dry surface they work pretty much like regular wax crayons. Once the water is used over them, they melt and the look turns into something much like watercolor paints. They are very easy to use and great for backgrounds. It was very interesting playing with them and I have no doubt that I will be using them again and exploring their possibilities.

Have you used wax watercolors? Do you have any tips and tricks on how to get the best out of them? If you do, share please. I am all ears.