Watercolour Stencil Floral Card with Layered Colour

A project from our live show CATCH UP with Toni for a FRIDAY LAUNCH in the HTCN studio broadcast 12th Nov 21 · 12/11/2021 · watch it from 22:45

Create a beautiful hand-painted watercolour card using a laminated stencil to build up layers of colour. The stencil technique creates a realistic, artistic look with soft colour bleeding and blended tones that look professionally painted.

You will need

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Step by step

1. Place your laminated stencil onto watercolour cardstock, positioning it where you want your design. ▶ watch 22:45
2. Load your brush with watercolour paint and brush colour through the stencil openings, starting with a light shade like pink. ▶ watch 23:30
3. Add a second colour, such as green, through different areas of the stencil, allowing colours to blend naturally. ▶ watch 24:00
4. Spray the painted area lightly with water to encourage the watercolour to bleed and disperse, creating soft edges. ▶ watch 25:45
5. Allow the paint to dry slightly, then carefully lift the stencil away to reveal the design. ▶ watch 26:30
6. Reposition the stencil over the dried design and add a third colour layer to build depth and bring back the stencil outline. ▶ watch 27:30
7. Spray again with water to create additional colour blending and soft dispersal effects. ▶ watch 28:45
8. Once dry, use a white gel pen to add highlights and details to the flower centres and leaf outlines. ▶ watch 31:00
9. Use a black fine-liner pen to add definition lines and spots within the design for extra interest. ▶ watch 32:45
10. Mount the finished stencilled piece onto a card base, positioning a stamped sentiment like 'love' to overlap the design. ▶ watch 36:00

Tips from the show

• Do not be too precious about the result; let the watercolour do its thing and work with what happens naturally.
• Have the courage to leave the paint to disperse without touching it, as this creates the best watercolour effects.
• You can add white and black gel pens or sparkle pens after the paint is dry to highlight areas and add extra detail.

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