Vintage Blooms Take+Paint

Take + Paint

5×7 Pre-drawn motif | 140 lb Watercolor Paper | Waterproof Ink for Steadfastness

Use the finished Painted version for inspiration or create your own unique piece.

Vintage Blooms Hints:

Using Tropicals set:Use Sunset+Hibiscus for the Roses with Sunset for details.

For Greens Mix Palms+Tiki / Palms+Hurricane+a little tiki (blue green).

For “tea stained background” Mix coconut+tiki.

Using Classic set: Use Pinky and Purple for the flowers. Use green+black for leaves. Use white+grey for the cup. Mix yellow+brown or yellow+orange for Gold.

To Paint the flowers you can load the tip of your small fine brush and deposit paint it at the center of the flower, wipe off the brush on the paper towel and move the pigment from the center to the edge of the petal. You can also add pigment at the edge of the petal and pull toward the center in the same way. Or put a thin layer of water in the petal and add pigment to the center and/or edges. Use a variety of greens in the leave and add layers after first one is dry. You can leave white of the paper to give depth. Make sure to let one painted area dry before painting next to it to keep the colors from blending. For the background, you can apply a thin layer of water and add in the beige.

Hints:

To Apply: either use wet paint on your dry paper (wet on dry) or put a thin layer of water in an area and then add the wet paint (wet on wet)

You can add more pigment to a wet area in the same color or add a in another color and the paint will disperse for texture

You can wait until the first layer dries and then add another layer of that same color or add another color that compliments your painting or to add a shadow.

Do not paint right next to an already painted area that is still damp, or the two paints will bleed into one another. wait until one area is dry and then paint next to it. also, paint from left to right and top to bottom as much as possible to avoid putting your hand in wet paint or smearing.

You can “erase” paint mistakes by adding dabbing with a paper towel and/or using a clean brush to work the pigment up with a little added water (use a small tip brush) and dab with a clean paper towel carefully not to disrupt other areas of wet paint. wait for that to dry before reapplying more pigment, otherwise the new application will run to the damp area.

Mixing colors:

Lather your pan color and move it to your pallet area. so the same for several colors. clean your brush between colors. then mix a little at a time to achieve your new color.

Mix the colors in your Pallet to achieve the tones you like. Remember that mixing two complimentary colors to deepen the colors. ie. If you want a deeper red add 1/4 green to deepen. to Deepen Green add 1/4 Red. You can also mix some brown into your brighter colors to tone them down.

If you need a grey or black you can mix a dark blue and bright orange 3/4 Blue and 1/4 orange and keep adding one or the other. Add water to to make a grey.

+Basic Sets & 12 pan Palettes are available for purchase on-line or at Painted Tree in Matthews, NC

1813 Matthews Township Pkwy Matthews, NC 28105