Watercolor and gel medium don’t mix, right? Well, oddly enough I love working with gel medium and watercolor together, you just get the most amazing textures and effects. Take for instance my video this week. It’s a super easy, mixed media flower art tutorial that uses glass bead gel and watercolor. I know, crazy! But look how much fun it is! And all that amazing texture.
But I have a confession, I made a totally rookie mistake! Got a bit too excited and threw caution to the wind when I really should have been patient and waited. Be patient? Yeah, that word is so not in my vocabulary! Anyway, I won’t spoil the fun, you can watch what mistake I made and how I fixed it too in the video!
Before we start the video, go grab your popcorn, or maybe that should be go grab your paper and paints! Because, I just wanted to let you know that at the end I have a special shout out to one of my YouTube channel subscribers!
VIDEO: Easy watercolor mixed media flower art
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Supplies
Daler and Rowney Mixed Media Paper:
Buy Daler Rowney in the UK; Buy Daler Rowney in the US
Newspaper
Golden Regular gel (gloss):
Buy Regular Gel UK; Buy Regular Gel US
Plastic card
Flat brush
PaperArtsy Kim Dellow Stencil PS046:
Buy PaperArtsy Stencil UK; Buy PaperArtsy Stencil US
Golden Glass Bead Gel:
Buy Bead gel UK; Buy Bead gel US
Palette knife
Dr PH. Martin’s Hydrus (set 1):
Buy Hydrus UK; Buy Hydrus US (Hail Hydrus! – Sorry, bad geek reference – hail hydra – Marvel – get it? *Sigh, just me then!)
water spray
Round brush
Kitchen towel
Holbein Gouache Brilliant gold
Buy Holbein gold UK; Buy Holbein gold US
PaperArtsy Kim Dellow Stamps EKD05 (pre-decorated see my )
Buy PaperArtsy Stamps UK; Buy PaperArtsy Stamps US (UK);
Did you spot the shout out? It is a massive thank you to Diane Zureski and you can see the project that she shared with us at the end of the video.
Diane tried out the technique I used in my ‘Technique: PaperArtsy Infusions Coloured Gel Medium’ video and we are now both fans of this technique! Thank you so much for sharing your project with us Diane! You can find Diane over on pinterest so go and say ‘hi’ and let her know how much you liked her project!
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I shall catch you all later! Happy creating.
Kim
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This is gorgeous and I ❤️ the use of watercolours in the background! That stencil is my favorite. Thanks for the shout out as well.
Ahh thank you Diane and thanks again for sharing your work with me, I loved it! Have a fun rest of your week!
Kim