My Next Chapter: Rediscovering Zig Cleancolor Watercolor Brush Pens

Friday, April 5, 2019

Rediscovering Zig Cleancolor Watercolor Brush Pens

Welcome back to Magenta Super Saturday. You can also see my card from today’s post on the Magenta blog here.

I love my Zig Cleancolor Watercolor brush pens however I admit that I struggle with getting the shading that I want. Recently I saw a post by Kelly Latevola that inspired me to try her technique for shading and I was so happy with the results. You can see her blogpost here.

To create this card, I stamped the 3 Poinsettias – 3 Flowers stamp on a piece of Neenah Solar White 110lb cardstock with Gina Kay Amalgam ink.

I used Kelly’s technique to color the image with my Zig brush pens. I applied a Sugar Almond Pink from the middle of the petal to the outer end.

Next I used a darker color on very end of the petal. I used a different dark pink on each of the flowers – Peach Pink, Pink or Dark Pink. I applied a very small amount of water with a fine point brush in the center and pulled it toward the color – instant blending!

I had some help with this card. My sweet boy Angus likes to keep me company.

I used the same process for the other flowers. Where petals overlapped, I waited for the intersecting piece to dry before painting the other petal to avoid any color bleeding. I used May Green on the tendrils and the dots around the flowers and Red on the very center of the flower.

After the flowers were dry, I made a mask from the stamp and placed it over the colored image. Next, I splattered gold paint over the open areas. I stamped the sentiment in the lower right corner with VersaFine Black Onyx ink, then embossed with clear embossing powder. I cut the image down, adhered it to a piece of light green cardstock, then adhered it to a white A2 card.

I hope you give this technique for the Zig markers a try. Thanks for visiting my blog today!

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