Thursday, October 10, 2013

Lesson 6 - Quotes & Notes!

Lesson 6
Quotes & Notes


Can you believe that we are halfway to the end of this class?  I have so much
more to share with you!  Plus I am constantly learning about watercolor
even though I have been using this medium for years.


Since I stupidly forgot to take a black and white scan of the image I will be
re-drawing this doodle and posting it here shortly.

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So I'm trying to make up for the mess up in posting later in the day 
(an um, well the next day with that last video) I'm including more
doodles this week for you to print and play with.  Hope this helps you
forgive me....LOL

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Lesson 5 - Weekly Planner Doodle


Week 5 -  This is a fun way to see 
how your doodles can be used every day.



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In this video I said I would add the page when it had no
doodle details but the images I took were very blurry so
I unfortunately did not get a good photo of it before
I doodled on the page in pen.


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Here are extra images to look at and/or to print out
of some of the pages that could be used as weekly
or daily doodle pages.

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Friday, October 4, 2013

Lesson 4 - Framed!

FRAMED

This weeks lesson shows you how to draw a frame, ink the same frame and watercolor it in.

Use it as a frame for leaving a special note,
cut out the middle of it to frame someone special,
frame your favorite quote, or use it in your journal to frame a special page.
You could create a mini frame to put in a smash book or project life page.

Just have fun with it.  


Video one follows along while I draw the frame.

Click HERE for Lesson 4 - Framed Video 4-1


Video two follows along with me while I ink the frame.

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This is actually a different frame
then the one I painted in the video.  It's
very similar but I forgot to take a
photo of the frame I had drawn in
the video before I painted it.


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Looking at this doodle I would make a few changes.  I would either darken the
blue background or lighten the yellow center.

Click HERE for EXTRA Lesson Fall Leaf


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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Lesson #3 The Name Game - Watercolor Doodles Class

Well this week's class name has been changed.... it's now called

The Name Game

It's not just for names you can use this lesson for any word you would like
but it's fun especially fun when it's a doodled name of someone you love.

For Lesson 3 Video 1 - Click HERE!


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I wanted to write a little about what I was thinking when I doodled this image:
First of all I knew I wanted stars around her name but I wanted them to
be moving...because little miss Star is always moving so I put tails behind them
like a comet would have.  To me this meant movement.  When I draw names
or words I first draw the lettering.  Then decide what kind of image I want
to go with the lettering I created.  I chose to have an upper and lower
comet star to balance out the image.  Originally I was going to have just
seven little stars and when I was done drawing there was a white gap between
the t in her name and the comet tail so I added an extra star.  I then outlined
around the elements and decided to go with three lines because I wanted
to have a blue background then pop of color and a cool outline.  I was thinking
about color choice as I drew the image out. 


For Lesson 3 Video 2 - Click HERE!


Green Gold Demo





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Image of Green Gold watercolor (it's magical)
 A close up look at what green gold can do when dropped into
a dark color background.  I get my green gold from Daniel Smith.

Extra images for you to practice watercoloring below....

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This is a fun doodle.  I started with a hap-hazard word and just
continued the fun with bold swirls.  I really just created a frame
around a word but it makes a really eye catching little doodle.

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In this doodle I drew the letters and then outlined them.  I
wanted kind of a fun swirly doodle.  I really how the line
and plane work together here.

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 I can imagine so many ways to paint this
doodle.  I can't wait to see what you come up with!






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Thursday, September 26, 2013

Lesson 2 - Splish Splash Watercolor Doodles



Class 2 SPLISH SPLASH Watercolor Doodles

This is a fun class, which lets you play with color!


Video Lesson 2 - 1 Splish Splash


Video Lesson 2 - 2 Splish Splash


Playing with crayons and paint... and have some fun!


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Video Lesson 2-3 Splish Splash

 Video Lesson 2-4 Splish Splash
Background Finished
(for some reason this video is silent...it's very quick little video and shows
you how to make the doodle look extra special with added highlights.)


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Monday, September 23, 2013

More Info About the Class

The class will last approximately 6 weeks.

There will be 12 lessons and I will be posting 2 a week.
One on Tuesday and one on Friday.

There is a Facebook page to interact with people if you would like
This is optional - no need to join if you don't want.

All lessons and images will be given on this blog not on the Facebook page

It's a go at your own pace.

Feel free to ask me questions  weecottageart@gmail.com

Basic supplies are simple:
black permanent pen
watercolor set
watercolor brush or two (I'm using a water brush a lot of the time)
pencil
eraser
watercolor paper

I will be using other supplies...they are optional and will be listed on the lesson(s) pages

All videos are password protected.  Please don't share your password with others.....it's good karma to keep it to yourself.

Thanks for joining - I hope you enjoy the class!
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PRINTING on watercolor paper

Hello All,

Just a brief description on how you can print watercolor paper on your desktop printer...

First of all there are so many printers out there that I can't really trouble shoot them all but I do know most printers have a manual feed option.  The manual feed is usually a door on the backside of your printer.  It's specifically made for printing heavier paper and because you are feeding it through the backside there is a straight shot through so it shouldn't get stuck inside your printer.  Many inkjet printers also use waterproof ink, please test if your printer uses waterproof ink before printing out a bunch of images.

So you would basically open the door on the backside of your printer...I would not try to use the regular paper feed as the regular paper feed probably will get stuck inside your printer.  I use 140 lb Fabriano Uno watercolor paper and also Arches 140 lb through my manual feed slot.   I simply use a ruler to measure 8.5 x 11 rectangles on a sheet of paper.  If it's a 22 x 30 sheet you will get 6 sheets of paper.

My printer uses waterproof ink but if your printer isn't waterproof you could do one of two things....

1- You could print out images onto regular paper and then take your watercolor paper to a copy store and have them print with a toner copier (which is waterproof) onto your watercolor paper.  They usually charge you half the price if you bring your own paper.  I just copied a couple of pages for .25 cents because I had my own paper.

2. You could also save the images to a thumb drive and take the drive to the printer with your own watercolor paper.  They will easily be able to print from the thumb drive.  Again, since you are providing your own paper it will not cost that much.

If you would rather not run watercolor paper through your printer and if you do not want to go to a copy store you could always print out onto copy paper.  After printing out the image you could use a pencil and scribble all over opposite side of the printout and then put the copy on top of the watercolor paper (pencil scribble down and image up on top of the watercolor paper) then trace image onto the watercolor paper.  After that you could ink the image yourself.

Printing and/or copying the image(s) will make it much more simple and quick for you however.

I hope this helps.
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