It’s the 22nd, so you know that means it’s time for a new Paint-a-Flower stamp set! There’s also a surprise release today, that is FOR SURE going to sell out – FAST, so, you might just wanna take a quick shopping trip NOW. I know you’re going to want these new Woodless Watercolor PENCILS!!!
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watercolor pencils & sunflowers
The sunflowers in this month’s Paint-a-Flower are just a joy to color! As you’ve come to love from this series, the line work is just stunning and leaves lots of room to interpret your own coloring style. But, the real star of the show is the new Woodless Watercolor Pencils. There are 24 pencils in a fabulous cardboard cylinder.
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Now, I’ve not had a lot of luck with watercolor pencils previously, but these were a dream to work with! I chose the dry-to-wet technique to create my project, and needed very little pigment from the pencils. Applying the color with a super light hand meant that I wouldn’t end up with any marring on my paper from the pencil tips. The pencils pair perfectly with the A2 Watercolor Cardstock Loose Sheets, which is what I used for my project.
The pencils come pre-sharpened and it takes very little to add vibrant color to a project. It also doesn’t take much water to activate the colors and get them moving. A waterbrush is the perfect complement to the pencil set.
I stamped the image a few times to create a whole field of beautiful blooms. Obsidian Black was the perfect choice as the next step was watercoloring! The nice thing about using pencils is that you can add in all the color first, then, come back with a water brush to activate and blend. Just the tiniest bit of black around the flowers, blended out a LOT created a nice shade to make the blooms pop off the page!
I’ll definitely be doing some more exploring and experimenting with different techniques I can create using the Woodless Watercolor Pencils. I know you’re going to enjoy them too once you get your hands on them!
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Your sunflowers look like dancing happy faces. We certainly need some of those , theses days. I’m eyeing those wood less colored pencils.
So beautiful and realistic looking.
Beautiful card!!!
Nicole, your card is lovely! These woodless pencils are inspiring! Thank you for sharing your creativity!!!
Your card is beautiful!
The new woodless pencils are intriguing and the perfect addition for the Paint-a-Flower stamp sets! Thank you for sharing your watercoloring talent.
Beautiful card!! I love the subtlety of the colors!!
Nicole, so beautiful and thanks for sharing.
Beautiful card. Love the watercolor pencils. Thanks for sharing
There were several cards that I thought very good. The one I found excellent was by Nannett Madero with the rich, dark background. The sunflowers were truly outstanding.
Love your field of sunflower blooms.
Carol b
Sooooo pretty!! Cant wait for mine to arrive! Thanks for sharing your style!
Beautiful card – this is a lovely stamp and I love watercolour pencils. I love the soft tones you used in your card.
Thank you Nicole for sharing your beautiful card. I really like the way the shading made the flowers pop.
Love your cards – this one and the one on the Altenew page. Where is the video?
Very pretty card. I like the softness of it.
I love your card and how you stamped / positioned the flowers on the card!!! The colors are very pretty!
Nicely done!
I absolutely love the shading on this card. It’s beautiful.
Well now I want them! Thank you for the inspiration!
The woodless watercolor pencils are genius! Beautiful sunflower card.
I like how you made a shadow behind the flowers. It looks just wonderful.
Great card, love the new pencils. TFS
Love the way you arranged the blooms. Great card!
Love the way you arranged the blooms. Great card!
Lovely card! Love the design.
Beautiful! I love the shading you did around the flowers!
Beautiful coloring! I LOVE these sunflowers! Perfect for fall!
OMG! I love sunflowers. Of all the sunflower stamps I have I don’t have this one. And, I enjoy working with my watercolor pencils, but I would love to try these woodless ones.
I like your cute and happy card with the sunflowers.
Really like the watercoloring on your card.
Really like your card. Your color choice is spot on and like how you did the flower center. Sometimes it looks like centers are an afterthought, but not yours. Also like the background with the flowers!
Sunflowers make me smile. Love this stamp set and your coloring is great.
Pretty card. How easy are the new woodless water color pens?
these cards are stunning ! Thank you
Very lovely card! I did love the softly applied black around the sunflowers. Yes, it made them poo!
I love this simple design and the way you made this into a landscape card instead of what the stamp feels like which is a portrait…
Lovely coloring and shading. TFS!
You never disappoint Nicole – another stunning and cheerful card ?
Such a pretty card. Anyone would be lucky to receive it.
Gorgeous card & I like the way you placed the flowers along the bottom.
Pretty!
Those colored pencils would be so cool to try!
What a lovely card! And it sounds fun to paint with pencils! Never tried that before so I will be interested in doing that.
Awesome card and flowers! ?
Thanks for swatching the colors. Your card is lovely
Very realistic looking Sunflowers.
Such a pretty card!
A stunning card highlighting another wonderful release!
Beautiful card! Those pencils look amazing!!
I will say that I was never impressed with sunflowers but your pretty card has changed my mind about them. Thanks for making me take another look.
I bet those pencils were fun to play with…love how you were able to blend out the black for the background. Great job.
Beautiful sunflowers, beautiful card. Those watercolor pencils look amazing.
Love the card. A beautiful sentiment and lovely colouring – what more do you need? Thanks for sharing and inspiring me.
So simple and pretty! thank you for explaining about “only a little pigment” is needed for great color. one hundred pound paper instead of watercolor paper?!? Maybe you only need a little water, too!
Such a pretty card! Thanks for sharing.
Your sunflower layout is gorgeous! And that hint of shadow you added makes them jump off the paper– beautifully done!
Love your sunflowers card …sooo beautiful…loving the stamp and the woodless water color pencils…
Such pretty sunflowers! Beautiful card!
These do look like effortless and versatile watercolour pencils crayons! Lovely card; love the simple design!