WC Homework I

Hello my friends and dumplings!

My heart goes out to all of you who are suffering one way or another because of the blizzard and flooding on the east coast. Many people have suffered injuries from shoveling snow or car accidents, so be careful out there.

On the other hand, it was fun seeing all the folks out walking right through downtown New York City and the families enjoying the thrill of sledding down the Capitol steps and around various city hills that had never seen that kind of activity before. It's an interesting aside to note that (given the same physical abilities) there are those who chose to remain housebound and miserable and those who chose to get out and enjoy the delights the situation offered.

Sorry, where was I? Please have a seat.

I have finally started attending my online watercolor classes! Whoop! Boy, has that ever been weighing me down. And you thought it was just the chocolates, dinnit you?

The oldest class in the queue is a class taught by my exceptionally talented friend Deepti Malik of Dee's Art Utopia. The class is being offered by Craftsy and it's worth every penny. Deepti is clear and concise and covers a ton of information and techniques. And I'm only halfway through the course!

I thought I would share some of my homework with you. All of these cards were made using pan watercolors, either KGT or Dollar Store.

A watercolor wash.

Corner Garden flower stamp by Stampin' Up, heat-embossed.

Sediment by Papertrey Ink.

Variegated watercoloring.
Cityscape Nightline die by Memory Box.
NBUS Mwah sediment by CAS-ual Fridays Stamps.

I made two of these cards. They are both the same vibrancy, but the sunlight overimposed the one on the left. Actually, making two identical cards should warrant me an "F" grade. You see, in class Deepti made one die cut and made a card with it, like above. (In fact, I DJKASEd her!) Then she made a second card, but she made it using the negative from the cityscape die cut. It was really cool. 

Unfortunately, by the time I walked the three steps over to my BS, I'd forgotten the directions and my thoughts turned to how I could get two variegated cityscapes out of the one painting. Also cool, sure, but not what I was told to do. I'll admit Hammy was chattering away at me something fierce and even gently pulling my hair, but I was not to be detracted.

Turning back to my desk and looking at the computer screen and then down at my scrap, I realized my exuberance had once again led me down the path to the principal's office. Never mind, said Harvey (Hammette #4), use it anyway, so I went ahead and made a card with what I had.

Do your eyes see the nonsensical (albeit colorful) angled overlay or the dark cityscape outlines? If you see the dark cityscapes, then you'll enjoy the pretty sky. The sediments from Hero Arts are heat-embossed. I'm entering this across the pond to play with my UK friends at Pixie's Snippets Playground.

And finally, for this session, a peep-hole birthday card:

Sediment from Papertrey Ink.

Embellies from Doodlebug.

Bird in the marsh stamp is (I believe) from Stampin' Up.

"Grass" is a Forest Branches e/f from Cuttlebug.

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