Happy Little Stampers June Watercolor Challenge!

​Today's watercolor challenge is all about using Gelatos by Faber Castell as my chosen coloring medium.  I love Gelatos but I don't use them very often, so I was excited to work with them again.  They are so versatile!  Since there are several techniques with Gelatos, I chose a wet technique where I scribbled them onto wax paper first.  Next, I dipped a round brush in water and picked up the scribbled Gelato color onto the brush and proceeded to watercolor my image (I think Penny Black) that was previously stamped on Strathmore watercolor paper.  The more water on the brush, the lighter the color.  To really intensify color, I took my wet brush directly on the Gelato tube.

​Even though you can't see the detail, I splattered gold paint (Peerless) to fill in the background.  I also used a Quickie Glue Pen (Tombow) and added glitter to the flower stamens and a little white Uni-ball Gel Pen.  Happy Birthday sentiment (Stampendous) was colored using Gelato directly on the edge and blending with a brush.  Ribbon and gems (A Muse Studio).

Here are the Gelato colors I used for the card.  If you aren't familiar with Gelatos, there are numerous YouTube tutorials to help you through all the techniques! 

​I'd say my favorite wet technique is water coloring as in my card today and my favorite dry technique is to Gesso cardstock, scribble on color over the dried Gesso and blend color with a baby wipe.  Perhaps next month, I'll work with that technque!

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Thanks for stopping by!

XOXO

LYN