Happy Little Stampers May Watercolor Challenge!

Black and white color pop!

I've been in a doodle phase lately, which worked perfectly for this month's watercolor challenge!  Basically, I paint shapes on watercolor paper without any sketching first and once dry, I add double line doodling.  It's a fast process and I love the end results!

Prior to starting this card, I wanted a black and white background and decided to paint splatter on a white cardstock card front first.  I "forced" some splatters by directly painting larger shapes.  Now the background was ready for the colorful flowers!  I purposely affixed a couple flowers off the edge of the card and cut away the excess for visual interest.

I had so much fun with the first card, I decided to hand paint horizontal black lines on a second card!  I hand painted lines using a fairly light touch and a round brush with a good point.  No pre-measuring was done as I just started painting the wonky lines.

For both card assemblies, I used some principles of collage that are super helpful when figuring out where all the pieces go in a visually pleasing manner.  For more information about collage, find the link to a previous blog post HERE.

Here is my painting session showing all my silly flowers and leaves and the doodling that really brings out the final shapes.  I worked with Canson watercolor paper and Sakura Koi watercolors.

Thanks for stopping by!

XOXO

LYN