Colouring in Stamped Images

[persephone]

My H20's have just arrived and they do nothing for me witht he Bella stamps. need to see a demo of them being used I think and then have a play

[Stig]

My H20's have just arrived and they do nothing for me witht he Bella stamps. need to see a demo of them being used I think and then have a play

Perse- did you spray them with water about 20 mins before using? This helps to soften them to a more paste like consistency. If you don't like them, pop them down the road and I'll buy them off you

[Kezza22]

I bought the art quest paints and felt the same way about them so went onto the H20's...

I use a waterbrush with my H20's... which set have you gone for Heather?!

I normally drop a drip or two onto the paint and then start to mix it round and then start to paint with them.. you should see the shimmer as soon as you paint... You can have loads of paint to make the colour strong or a lot less paint for a more watercoloured effect.

[persephone]

I did pritz them with water before starting but I think that as Kezza says I went for too solid a colour. i also dont think the paper i'm using atm is suitable so shall have to just have a play around with them.

Not giving up on them yet. I bought some lumiere oil paints and they sat ina cupboard for eons adn then I started usingt ehm and have nearly run out

Just a matter of practice I think.

I'll bringt hem with me tomorrow Stig so that I can have a play

[Stig]

I have just discovered a serious flaw with my art quest watercolours......much as I love them there are no reality colours in them if you know what I mean.....everything has a sparkly sheen. Just tried them on my new penny black christmas stamps and no they don't look right at all so I think I might be in the market for some of those watercolour pencils stig

About time I encouraged you to spend money rather than the other way 'round

[persephone]

have put witchybella- coloured in with H20's on my blog. Advice will be appreciated as to how I can use these paints better

[Stig]

I like it - love the stamp. You could try putting a pale wash over the whole area first, then stamp (when dry) and colour in image afterwards. I find watercolour paper best as well. I'll bring my watercolour pad to crop tomorrow and you can try.

[persephone]

I bought erin a watercolour pad from WHSmith cos it wascheaper than drawing paper Have found some bazzil and have tried that. Will upload when they're dry

[persephone]

Tinkerbella is on my blog- please ignore the card- it went wrong but I would like critique on the actual image

[Duckmagic]

I have never spritzed my h20s i just pick up the colour with my water brush then used a watercolour palette to thin them out.

[mum-on-the-run]

[HOPEJACK]

Have just used my H20s for the first time tonight on a card. Will take a piccie tomorrow and post on my blog. They are gorgeous but I have to agree they have to be for the right kind of image otherwise they look 'wrong' IMHO. I stamped and coloured a fairy stamp tonight and she looks lovely

[Kezza22]

Can't wait to see your fairy Patsy!

I painted a penny black reindeer up last night and he looks lovely!!

[HOPEJACK]

Sorry - forgot I can't post it on my blog yet as it's for my Mum to give to someone who reads my blog - doh! Will have to wait a while longer....

I am off to post a pic of my goodies from Papercraft Essentials magazine for my letter they published - wowzers they are generous

[Stig]

Persephone and I have just been to a crop where we did a very scientific appraisal of colouring
H2O's- great on some images- not brilliant on watercolour paper- fab on dark paper.
Marvys- OK. Better when scribbled on something plastic and picked up and painted with a water brush. Good straight to stamp effect.
Cheap shimmer paints from The Works- Fab! Lovely shimmer for the right image
Watercolour pencils- very easy and quicker than other methods
After 3.5 hours we ran out of time (We were chatting just a bit)