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Valentine's Day Cards- watercolor style

1/21/2019

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Watercolor paints make great valentine cards!  I painted these simple hearts using a masking fluid with washes of watercolor paint applied on top.  Any watercolor paper or mixed media paper works for this technique. I used a heavy card stock...that isn't necessarily used for watercolor...however I knew that I wouldn't be adding too much water so this paper worked.
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My new favorite masking fluid!  This little jar was a bit expensive but it works great!  It comes with a nice thin tip and you can control the flow of the masking fluid. I made heart shapes on my white paper and added dots.
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Here the masking fluid is dried in blue.  I then added light washes of watercolor intermixing my colors.  Once dry I removed the blue mask with my finger. It comes off like rubber cement. 
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The heart is ready to attach to a card to send! What better way to say "you are special to me" than with a hand painted card!
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