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Doctor WHO week--Watercolor Galaxy Art!

 Doctor Who Week! Doctor Who inspired Watercolor Galaxy Art!  You will need: Watercolor Paper Watercolors Liquid Frisket Frisket Nib Adhesive Remover (Get the frisket, nib and remover in one purchase here:)   Draw, sketch, splatter, and script on whatever  image you want using the nib and liquid frisket. Let the frisket dry completely. Then get out the watercolors! (I use frog tape to tape my paper down while it's wet) Then brush, splatter, spill or paint water all over the top. Let it soak into the paper a minute or two. Then start adding color! Dabs, splashes, splatters, whatever! Until it's a dark galactic background! Repeat! It's just so much fun! For the Tardis pictures, I just roughly sketched the image. Imagine how amazing it could be if you were actually an artist... No really though...you don't have to be an artist to do this! Same thing...add all colors of paint! Let the paint dry and then splatter on some y...

Watercolor Word Art with Frisket!

 Watercolor Art with Frisket! Using frisket as a paint resist is such a fun technique for watercolors.   Simply mask the area you want to leave blank and then paint right over it.   Peel away the masking and it leaves the solid white behind.   This is a genius trick for artists. Like, Save, Share, Follow, Comment and Pin Let's get started!  You will need: Liquid Frisket and Incredible Nib (like this one from Amazon) Watercolor paper I got mine from Oriental Trading in exchange for this review Watercolors These Pearlescent ones are fabulous (again from Oriental Trading) Begin by dipping the nib brush into the frisket and painting or drawing on the desired quote or image. Whatever you draw on will be white at the end...it just masks off the paper and keeps the paint off! Then let it dry completely. I use frog tape to tape my paper to the table. Next brush the paper with water... Then start adding color! I love...