Today I have a video sharing how to watercolour curly hair. The Rest, Queen set which is part of the new Holly Jolly release from Simon Says Stamp. It is a collaboration between Lydia Diaz of Clever Girl Craftings artwork which she uses for her stickers and Kristina Werner’s lettering bringing Lydia’s sentiments to life. As Lydia described herself, The Rest, Queen set has 4 different natural hair beauties, bedtime essentials, and lots of affirming phrases! Not only that but 100% of the profits from this stamp set will be donated to Therapy For Black Girls. Also, today’s post is part of a blog hop to celebrate the new Holly Jolly release, and you’ll find the details of the hop below. I’ve linked all supplies with compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.
VIDEO
Watch below or in HD on YouTube.
HOW TO WATERCOLOUR CURLY HAIR
KEY INGREDIENTS
- Simon Says Stamp/Clever Girl Craftings Rest, Queen stamp set
- Watercolours – I used Daniel Smith paints.
STEP BY STEP HOW TO
- Stamp one of the girls from the Rest, Queen set in Antique Linen Distress Ink on Fabriano Cold-Pressed watercolour card.
- Use a Pigma Micron pen to draw in the eyes, nose and mouth.
- Watercolour. I used Daniel Smith paints.
- Deepen shadows with Faber Castell polychromos pencils.
- Stamp a sentiment from the Rest, Queen set in Nocturne ink.
- Trim the panel to fit on an A2 card.
- Add foam tape to the back of the panel and adhere to a card base cut and scored from Fog card.
- Embellish with Honeysuckle and Pink Orchid Nuvo droplets.
TAKEAWAYS
This image was fun to watercolour, and I enjoyed experimenting with painting curly hair by using layers and squiggly brush marks to represent the curls. With painting any image, the key for me is to create dimension by concentrating on creating shadows and highlights, and this is true whether I’m painting a leaf or hair. My current preference for watercoloured cards is to keep things simple, whether it be a girl or a flower, I like the focal point to pop off a clean canvas.
MORE INSPIRATION
I loved seeing the new line of 3D embossing folders in the Holly Jolly release. There are a variety of folders which bring this medium up to date with fun designs. Here I used the Forest Border folder and Winter Sky ink (appropriately named for this sky!) and paired it with the new sentiment strips.
BLOG HOP
As mentioned above, today’s post is part of a blog hop to celebrate the Holly Jolly release. Hopefully, you’ve arrived here from Laura’s blog, but if not then Simon’s blog is a good place to start. As with all good hops, there are giveaways and offers:
- Use code SPGKN7 with purchase to snap up a Speckled Egg Mini Distress Ink Pad!
- Simon are giving away a $25 coupon to every stop on the hop. Winners will be chosen over the weekend and posted on the Simon Says Stamp blog on Wednesday, the 11th of November.
Now it’s time to hop on over to …
Caly Person!
Simon Says Stamp Blog
Jennifer McGuire
Cathy Zielske
Nina-Marie Trapani
Laura Bassen
Debby Hughes
Caly Person
Nichol Spohr
Amy Rysavy
Amanda Korotkova
Yana Smakula
Lisa Addesa
Yoonsun Hur
Heather Ruwe
Suzy Plantamura
Sidnie Des Jardins
SUPPLIES
You can find links to the supplies I’ve used below; click on the picture or shop icon to get taken directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you! Items marked with an asterisk (*) provided by a store or the manufacturer. You can read my affiliate and product disclosure here. I genuinely appreciate your support.
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Summary of the project which gives all the views of the card in one photo :D I’d love if you pinned and called by on Pinterest :D
Love your card Debby! The watercolouring is fabulous and the hair is so realistic. Awesome SSS release. Huge fan of the embossing folders.
Great coloring on the first and love the snowy scene.
Wow…you have colored this stamp design the best that I have seen..your curly hair is perfect and lovely skin tone…what a lovely card
Another great video, Debby! I love watching you colour. SO much to learn. I love the way you made the hair look so curly! Wonderful watercolouring once again. Thanks so much for the great inspiration. Take care! :)
Stylish hair coloring looks so pretty.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
wow, absolutely stunning!
Lovely card!