Hello Friends! Want to up your watercolor game? Try something new? Or maybe you've been using watercolor tubes for awhile now and already know how awesome they are to work with. Exciting news, the fine folks at Artistry by Altenew have just released their own curated set of watercolor tube colors!
You may have come from the lovely Aga on this blog hop, but if not feel free to come from our amazing host, Artistry by Altenew (different from Altenew)
I honestly had the best time playing with these Watercolor Tubes. They aren't a medium I typically use, so this was a fun exercise to me. The two things I really love are
- the vibrancy of colors - this was all done with one or possibly two coats in areas. These specific tubes are formulated to have less binding agents and more actual pigments than others, and
- the ability to reuse them - the paint you squeezed out of the tube will become solid over time, so if you have to stop in the middle of painting, no worries. Just use your wet brush on the solid paint and continue painting! These have also been tested to reactivate quicker than others.
I picked my FAVORITE floral set at Altenew - Precious Peony Stamp Set. Aside from being beautiful, of course, the flowers are large enough to be able to play with color a bit, but not too large that you need to be expert at playing with color. There are also three different main clusters to stamp so you can really mix up the looks you get.
For the Peonies I used mostly Toluidine Red with little bits of Permanent Yellow Deep mixed in. Those darks are so wonderfully dark.
Turning the stamp upside down is a nice trick to fill the space on the bottom of the card. It coordinates, and you don't need to color it. You can do this with the same exact stamp, or this Precious Peony Stamp Set comes with a second main image to use.
The nice, blocked Happy Birthday sentiment is from Note for You Stamp Set.
This card uses the third main image in the Precious Peony Stamp Set.
This time I was a little more adventurous and mixed a few different custom colors for the bloom on top, still using the Toluidine Red with little bits of Permanent Yellow Deep. The bottom bloom just uses Quinacridone Magenta.
The Mix and Match Frames Die Set is another product on my Top Ten list. There are a lot of options to layer your frames on the card - this one uses the torn edge and the dotted/embossed edge.
Let's also spend a minute on the Fine Watercolor Brushes. Did you notice in the pictures the middle section is wider? It's like a sculpted triangle, and it's SO COMFORTABLE to use! They come in a set of 5 different tips, and the best news is they are FREE if you spend at least $59!! But it's only for today, Wed. Sept 27th. Then they are back to being $15.99.
Giveaway Prizes
$300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, ArtistrybyAltenew is giving away ONE $100 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $40 gift certificate to FIVE winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 10/03/2023 for a chance to win. ArtistrybyAltenew will draw 6 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 10/05/2023.
*The winner of the $100 gift certificate will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog.
Next Stop
Here's the link to the rest of the wonderful designers on this hop - you're going straight to Svitlana who's got some wonderful artistry to share with you!
Thanks for stopping by!
-Kelly
Supplies Used (affiliate links, thanks for your support):
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Fine Watercolor Brushes
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| Precious Peony Stamp Set |
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