No line coloring vs. stamped coloring

Hello, I hope you are having a good day!

I've been having quite a time being in the

house on lockdown for so long.

It's been weeks since I have been out and 

seen any friends or my family.

The only time I was out was one day

when I was pretty much force to go out,

as our refrigerator died on us, so we

needed to go buy a new one.  Luckily

everyone we saw at the appliance store was

wearing a mask and keeping their distance.

My creative motivation is down, but when

I do sit down to be creative, it helps a lot

and I do enjoy it.

Today I'm showing you a couple pieces I 

did, similar, but different techniques and

supplies.

I've always loved "no line coloring"

I'm not great at it, but practice makes perfect,

so I decided to give it a go with my watercolors.

I used a very light color, I believe Antique Linen, Distress

ink to stamp the images onto watercolor paper.

I then set about painting the images.

I think they turned out nice, but with practice

I should be able to do better.  

The point of this technique is to not have the 

stamped lines show as such.  All the ink is

blended into the painting and any outlining is

done with the painting.

This one was stamped with 

Onyx Black VersaFine ink

then colored with colored pencils.

This look is much smoother and cleaner.

It's much easier to control the color with this

technique.
I like both pieces, but the perfectionist in me

likes the second one better.

Have you ever tried no line coloring?

If you want to see how it's done check out
Kristina Werner's video here.

Kristina is one of my favorite artist/bloggers

and does beautiful no line coloring.

Thanks for stopping by today,

see you again soon.

Until then;

Try something new.

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