Happy fall, you wonderful readers! It’s me, Ana, and I am back with a fun seasonal tutorial for you all. Fall is the season of “cozy”. So, to commemorate the season of lovely, crunchy leaves, I am going to teach you how to making an illustrated teacup full of tea, cider, coffee, or whatever warms both your heart and your hands! Let’s dive right in, my fellow fall fans!
The same question mills through my email inbox every month or so: “How can I write calligraphy on a watercolor background?” The answer: it can be done, but you’ll have to do it in a way that may not seem intuitive! In this article, I’m going to teach you how to combine calligraphy and watercolors in a manner that results in smooth, crisp calligraphy strokes that don’t bleed.
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This Watercolor Henna Cat Illustration Tutorial is actually a bit of a throwback! I took the photos for it five years ago as part of a guest post for Inkstruck Studio. However, I recently noticed that the guest post pictures no longer show up on the Inkstruck site! It really is a neat tutorial, perfect for any artistic cat lover, so I decided to rewrite the post here on TPK. You may notice that today’s photos are a bit different from those that you normally see on the blog because I took them so long ago!
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If you want to enjoy a few minutes of zen, there is nothing like painting a watercolor wreath! The action of combining colors and shapes into a flowy border is relaxing and satisfying, the perfect way to hone your watercolor skills. In today’s tutorial, I’m going to walk you through how to make a floral watercolor thank you card using watercolors and hand-lettering!
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When I set out to learn calligraphy, I could not figure out for the life of me how artists achieved opaque metallic lettering! I tried out a few different gold and silver inks, but the metallic particles always sunk to the bottom of the jar, resulting in transparent calligraphy with a couple of glittery spots. It wasn’t ideal.
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When I first came across the concept of watercolor calligraphy in Molly Suber Thorpe’s Modern Calligraphy, I couldn’t wait to try it out myself! The prospect of writing with practically any color I wanted — without having to buy ink — totally appealed to me, and I loved the idea of ombré writing.
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