I did an art, it took me 3 days but finished! I'm so stinkin' proud of it. Inspired by Mars/space and tarot. Gold and red metallic watercolor on black watercolor paper. #ArtSky #art #watercolor #metallic #tarot #mars #space #painting
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Ooo, I love the shimmery metallic red!
sep 3, 2025, 9:35 am • 2 0 • view
yes! I was just about to make a similar comment!
sep 3, 2025, 9:38 am • 2 0 • view
You might be happy to know I'm working on a set of all metallic! Black AND regular paper. 🥰
sep 3, 2025, 9:40 am • 2 0 • view
This is one of my favorite failures. This is on 100% cotton paper which is apparently way more delicate because when I took the art tape off both around the Border and to get that crisp point, it basically shredded the paper. But I'm working on trying to duplicate it on different paper.
sep 3, 2025, 9:45 am • 2 0 • view
It's SO pleasing to work with. It took SEVERAL layers to get it that opaque since it is watercolor! I've been working on several metallic experiments like this the past few days. Some worked, some haven't. Practice is practice, though. And it's something I can do even when my lungs are acting up.
sep 3, 2025, 9:39 am • 1 0 • view
I know nothing about watercolour, but getting that kind of metallic effect looks hard as heck!
sep 3, 2025, 9:40 am • 1 0 • view
The whole kind of premise of watercolor is for it to be transparent so getting it this opaque was not easy LOL totally worth it though! There's at one point halfway through where it looks like I've just smeared tomato sauce on the paper and I had to just remind myself to trust the process. LOL
sep 3, 2025, 9:42 am • 1 0 • view
😂
sep 3, 2025, 9:51 am • 1 0 • view
My experience in almost 4 years of watercolor now is that you really have to keep reminding yourself to trust the process because none of it ever makes any sense to the brain until you finally realize that it's done.😂
sep 3, 2025, 9:54 am • 2 0 • view