Flourished Alphabet Artist Trading Card | Letter A
Thank you so much for joining me for this Flourished Alphabet Artist Trading Card | Letter A, Let's jump right in.
I honestly wasn't sure if I was going to share this Artist trading card with you guys.. for a few reasons, I really struggled with the lines on this and while making it I wasn't happy with how it was turning out BUT I think it's important to share progress pieces and not just the best work I create so here we go.
To Create this Artist trading card I started with cold press watercolour paper... which was a mistake, If I were to do this again I would have used hot press watercolour paper so that my dip pen lines would have been smoother. Although because of how textured watercolour paper is I think I still would have struggled a bit with the lines. I used Decorative Alphabets and Initials Paperback to sketch out the A in a Typeface I wanted to work with in pencil then filled in the A with purple and Gold inks with a fine paintbrush. Then for the flourishes, I used a Dip pen with Black ink and filled in the areas with the same Gold from the inside of the A. I learned A LOT from creating this Artist trading card and I really should try to make more of the letters now that I have learned from this card.
Thank you so much for stopping by for this quick look at my Flourished Alphabet Artist Trading Card | Letter A. If you would like a more in-depth look please check out the video below, I also have a complete supplies list in case you want to know exactly what I used. I hope to see you again very soon!!
Supplies
Distress Watercolour Cardstock
https://shrsl.com/3fz3g (SSS)
Straight Pen with a universal insert
https://thepostmansknock.com/catalog/brown-straight-pen-with-universal-insert/?ref=34
FineTec metallic watercolour set
https://shrsl.com/3wmqt (SSS)
https://shrsl.com/3wmrb (Blick)
FineTec Gold Metallic Watercolour Pan
https://thepostmansknock.com/catalog/finetec-arabic-gold-watercolor-pan/?ref=34
Watercolour Brush
https://shrsl.com/3wmqp (SSS)
https://shrsl.com/3wmr2 (Blick)
Purple Ink
https://amzn.to/3JksYbf (Amazon CA)
https://amzn.to/3XQ4TgQ (Amazon USA)
Black Ink
https://thepostmansknock.com/catalog/yasutomo-sumi-ink-6-oz-bottle/?ref=34
Nikko G Nib
https://thepostmansknock.com/catalog/nikko-g-nib/?ref=34
Decorative Alphabets and Initials Paperback
https://amzn.to/3WNqBkb (Amazon CA)
https://amzn.to/3Y9hkUy (Amazon USA)
Tim Holtz Glass media mat
https://shrsl.com/3fm87 (SSS)
https://amzn.to/3QVPecd (Amazon CA)
https://amzn.to/3TnVj2Y (Amazon USA)
Tim Holtz paper trimmer
https://shrsl.com/3oerw (SSS)
https://amzn.to/3CEhSdS (Amazon USA)
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