No-Line Watercoloring

Watercolor is still one of my favorite mediums, and I finally decided to try (gulp) no-line watercolor.  After watching Kristina Werner in the Watercolor for Cardmakers Exploring Mediums class, I knew I wanted to try this technique.  It's a bit intimidating, though, to watch the best pull it off without a hitch!  I don't have the Distress color (Antique Linen) she recommends for the initial stamping, so I used Tea Dye and it seemed to be all right.  I've seen others use a pale blue as well, so I may try a different, paler color instead next time.  Spun Sugar, maybe.

Since I was working on Kristina's technique, it seems only right that I use her stamp as well.  I love this little dog.

After I finished I went back and watched the class videos again.  Now that I've tried this, I see some things I need to change to get a better result.  I love coloring animals but struggle with everything being the same color.  Her technique of putting the darkest color around the edges and pulling it in seems to keep that from happening, even when the majority of the image is all one color.

I'll be trying this again soon!