£27.00 GBP

The project Beautiful Blues is intended for personal development only.

  • I agree not to teach Beautiful Blues processes demonstrated in my own courses, workshops or demos whether online, in print or in-person.
  • I agree not to share the processes used online or on social media.

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Beautiful Blues

For this project, the artist Esté MacLeod creates stylised florals all based around the colour blue.

Techniques are focussed on using only aquarelle pencils and water-soluble crayons to explore ways to create different blues, to play with depth of colour and colour values with an emphasis on translucency and opacity.

She shows how the colours can be applied to paper and drawing using paint washes and stamping techniques. 

Techniques demonstrated

  • Drawing with water-soluble materials and activating with water

  • Creating varied intensities of blue by controlling water application

  • Printing techniques using:

    • Vegetable stamps (potato, carrot pieces)

    • Cardboard tubes

  • Layering techniques: drawing on wet surfaces versus wetting after drawing

  • Creating stylised floral designs with different blue intensities

What you'll learn

  • How different water-soluble media behave when activated with water

  • Simple stamping and printing techniques using everyday objects

  • Creating depth and interest using just one colour (blue)

  • Building layers to create more complex designs

  • Using basic shapes to create stylised floral patterns

This project is suitable for artists of all levels.