Last weekend was quite unusual, as for my standards. Instead of using the two days at home for productive work, I ended up baking a delicious loaf of banana bread, went to an amazing event (more about that on a different occasion) and dragged a box of my rarely used art supplies out of the storage. A quick look inside and I knew what I wanted to play with. Watercolours! That’s how these three bookmarks were born.
What I used:
- 5×15 cm pieces of watercolour paper (it really makes a huge difference! Regular paper simply doesn’t work with watercolours)
- watercolours
- ruler
- pencil
- black permanent marker
- white acrylic paint
For the first design, I started with marking a frame (using soft pencil). I then randomly added lines going in all random directions, to create a stained glass design.
Then, I filled the shapes inside lines with colours.
When all pieces were filled, I let the bookmark dry completely.
I then proceeded to draw around each piece with black marker – it added nice contrast to the design.
Finally, I erased all leftover pencil markings.
Bookmark number one – done and dusted!
For the second design – a bit more complex – I started with outlining the design with pencil. I decided to go for a sunset over sea design with two palm trees in the foreground.
Moving on to watercolours, I started with the background, painting a gradient sunset sky and the sky’s reflection in the water.
I let the watercolours dry completely. Then, using black marker, I drew my palm trees.
I also added the frame around the bookmark.
Finally, I used acrylic paint to add stars on the sky.
Bookmark number two – complete!
For the third design, I went for another simple idea. I painted a bunch of balloons in different colours.
I added a few balloons on top of already painted ones (making sure that the first layer was fully dry before painting on top of it!).
Finally, with black marker, I added thread to each balloon.
Design number three – done!
It may not have been the most productive weekend, but it was fun for sure!
Nice work Alphe. π
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Thank you, as always π
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Your creativity is really wonderful, and you too.πππ
I appreciate your creativityπβΊ
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Awh, thank you! π
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Beautiful bookmarks!!
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Thank you! π It was nothing special, just some shenanigans with long forgotten paints π
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Neat idea! I never thought about watercolor bookmarks before. Love your designs π
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I like to make bookmarks for a simple reason: they’re rather small, so I don’t need to dedicate hours to a single project. I just wanted to play with those paints for a while, so bookmarks seemed like a good choice! π
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Sounds like a logical choice, too. You don’t get burnt out and you experience immediate gratification from a project well done. I see! β€
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These are wonderful! And it is ok (probably even necessary) to have non-productive weekends every now and then!
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Thank you! π
Yes, you’re totally right! One can’t go on full speed 24/7, it’s good to get some rest every now and then!
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yep, you have skills. π
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Thank you! π Though I would have tried harder had I known my skills would be judged there haha! π
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Your non-productive weekend means baking bread and making bookmarks, as mine means bingewatching something in Netflix. π I guess my most days are non-productive. π₯ π
But your bookmarks are wonderful. I especially like the sunset sky. So beautiful! π
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Awh, thank you! π
All my arts&crafts projects are done with YouTube playing in the background! I’m just one of those who need to have their hands busy at all times π
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Really lovely and beautiful!
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Thank you ^^ π
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Wow so beautiful and colourful π I love them! You are so creative
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Thank you! π I just need to have my hands busy at all times, once I give them something to do, they do the rest! π
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I love them all!
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beautiful work. it was surely time worth spent
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Thank you! π
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Gorgeous!
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These are really cute bookmarks. I especially like the first and second ones. Awesome work.
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Your blog is so awesome! Such a cool range of topicsπ
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Awh, thank you! π
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Keep it up! Excited for future posts π βοΈ
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Wow you are so creative & talented, Alphe. I love them all so much!
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Beautiful artwork bookmarks, look forward to seeing more of your posts! π
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Thank you! π
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Beautiful bookmark artwork. Canβt wait to see more of your work π
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I love those handmade bookmarks I can not wait for more crafts up your sleeveβ₯
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