I loved this quote the second I heard it and knew that I wanted to make a Coloring Print with it. You’ve got to love a little Emily Bronte/Wuthering Heights in the morning, right?
I played around a bit with the coloring technique by first covering the letters in masking fluid and then layered a thin wash of blue watercolor over everything. (finally pulled out my new watercolor set!) I’m kinda diggin’ it. Not sure if it works the best with this quotation but I’m positive it would look killer on something for a beach or vacation home!
Definitely going to want to make sure to cover all the letters in the masking fluid before adding color. You can’t go back once the watercolor is down!
Allow to dry completely and then…
Start rubbing to remove the masking fluid. This was sooo much fun. It felt kinda like when you use to put school glue on the palm of your hand and then slowly pulled it off as it dried…wait…you don’t know what I’m talking about? I can’t be the only one that did that!
Don’t worry too much about mistakes. Adds to the organic feel of your art piece! Of course, if watercolor isn’t your thing or you don’t want to run out and buy some masking liquid, you could always color in the print with markers or colored pencils similar to my “So Lucky” or “I Love Everything” prints.
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Amazing. As Always!
Thanks, Gwen!
Oh wow I LOVE the style of this!! Great quote too! The wash of color looks so good! I’ve never heard of masking fluid before — definitely going to check it out. Thanks for sharing this!!! 😀
Thanks, Tiffany! Hope you have fun with the masking fluid!
So dang simple and pretty! Love!
Thanks, Jen!
Hate to be fact-checking bubble-buster, but this is actually a quote from *Charlotte* Bronte, from Jane Eyre. But the print is lovely! It is one of my favorite quotes from my favorite book.
Wow, nix that, I could’ve swore it was from Jane Eyre, but every source on the internet says I’m wrong! I’m going to have to check my copies when I get home! Sorry sorry sorry!
Thanks for coming back to let me know! Let me know if you do find out the internet is wrong (wouldn’t be the first time!) and I’ll correct the print. 🙂