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Hello! One of the things about being an artist is there is always a lot of trial and error and also creative practice! Sometimes we try an idea and it doesn’t work exactly how we envisioned. Or we try a new technique and it takes a while to get it down. But the great thing is, that none of it truly has to go to waste. If you save onto those scraps and “mistakes” they can often make their way back onto another project and many of them turn into what I call “happy accidents!” Something you envisioned for one project might not work, but then for another project it can be just perfect! I love that Kim saves all of her watercolor “mistakes” or practice pages because she ends up using them in such beautiful ways on her scrapbook pages. One example that she is sharing today is how she created a die cut title and then placed her watercolor practice page behind it. This way, only parts of the painting show through and she can position it so that it works just perfectly for her layout! I LOVE the result! Oh and I also LOVE how she painted […]
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