Tightrope Girl

Before I start I just want to say that no one updated me about Pinterest so I'll just keep it as my personal account for now.

And as for a reminder for those of you who don't know I post on Wednesdays and Sundays. Not promptly though so if you along wanted to check the blog when you knew there'd be a new post. Monday and Thursday would be safe bets. Sometimes I post really late on those days.

The Finished Project...

The Inspiration...

http://www.saatchiart.com/show/spring-fever via Pinterest

I feel that I was really close with recreating this but as for a job well done not so much...

What you'll need:
A work space
Something to complete the project on
Watercolors (I used my homemade one)
A black marker
A silhouette of a girl/person
A paintbrush
Mod podge
A cup of water

The first step is to create the clouds. I did multiple things to try to create this and I struggled with so comment down if you know a better way to do this. But it's all about experiments and just being creative.

So to start off I wanted to get rid of the lines so I tried to watercolor the page white. This didn't quite work. The white only shows up in combination with other colors. When that didn't work I added some light blue in clouds shapes. To make the outlines of the clouds darker.

 I tried to make some subtle outlines with some darker shades but they didn't show up enough. A black watercolor would've worked but I didn't have one so I drew some cloud shapes with a washable marker. When you then wet this the color will spread and blend out.

On top of this I added some white in the middle of the clouds and the blue on the outside. I liked how it turned out pretty well. I then drew some power lines like in the inspiration.

 And this is my girl silhouette...

http://beafunmum.com/2009/09/its-a-girl-thing/

 I mod podged the girl on and tried to put it over the watercolor but all that did was take off the watercolor. So i wouldn't reccomend that if you are using the new watercolors.

Make sure to try it and maybe send me a link of this is if you try it out. And comment, it would mean the world to me.
Make sure to make this your own.