PART 2 of the STEP BY STEP tutorial for FLATTENING & SEALING these EASY WATERCOLOR BOOKMARKS!
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- Опубликовано: 3 май 2020
- This PART 2 of the STEP BY STEP tutorial for FLATTENING & SEALING these SIMPLE, EASY, & FUN WATERCOLOR BOOKMARKS! (Flattening with an iron and sealing with Dorland's Wax Medium).
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thank you for showing how to flatten warped paper. this is the first video ive seen that adresses this. ❤️
Thank you for this very instructive video. Your work is beautiful!
Thank you ....really enjoyed that and learned a lot
Continua produzindo esses vídeos, são ótimos
Thank you for all the great ideas, love the book marks!!
So glad!
Super helpful! Thank you 😊 Also, beautiful bookmarks. I love them
Thank you so much 😊
this is lovely, thanks for sharing. I read the ingredients on the wax and really think I'll wear gloves.
I bought the dorland's and its amazing! I'm shocked! Doesn't hurt the watercolor- the paper or how it looks and I was worried about it being greasy afterwards. Its not! I made cards and they are fine! TY!
Thanks Melinda! Will give this method a try...awesome.
Awesome! I hope it works great for you! ☺️👍
Oh I can’t wait to try some of these bookmarks. I sometimes mount my watercolors on wood panels after spraying with Kamar Varnish . Then I wax them with Dorlands and buff.
I am in love with your watercolor videos. You explain so well giving perfect step-by-step instruction. I also like your drawing explanations. Please confine with this. There are many of us who don’t work with alcohol based paints!
very nice and clear instructions
Thank you so much!😍
Awesome video❤
Beautiful
Just another idea: I flatten my watercolor paintings/bookmarks by giving the unpainted side a good spraying of water. Then place it between paper towels on a firm flat surface. Next, I place a few heavy books on top and leave it to dry over night.
Thank you so much!!! I know there are a lot of ways to do it. I think I’m going to try them all! LOL. I will definitely be trying this one too! 👍
Love this so much! So glad to have found your channel! I am an artist too! :)
Great!!!! Thank you for watching! 😊
Omg i love them! They r soo gorgeous def gonna try it myself ( just begun using watercolors )
Wonderful!
Thank you! Just what I needed. Wonder if it would react to oil based or acrylic paint pens?
I have a Scotch Brand laminating machine that I use to make the durable.
Great! I really love the look and feel of the watercolor paper and wouldn’t want to laminate them. But that doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing. 😁 That IS a great way to protect them!!!! 😊
Your videos are so easy to understand. You have the gift of teaching! I ordered the Dorlands and applied it to a book mark last night! I am looking for the perfect cellophane bags and the link is no longer functional! Help!
I adore these! Thank you for sharing! I wonder if you could share the link to the cellophane bags you use for them? I’m having trouble finding the right size on Amazon.
Were you able to find the bags Joy? 😁
Hi! Do you have any other videos showing how you draw these lovely flowers (apart from the one you did in the first part of this bookmark series?) They're so gorgeous. I'd love to learn! 😍
I'm so sorry for the delayed response! Yes, more coming soon!
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Awesome video! Does this give off a “sticky” texture? Im making some watercolor bookmarks and worried they’ll stick to the page. Also, do the bookmarks show the circular strokes you made on the paper?
Hi, I am really sorry for taking so long to reply! The wax does not give a sticky texture once it’s dry and buffed. If you use a soft cloth you should not see the circular marks. Thank you for watching!
Do you think the wax would work on acrylic paint as well?
Do you have tutorials on your lovely flower drawings?
Beautiful! What paper do you use?
I use a variety of brands but mostly Arches cold press 140lb.
Do you think you could put them through a laminator to flatten them? they're beautiful
Hmmm.... never tried that. It would probably work. I don’t think I’d personally like them laminated because I love the watercolor paper feel, but I would think it would work fine and would definitely protect them.
@@MelindaHowardArt I wasn't suggesting you laminate them (i love the texture too). Just putting the bookmarks inside a piece of folded copy paper and running THAT through the laminator letting the heat do the flattening
Hello! :) I make cards and color my stamped images with watercolor pencils, and I worry the colors will fade from sunlight. If I varnish the stamped images, will it save them from fading from sunlight?
There is UV Protective spray by Kamar. That should help. You can also check the website of the brand of watercolor pencils you’re using to see what their lightfastness rating it. (Just using varnish may not help. But try the UV Protection. (Can be found on Amazon or Michael’s.)
I’m wondering if you can wax first, allow to dry, then iron *both* sides and skip the book press part and still have it be flat when you’re done? I would think the wax would seal it making it waterproof so you *can* iron the front too and not have any moisture ruin the artwork on the front. I’ve been searching YT for the answer to whether this can be done this way and skip the pressing part, but I may just have to try it out and see if it works this way.
Did you try this yet?
@@JoyAloha709 I am currently waiting for my artwork to dry right now with the wax process on an piece of work I was just messing around with. I put 2 layers of wax on this one to make sure any water sprayed on the back wouldn’t seep through. But I wanted to make sure the wax was *completely* dry since some of these waxes do have solvents in them which can cause a potential fire issue if heated up until they completely dissipate. This one has been drying for a few days now, so I’m going to try and iron it later on today and I’ll get back to you to let you know if it worked.
I have also discovered that they warp much less if I tape them down to a board while I paint them and dry them with a hair dryer between any layers. I hardly have to use an iron anymore. Give it a try!
How hard is the finish after the wax dries a d is buffed. I am wondering about it rubbing off on book pages
Hi Pat, I kept one of the finished bookmarks in a book for quite a while with no issue. When the wax is dry and buffed it doesn’t feel like a wax coating. It just feels like normal watercolor paper with a hint of a luster finish. If you were to put too much wax and not allow it to dry there could be an issue I would guess. But there’s no problem with the thin coat I’ve used.
Melinda Howard. Great I will be ordering some
Cotton watercolor paper is expensive. Would this work on regular watercolor paper?
Sure! I use the cheaper watercolor paper sometimes. I personally don't love the results as much, but, you can definitely do it!
How long does it take for the Dorlands to dry? I am worried I put too much. Twelve hours later it is still mot completely dry,
I'm so sorry! I'm just now getting back into videos! I hope it worked out fine for you! I'm sure you found that if you add too much it takes much longer to dry...prob 24-48 hours. Thanks for commenting!!!
Couldn't you write something on the back of the bookmark with the same pen and put the wax over it? I have your same initials.
Thanks Mary! Yes! You could definitely write on the back and wax it too! I didn’t for mine because I may want to personalize the message later or have the ability for the person who receives or buys the bookmark to write. But, you could do it the other way too! 👍😊😁