Folded Watercolor Journal with Karen Elaine Parsons
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Create a handmade watercolor journal of your own! Join our Facebook Group, the BLICK Creative Community, for a Folded Watercolor Notebook Demo with artist Karen Elaine Parsons on 4/22 at 4 p.m. CST. Learn a combination of book making and watercolor techniques, featuring Yasutomo Pearlescent and Chin...
Instructions
- Using a broad flat hake brush, paint a large watercolor wash and allow to dry completely before removing it from the block.
- Fold the watercolor paper into sixteen equal sections, then unfold.
- Cut three straight slits in the watercolor paper with scissors.
- Accordion fold the sections to create the pages of a book.
- Cover the book board using glue with decorative paper, and miter the corners.
- Glue the endpapers of the book to each cover.
- Using the Niji Waterbrush, paint botanical sketches your journal using Niji Authentic Chinese Watercolors and Niji Pearlescent Watercolors.