blended beauty...

Hey everyone!

Welcome back to another Saturday tutorial! Today I want to share a simple technique that gives fabulous results on a variety of surfaces. This is blending made easy!

What you need:

2 Creative Inspirations Paint colors *

Flat paint brush

Non-porus work surface

*I know it looks like I'm going camo with the brown and green, but it photographs well. =)  I often use a dark and light paint of the same color for this technique... like Denium and Tanzanite.

 Step 1: To avoid contaminating your jars of paint, put a glob of both colors of CI paint on your non-porus surface. (this can be a non-stick craft sheet, acrylic block, piece of glass... you get the idea)

 Step 2: Dip one corner of your flat brush in the first color and the other corner in your second color.

 Step 3: Do a few brush strokes back and forth on the non-porus surface to blend the colors in the middle. Pick up more paint if they aren't meeting in the middle. 

 Step 4: Paint!

Reload your brush as needed by repeating steps 1-3.

So, where are some places to use this technique?

I'll get you started with just a few...

 Ribbon!

Make sure your ribbon is wet when you paint it.. it helps the colors blend more smoothly.

*Burnt Sienna, Evergreen*

 Flowers!

For a more natural look on the flowers, I usually don't brush straight across like I did on the ribbon. Instead, I work in small zigzags. I also used a larger brush

*Winter Frost, Tanzanite*

 Clay embellishments!

Again, zigzags give a more natural feel.

*Coal, Silver Frost*

On this layout, I painted the shells using Carmel and Mocha Latte. They fade beautifully from dark to light, just like the shells we found on the beach (except sparklier!).

And these are just a few ideas to get you started! 

Enjoy!

~Kassi

*For more info on the completed lo, visit my blog.