Two-Tone Split Panel Card with Grayscale and Watercolour Pencil Detail

A project from our live show CREATE TOGETHER CLUB - Show 3 - Join Toni - Broadcast 30th March 22 · 03/30/2022 · watch it from 29:30

Design a striking split-panel card featuring a grayscale pencil sketch on one side and vibrant watercolour-enhanced pencil work on the other. This mixed-media approach combines watercolour washes with oil pencil details to create instant light and shade with minimal effort.

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Step by step

1. Cut a piece of top-folding card and reduce its size, then prepare a separate piece of white card for the design. ▶ watch 29:45
2. Place the white card into your stamping block and position it to stamp the floral image across two sections. ▶ watch 30:00
3. Stamp the bouquet image using black ink, capturing it across both the left and right sections of your card. ▶ watch 30:30
4. Heat set the stamped image with your heat gun. ▶ watch 31:45
5. Using grey oil pencils, colour the entire left panel of the design to create a grayscale sketch effect. ▶ watch 32:30
6. On the right panel, apply bright watercolour washes directly onto the stamped design—orange on the large flower, pink on another, and yellow-green on smaller blooms. ▶ watch 34:00
7. While the watercolour is still wet, enhance the petals and leaves with darker oil pencil shades, following the lines of the stamp. ▶ watch 35:45
8. Add a blue watercolour halo around the right panel design, then soften the edges with clean water. ▶ watch 38:00
9. Once dry, outline the design with a blue oil pencil to create a closer, more detailed halo effect. ▶ watch 39:15
10. Mount the painted card onto black cardstock to stabilise it and prevent buckling. ▶ watch 44:00
11. Glue the mounted design onto your top-folding card base. ▶ watch 45:00
12. Add a washi tape sentiment strip across the card to complete the design. ▶ watch 50:15

Tips from the show

• Lay down a watercolour base first, then enhance with pencil details—this cuts corners if you don't want to spend hours colouring.
• Follow the lines already in the stamp design when adding pencil details; you don't have to think about where to place the colour.
• On regular cardstock (not watercolour card), work quickly as the card absorbs the water fast and you have less time to move the colour around.

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