How to make watercolour and collage bookmarks - even if you can't paint!

You can't say I didn't warn you! Making watercolour bookmarks is totally addictive! I seem to have hundreds now - have started gifting them!

Not only are they quick to do, they are perfect for experimenting with new techniques or trying out new colours in a more imaginative way than simply swatching. They make great presents/gifts. So I thought we could practice a few mixed media techniques on these using a watercolour base, line work with fineliners, highlights with acrylic pens and then collage. I used an old dictionary and map and also a napkin to produce the flowers in the foreground. These are perfect if you don't think you can paint and perfect if you know you can - win, win!

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These are links to the pens I am using and Ohuhu have just offered 10% off if you use the code LizChader10 ( until 14 July 2024)

The Ohuhu watercolor markers: https://bit.ly/3wxFr7w
The arylic pens: https://bit.ly/4bhOtEP
The fineliners: https://bit.ly/3UV0YAh

I cut my own bookmarks or you can get a little pad of bookmark paper from Hahnemuhle. Use whatever supplies you have to hand. A little watercolour and a ballpoint pen will work! This is a link to the pad:https://artsupplies.hooluh.co.uk/hahn...

They should be sealed before use to prevent any paint getting on your book should you spill some water. I like to wax them using Dorland's wax, but you could use any clear wax medium or even wax designed to go over chalk paint. You can also use an acrylic varnish.

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