Wow! Monday again! Hope everyone had a great weekend! We spent most of it in Dallas for birthday and Father’s Day lunch with my sis and hubby. Anyways, remember the “Calligraphy Brush Pens Blending Palette” from last “Make It Monday?” Well, I have use it to create some new watercolor backgrounds and have decided I would finally share how I made them. So, let’s get started with “How-to Make Watercolor Backgrounds….”
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Things Used:
- Photoshop Elements 13
- Tombow Dual Brush Pen Art Markers, 96 Color Set with Desk Stand
- XL Watercolor Pad, 9″X12″ Fold Over
- Ranger Inkssentials Mini Misters, 3-Pack
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Watercolor Background #1:
The process for creating theses watercolor backgrounds is simple. For this one, I used my Tombow Dual Pen numbers 761, 679, and 606. The first things I did was scribble the colors on my “Calligraphy Brush Pens Blending Palette” I created last “Make It Monday.” After I was finished scribbling, I used my Mister Sprayer to add some water on top of my colors.
Once I had my water on my “Calligraphy Brush Pens Blending Palette,” I simply flipped my palette over onto my Canson Watercolor Paper Pad. While there, I rubbed my hand over it a few a times allowing the colors to go every which way.
Once finished, I carefully lifted my blending palette and then tilting my Canson Watercolor Paper Pad letting the excess water run over it more. After a few seconds of doing that, I then used a paper towel to remove the excess water left on the Canson Watercolor Paper Pad.
And there you have the first watercolor background ready to be uploaded into Photoshop Elements.
Watercolor Backgroun #2:
For the second watercolor background, I used my Tombow Dual Brush Pen numbers 845, 769, and 606. 
I then did the same as I did for my first watercolor background where I used my mister sprayer to add water….
…then flipping it over to my Canson Watercolor Paper Pad…
…and finally using a paper towel to remove the excess water.
Watercolor Background #3:
As you can see for this third example of my watercolor backgrounds, I used the same process to create it.
Once I had all my watercolor backgrounds uploaded into Photoshop Elements, I simple cropped them the way I wanted and then saved them where I would be able to manipulate them still where I may want to have more of one of the colors or section on a particular background. The backgrounds I used most of last week are based on these watercolor backgrounds I shared today. If you have read my previous posts, you would have noticed some other watercolor backgrounds of which I created several months ago.
There you go! “How-to Make Watercolor Backgrounds” for all those calligraphy challenges you may be in or any other project. Hope you enjoyed and learned something new. Be sure to share below in the comments your version of your Watercolor Backgrounds, would LOVE to see them!
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