Faux Watercolored Mixed Media Card with Perfect Paints!

Michelle Sanders
5 days ago
2 min read

Mixed media art with vintage photo, black netting, gold foil, and blue paint. Includes text saying "chase your dreams," on wooden surface. — chase your dreams faux watercolor card

Hey guys! Michelle here sharing a fun easy technique to stretch your supplies and give your work a different look. Personally watercolor is one of my favorite mediums so anytime I can get that dreamy watery look I go for it. Since the Perfect Paints Shimmering Matte Acrylics are so highly pigmented they are perfect for this technique and all the little shimmery bits just float around so beautifully!

A paintbrush with an orange bristle tip is applying a water onto watercolor paper, under soft lighting. — Adding water to our background

To get started I just took a very wet brush and wet my precut watercolor paper very well, paying special attention to the shape of the water spot I was making.

Hand holding Bohemian Blue perfect paints over painted patch on paper, with a wooden table edge and grid background. — creating a watercolor background

Next I just dropped a few dots of the Bohemian Blue Shimmering Matte Acrylic paint and let it spread, giving it a push and adding water with my brush here and there as needed. It will pool up in spots and you may need to tilt the paper around a bit till it dries. You can also speed it up with a heat gun, paying careful attention to how it will move around as you dry.

Art collage on wood table with gold foil, black mesh, blue paint, and handwritten notes. A black and white photo peeks out. — Adding gold leaf using Perfect Clear Texture Gel

After all was dry I brushed on some Perfect Clear Texture Gel to give it a good seal and adds atacky finish in order to stick on some mesh and gold leaf. When dry, it will be clear with a slight gloss without being tacky!