Studio Sprout

This was a great mini project for the end of the year. The reveal with the liquid watercolor feels like magic.

One thing we learned is that you don’t want to press too hard when you are transfering the images with the ballpoint pen, which feels counterintuitive. When you press hard it makes engraved lines that sit lower than the surface of the paper so the watercolor pools there and the fibers of the watercolor paper get damaged which absorb the pigment. You really just want the oil pastel sitting on the surface of the paper, which requires a gentle touch.

When it did work, everyone was in awe. 😳🤩🤯😯

Thank you .art for posting this awesome oil pastel transfer process. I'm definitely going to repeat this one at summer camp.