How to make watercolour and collage bookmarks - even if you can't paint!
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- 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!
Tassels can be bought here (affiliate link): amzn.to/3KFXI5M So many to choose from!
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: bit.ly/3wxFr7w
The arylic pens: bit.ly/4bhOtEP
The fineliners: 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:artsupplies.ho...
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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I'm on my 3rd batch of 4. Your ideas are inspiring, and people love them. They are selling like hotcakes . Thank you.
I watch a lot of your videos. I'm new to watercolor. I usually work in acrylic.
so glad to hear that!
Beautiful, unintimidating, and therapeutical art project :)
Thank you for the inspiration, Liz.🤗
they can be as simple or as complicated as you like, so they are unintimidating
Absolutely love your work Liz !!!!! thank you so much for sharing :)
Thank you so much!
These are stunning! I too have the same addiction and donate to my local library - they are so grateful for the artistic , one-of-a-kind creations. Thank you so much for sharing this here!
what a lovely thing to do!
Beautiful!
Thank you!
Just found you on
here. Love your technique. Now a new member. ❤
Welcome!!
Thank you Liz I find this very inspiring 😊
You are so welcome!
This is such a beautiful technique. Very artistic ❤️
Thank you so much!
Love These! It's such a great Idea! 😊
Glad you like them!
Love these ❤❤thank you❤️
Glad you like them!
Love this idea ❤ So happy UA-cam thought I would enjoy your channel! I’ve just discovered (after 53 years of believing myself to be completely unartistic) that I rather love watercoloring. This is the perfect way to experiment!!
Wonderful! it’s a really low pressure way to create!
I love these bookmark videos.
Got my paints out this morning after a break for hew job.
I really enjoyed myself.
Thanks for these videos Liz.
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I find them very relaxing too.
Adore this mixed media idea and have to try...Ty for the inspiration!...x
You are so welcome!
You are so welcome!
Liz, absolutely love these! I have even cut up old paintings, added a tassel, Wahla, a bookmark.
Sounds great!
Thank you Liz. I think this tutorial has provided me the impetus I needed to get back into watercolour painting. Since my late mother's passing I simply have not felt motivated to paint. I think this is the perfect way to get back into it.
I’m sorry to hear about your mother. I hope this is a gentle no-pressure way back to painting
I really enjoyed this video!…I will try the methods you have shown, for some bookmarks for my book club group. You are so creative! Thank you!
Glad you liked it!
Hi there liz, just come across your channel in my feed and subscribed straight away. So appealing. The bookmarks are just the answer when your face with that blank white space syndrome. Fabulous. Jayne, Ramsgate. X
they are a very accessible option and rather addictive!
These are lovely. Thank you!
my pleasure!
I want to learn to watercolour, this is far less frightening than a sheet of white paper. Thank you so much
Glad it was helpful!
You are amazing! such a creative mind. The way you showed this step by step I feel so encouraged to try this process! I'd like to know what is "washy tape"? And your napkins are so pretty!
Washi tape is Japanese originally - patterned paper sticky tape
@@LizChadertonArt thank you so much Liz! I can't wait to try all of these new techniques!
I love this! Thank you for these videos! X
Glad you like them!
I made my first one, and it was so much fun, I’ve been trying to collect ideas for more! I’m happy I found you!! Also, I just bought a laminator, so I can seal my bookmarks in plastic. (Haven’t done that part yet.)
there are no end of possibilities!
@@LizChadertonArt I used the laminator, and it’s wonderful. I’m a watercolor artist, and there are times when I just want to paint something small. These are such great gift ideas, too.
@@annewatman677 glad it all worked well!
More beautiful work. Thanks for the ideas, and inspiration, Liz 🦘🇦🇺
You are so welcome!
Beautiful Liz, yet another wonderful video, thank you for sharing your ideas and your sense of fun too xXx
my pleasure!
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Love the bookmarks!!! I can’t wait to try some very soon and adding the collage papers too is so fun! Thanks!
hope you enjoy it!
Love this!! Looking through old music sheets since now I have everything on the iPad. 😊
Lucky you. I love music in collage
Love all your ideas! Very clever and pretty! Thanks for sharing
You’re welcome
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I love these so much!!!!
hurrah!
You have such great ideas! I really love these! Thank you for your videos. I can hardly wait to get started.
they are fun to do!
I love your paintings, you are really creative! I will try to make my own bookmarks, thank you!
have fun!
I love these so much, thanks for making the video.
Glad you like them!
These are really lovely! Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Those are fabulous...
thank you!
Thank you so much for another bookmark video! I have been in a dry spell with crafting after a broken wrist and a move to a new home and this is the first thing I feel motivated to try. It is not overwhelming but so creative! I will donate them to our library.
oh that’s a lovely idea! Creativity and doing something for others - perfect
So fun!!!
they are addictive!
Have painted 2 from your 1st video, now to try this! Wow! Like the tip with wet brush on Serviette! Thanks! Shame you can’t patent „bookmark“.
Have fun!
@@LizChadertonArt Great idea.
Very very pretty 🤍🤩
thank you!
I haven't done one yet and ordered a few supplies in May - more are coming tomorrow. I was wondering, doesn't the adhesive you used for collage mess with the watercolor? It didn't seem to ... I'm loving these, Liz - thank you!
Linda H
No, it seems okay, though it could if you went back and forth a lot. To be honest it is only stripes of colour so if they smeared a bit, it wouldn’t be the end of the world. Just be gentle
ok thanks Im now a bookmark junk lol oh I shouldn't have what the first one, then the second and now this one. ok just a question for you "what do I do with all these book marks? lol Now if I can just get my family to read real books instead of downloading them I be doing great for Christmas and birthdays for the next few years. but I will say they do look pretty in my journals and I use some in my sketch books to help me find my favorites pages.
I give them to friends instead of birthday cards. some people hide them in library books or gift them to libraries so they can sell to raise funds….
Very nice bookmarks Liz, thanks for sharing! Could you also seal them with Matt Medium? I'm very new to that material, do you have any experience with it and know if it works for sealing things? Thank you!
the matt medium would seal but might move the watercolour so use a soft brush and go careful. do both sides
@@LizChadertonArt Ooh, thank you, I'll try 🙂
Hi Liz, thank you for re-igniting my desire to do some painting. Could I ask I haven't used the wax before...if you scale this up to say a 8x10 or bigger for framing would you still use the wax if you were going to frame under glass? (I hope this makes sense!)
if it’s under glass no need to wax. The wax is an environmental protection instead of the glass. This gives you an idea for larger pieces: ua-cam.com/video/5viz8wXzVhc/v-deo.html
@@LizChadertonArt thanks Liz
Hi Liz! Well I took a try today for the first time doing these! I know it will be fun as soon as I become accustomed to the technique. I wanted to aks about glueing the napkin down. I put just a little spot of glue where I wanted it to adhere and then used the hard part of the brush to keep in place, but I noticed that if I did not keep quite a bit of glue on the brush it could tend to not adhere and would stick to the brush, and then of course, the natural reaction is to panic and go stick my finger on it, well, i think you know what I'm getting at! LOL a sticky shredded napkin. So....my question is do you use a special brush for the glue? Do you wet the brush first before using the glue? I am using the PVA glue. Thank you again for any insight. Terri
I am pretty generous with the glue, as it dries clear, so I spread a bit beyond the area I want to stick so the edges go down. I place the napkin and do not move it. One opportunity to avoid soggy mess! I then use a soft gluey brush and gently go over it to make sure it’s down. I don’t use a special brush, but go for a soft rather than hard one. tbh I haven’t ever had a prob unless I try to move the napkin when wet.
When I use acrylic spray my bookmarks curl alittle. Does this wax do that also?
no, the wax doesn’t make them curl
Lovely. I’ve watched 3 of your bookmark videos, just ordered the tassels and Ohuhu paint markers. I have 2 sets of Ohuhu alcohol markers but I do so love watercolor and marking! It’s so relaxing. Thank you for sharing 💕
you sound very well equipped! have fun
I love, love these videos on bookmarks! I've bought the corner cutter, and some Dorland's wax. My first ones I did with watercolor, but then I tried Brusho. Have you used that? It's a powder you sprinkle on, then spritz with water, and you get the most incredible bursts of color. I think I own 30 different colors of Brusho. Makes fantastic bookmarks! Now I want to try the collage. Oh, and I have a lot of washi tape... Your first video on bookmarks was how I found you.
I enjoy Brusho but it gets EVERYWHERE! I also find it’s quite hard to seal, so do check it won’t stain your book. But such gorgeous effects
Wonderful ideas. Beautiful work. I’m wanting those markers now. Ohuhu? Lol. I love the sound of rain…. And your voice. I’d much prefer your accent over mine any day …..
Ohuhu! They are very good
Amazing idea for Christmas bookmarks as gifts!!!
you’d better start now!
Hello Liz, I’ve been watching your videos for about a month now. Brilliant and yesterday I had a go at 4 bookmarks. With literally no artistic talent I actually made something I am really proud of. Thanks for the inspiration. I’m just venturing into the realms of art journals too. 😊🎉
oh that’s so good to hear!
I got a laminator and laminate mine. They'll last forever. Love these.❤
yes, you can certainly do that. I like the more ‘naked’ look!
Those are so pretty, Liz!
They are!
@thefrugalcrafter
What a surprise!!!
So nice to see you, Lindsay❤
I really have got rather addicted
Absolutely beautiful and motivational 😅
Glad you think so!
Love this idea ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you!! 😊
I love! Those are so well done😍
Thank you! 😊
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These are so pretty-thank you for sharing!
My pleasure!
Fabulous ideas and doable! Many thanks!
Glad you like them! I think they are doable but you also learn from them….
Must try. Very beautiful. Thank you, Liz ❤
You’re welcome 😊
Can’t wait to try this wonderful project with my 93 year old mom and her 82 year old sister! ❤❤❤
That's a great age! I hope you have fun!
these are great... Use giant sheets of cheap paper for extra paint and this would be perfect for that
indeed!!
Beautiful!❤
Thank you! 😊