Vintage Holiday Cards with Kristin Van Leuven

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Join us in this Artist-How to Series where you’ll learn different watercolor techniques to create these vintage inspired holiday cards. Kristin will take you step by step through the process of each card, helping you to understand the techniques...

Join us in this Artist-How to Series where you’ll learn different watercolor techniques to create these vintage inspired holiday cards. Kristin will take you step by step through the process of each card, helping you to understand the techniques so you can use what you learn for your own card making.

Come paint with us, make fun vintage inspired cards, and have fun too!

Supplies:

? Strathmore 400 Series Watercolor Cards

? Daler-Rowney 48ct Aquafine Watercolor Set

? Maimeri Gouache

? Princeton Aqua Elite Brushes

? Princeton Velvetouch Brushes

Check out the full series below:

Video 1: Snowy Trees

In this first tutorial, you'll learn how to paint snowy trees using a salt technique to create snow.

Video 2: Plaid Pattern

In this second tutorial, Kristin walks you through how to create a fun plaid pattern on your card with a little bit of gold to make it shine.

Video 3: Holiday Wreath

Next in the series, we make a wreath decorated with pine cones and berries to make that holiday card pop!

Video 4: Golden Trees

In the final tutorial of the series, Kristin teaches you how to paint three trees sprinkled with gold accents.

We hope you enjoyed following along and creating holiday cards with us!

Check out more teachings and art inspiration on Kristin’s Instagram

Kristin's YouTube


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