watercolor look on flowers - Page 2

Bluejeangirlnc · #31 2010-06-14, 11:33am

Something like this maybe? http://krissybeads.com/pages/waterco...altutorial.php

2kids&atorch · #32 2010-06-14, 12:07pm

Lydia Muell is exceptional at making glass look like watercolors! She made a tutorial about it. I don't have a link but it is posted here in the tutorial section.

dragonfly designs 56 · #33 2010-06-16, 8:30pm

Is this the type of watercolor you mean? Here is Anne rickets tutorial of a chintz bead. To me, it looks like watercolors
http://www.amrglassworks.net/Chintzpage.html

also this http://www.lavendercreek.de/Tutorial...orflorals.html

lmorganc · #34 2010-06-16, 11:47pm

Hi Kelly! The look is similar to Anne's chintz beads, but I'm envisioning a more defined petal shape with a strong color, but at the same time, a thin and subtle gradient of color in the petals. I had also thought about Anne's beads; they are close! Thanks so much! I have also looked at Lydia M.'s, the Krissy Beads tut and Lavender Creek's tut. They are close, but not exactly what I am trying for. It just seems like I can't achieve the strength or intensity I want on the flower petals. Any more ideas from anyone I would greatly appreciate your help and ideas!

Thanks!

Leda :0)

lmorganc · #35 2010-06-18, 4:31pm

Yes, I have seen that article as well, it is very good. It is still not exactly the look I am going for...still wondering!

Leda

glassactcc · #36 2010-06-18, 5:04pm

You can use frit blends. Take a clear rod, and dip it several times in the frit blend and pull out a thick stringer. Apply to an opaque base. I use Glass Diversions frit blends. I learned this from Fran Carrico when I was teaching in Indiana. Yep, I was teaching and I learned a new trick too, and it works.

lmorganc · #37 2010-06-18, 11:30pm

Thanks for the idea! I will try it tomorrow, hopefully!

:0)

Leda

lmorganc · #38 2010-07-03, 3:49am

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Originally Posted by Angela Schoonen

I'm not sure I've got it quite right - but I made a stringer by layering transparent over white and it turned out quite nice. Etching the bead made a huge difference, too.

Angela, do you have a picture of what you are describing? Thanks!

Leda

lmorganc · #39 2010-07-03, 3:50am

Hi Glassacctt, do you have a picture of a bead you made with the technique you are describing? That would be great..thanks!

Leda

lmorganc · #40 2010-07-03, 3:51am

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Originally Posted by Angela Schoonen

I'm not sure I've got it quite right - but I made a stringer by layering transparent over white and it turned out quite nice. Etching the bead made a huge difference, too.

Angela, do you have a picture you can show us? thx!

Leda

lmorganc · #41 2010-07-03, 3:53am

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Originally Posted by makitmama

I'm kinda in the same boat.....I like to use a combo frit over white as the base, then petals that contrast. I have had better results with a couple of colors I got from Monique that are clear and transparent combined...one is a hot salmon color that does well over a white petal.
I have coveted Caliente glass, but all the pinks are always sold out. They, and Gail's Gaffer glass, are wispy from the get-go.
If I come up with any great results, I'll PM ya!

Makitmama,

Do you have any pics of the results you have come up with when using your ideas that you are describing? Thanks!

Leda

lmorganc · #42 2010-07-03, 3:54am

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Originally Posted by InsanityBeader

Just reading these now, I came up with an idea that I might try tomorrow. I, too, really like that painterly look. An idea I am going to try is taking verto-opal white and coating it with a transparent. Not sure if it will work. I know that the opal white (vetro) can produce a veiny/whispy appearance, However, it is a lot like anice white in that it can be a real shocky pain to work with. Anyway, I wanted to share that since this discussion kind of turned on that particular light bulb. Good Luck and if I manage it, I'll try to post a pic

Susan, did you have any luck when you tried your idea? Can you show us a picture?

Thx!

Leda

lmorganc · #43 2010-07-03, 3:57am

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Originally Posted by chrissij

Enamels kinda sorta work if you don't let them get so hot they boil...like if you take a white stringer, heat it a tad, and then dip it in blue enamel and then place your dot. I've made some cool lookin' flowers that way; I've made some completely horrific lookin' flowers that way.

Chrissij,
Did you have any pics to show us? Thx!

Leda

lmorganc · #44 2010-07-03, 3:58am

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Originally Posted by maddog1050

I've made stringer with a light opaque core, such as periwinkle and cased with a darker opaque, such as cobalt. When I make my flowers I make a white dot, melt flat then put a dot of the stringer. Then I take a clear stringer and pull each petal into a point or a razor and crease and pull each petal. The result is mottled-- a painterly effect of the two blues. I've tried it with yellow/red and it works the same.

Not sure if this is what you are after, but give it a try. I like how it turns out.

I always start with a white dot because I think it sort of 'anchors' any colors layered on top, even opaque ones.

Hope this helps.

Hi Maddog,

Can you show us a picture? thanks!

Leda

lmorganc · #45 2010-07-03, 3:59am

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Originally Posted by MaureenKennedy

I have found if mix clear transparent with opaque it will give a wispy look to the petals. I believe I read that if you sprinkle like white enamel ontop of your opaque base and then your regular opaque, the enamels will cause the petals to wisp out.

Hi Maureen,

Do you have a pic you could show us? thx!

Leda

lmorganc · #46 2010-07-03, 4:00am

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Originally Posted by bluhealer

How "wispy" do you want?

Something I like is opalino white instead of opaque white, under several layers of transparent color.

Example: clear or colored trans core/thin layer white or pale pink opalino/layer of ink violet/stripes of white opalino/case with amber rose, pink, whatever...and pull into approx 2mm stringers.

Somewhere in the archives over on WC is an old tutorial I wrote that gave a "painted" look, though it may not be what you're after.

Hope that helps!

Carolyn

Hi Bluhealer, Do you have any pics you could show us?

Thx!

Leda

lmorganc · #47 2010-07-03, 4:02am

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Originally Posted by Carolyn M

Not sure, but is this the look you are looking for?

If so, its layers of opaque and transparent on top of hand mixed frit combination, on a base of white. Oh and then etched - that makes a big difference

Hi Carolyn M.
Do you have a pic you could show us? Thanks!

Leda

lmorganc · #48 2010-07-03, 4:05am

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Originally Posted by jw2

Hi!

Something I have done that gives a "watercolor effect" is to use a transparent rod, melt a gather, dip into a frit blend that is a mix of transparents and pull into a stringer. Once you get the frit melted onto your ball of trans. don't moosh it together, just pull a stringer from it. Make your petals with an opaque, melt down, then dot with the stringer,melt in, put a dot of trans on top of that. Not sure if that is the effect you are talking about!!

Kristy

Hi Kristy! Do you have any pics you could post for us of the beads that you made with your technique idea?

Thanks so much!

Leda