As an artist, my hope is to create pieces others can connect their own experiences to, so that their home becomes a reflection of their story.
About the Artist
Bethany Carroz is a Northwest Arkansas based watercolor artist with a love for soft florals, dreamy landscapes, and capturing local landmarks.
Since taking up watercolor full time in 2020, her work has been sold in HomeGoods & Marrs Mercantile and featured on HGTV's Fixer to Fabulous.
Vintage Christmas Cards
I truly enjoy the process of making these hand created Christmas cards, and I love knowing that people will be able to send a little piece of art through the mail to their loved ones. Some even become framed and displayed year after year as holiday decor.
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Gift Ideas!
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These Bible verse tea towels feature
Isaiah 40:11 and Psalm 42:1, two of my favorite verses. I paired them with a sweet watercolor animal, and they are the perfect reminder to have hanging around the kitchen.
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Create your own Vintage
Ornament Christmas Card
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Watercolor paper – I cut my sheet to 10x7 so I can fold into a 5x7 card
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Watercolor paint – I used KINGART® PRO Artist Watercolor Paint tubes
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Original Gold 9040 round stroke size 8 & Original Gold 9350 size 4 liner
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Jar(s) of water
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Palette to mix colors
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Pencil – I used a Kingart Graphite Studio 2H
Step 1: Lightly pencil in the shapes of your ornaments. These are the 4 shapes that I will be using to create my ornaments. You can add more shapes if your feel inspired!
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Paint each ornament using the pencil lines as your guide.
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You can choose a traditional color palette, or follow along using vintage inspired colors like I used on my card.
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To add some visual interest, you can add a thicker consistency of paint around the outer edges while the paint is still wet to create some depth, or even lift off some color with a clean wet brush (while the ornament is still wet) to create a shiny effect on your ornament.
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For the final card, it looks nice if you can paint the ornaments at different heights across your card.
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Then, it’s time to hang your ornaments! Use a liner brush to draw a line from the loop of the ornament to the top of the card.
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Get creative by adding bows to your string, or fun words / holiday themed sentiments!
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Did you give it a try? Post it on instagram and tag me @westoakwatercolor
