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5 Heart Drawings to Mix and Match for Valentines
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Gather your watercolor and calligraphy supplies.
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The ideas can be endless, but we'll start with five watercolor backgrounds. Then, we'll add five heart drawings.
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Green and blue blended heart. While the blue and green are still wet, gently paint the two colors together.
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Moving pink heart. Paint a heart shape. Then use your brush to make wisps off the side like it's moving.
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Pink offset heart. Paint one side larger than the other.
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Pink half heart. Swipe paint across half of a heart shape.
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Blue heart with fade. Paint the top half of a heart. Then use your brush to drag some of the paint down, allowing it to fade.
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Let's add some heart drawings with a calligraphy pen. Here are some ideas.
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1. Heart with a loop. Make the downstrokes thick and the upstrokes thin.
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2. Open sided heart. Hint: If you run out of ink, just load your nib and go over it again.
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3. Offset heart. This design has thick strokes on all the long sides.
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4. Broken and uneven heart. Hint: If your nib catches, sometimes it helps to change direction (pull it lightly down instead of pushing it up).
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5. Flourished heart. This one might take some practice. Remember, you can use a pencil first and erase the lines later.
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And you're finished!
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Or try a few new combinations. Mix and match the drawings and backgrounds.
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Find new tutorials (with extra hints) mixing watercolor and calligraphy every other week on The Painted Pen blog www.joannegroff.com/blog
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Joanne
I use watercolor and calligraphy to create cheerful design that leaves a lasting impression.
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