MAIKO

Welcome to the Paper Funday Challenge for March 2023! Anything Goes! One of the things I love about being on this design team is that I get to try out new-to-me companies with unique designs. Sometimes I just look for unusual designs that I normally wouldn't choose. For example this month Star Stampz was one of our generous sponsors and I choose Maiko in Spring...so much fun and I've never painted a Geisha before!

I had to Google MAIKO to find out what it meant. A MAIKO is actually an apprentice GEISHA still in training. As for the coloring, most of the images of a MAIKO had a red umbrella and of course they wore white makeup.

I created an Art Journal page, along with a framed 5" X 7" picture. Both resized and printed with a laser printer onto watercolor paper.

Here is what I used for the Art Journal page:

1) Strathmore Watercolor Paper cut into an 8" X 8" piece;

2) Altenew's 24 Half Pan Watercolor Set;

3) Sizzix Thinlits Alphanumeric Bold #665205;

4) Lawn Fawn Black Licorice Card Stock;

5) The Happy Planner Punch.

For the frame I purchased a 5" X 7" inexpensive black frame off of Amazon. Here is what I used to create the picture:

1) Distress Ink Tim Holtz Watercolor Paper;

2) The Stamp Market 24 Pan Color Crush Watercolor Palette;

3) Spellbinders Fragrant Flowers STP-033 (retired);

4) Daniel Smith 5ml Tube Pearlescent White Watercolor.

Here you can see the Daniel Smith Pearlescent White Watercolor Paint. Love the shimmer!

This was a really fun unique digital image and I thank Star Stampz for being our sponsor at Paper Funday Challenge! Come along and play with us!

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