Learn how to use rubbing alcohol to create a really pretty technique in your watercolor art! I’ll be painting a background with this technique and then drawing a daisy and some pen work. You’ll be able to create this original piece of art in under 30 minutes, and you only need some simple supplies to do it. 

Use a piece of watercolor paper or a watercolor art journal. Tape off the edges of your page with painter’s tape. 

Gather your supplies – any kind of watercolor set, rubbing alcohol, and a fat paintbrush. Add water to your entire page, then start adding your watercolor. I’m using pink, orange, yellow, green, and blue. Use whatever you would like!

Take a pipette with some rubbing alcohol and add drops to your page. Let dry or dry with a heat gun.

I’m actually going to flip my page upside down now because I think the flower will look better that way. Take an ultra-fine black Sharpie and draw a daisy flower. I’m going to grab a thicker Sharpie and add some additional detail lines. Then, I’ll take a stencil brush and a black ink pad and apply the ink to my flower center. Finally, I’ll add some Prussian Blue Hue acrylic paint to the page edges with a stencil brush. 

Remove your painter’s tape and add some black pen detail lines around the whole edge.

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Supply List

• 7 X 10 Watercolor or Mixed Media Journal
• Watercolors: Daniel Smith
• Brushes:  Dynasty Stencil Brush Pro 7 & Water Lily Round 8
• Painter’s Tape
• Pens: Sharpie Fine & Ultra Fine
• Decoart Americana Acrylic Paint: Black 
• Other:  Rubbing Alcohol