Watercoloring Over Paint

Watercolors can add a subtle background to an art journal page.   This is a very serendipitous way to add a layer to a background.  Here is my purple tag background after stamping with watercolors.  You can see it in a finished journal page here.

It started as this:

Step 1: Start with a prepped journal page.  I prep it with either gesso or acrylic paint.  The important part is for the watercolors to float on top in the next step.

Step 2:  Slather on watercolors.

Step 3: While the watercolor is still very wet, use an uninked rubber stamp to REMOVE some of the watercolor. Let it dry.

Here is what the blue looks like dry-

Some other examples: