Creative time with Watercolour painting on wood
Yes you can paint water colour on wood! Who knew! Well not me.
In the fall of last year, I was at Opus and saw a product that was a type of gesso you can put on wood allowing you to then water colour paint. Well that sounded intriguing to me so today I finally tried it out. Lucky for me, I have a carpenter husband who has wood around to cut for me. This made this project much easier. However it is easy to ask at the hardware store for small pieces of off cuts and use these.
Once you have your wood you need to apply a coat of the special gesso on the wood surface and let it dry for 24 to 48 hours. I used a gesso by Daniel Smith called watercolour ground. You can buy it off amazon for $21.72 4 oz size or at Opus. Opus will also deliver.
Next, I painted with water colours.This is my portable set of watercolours, I like the selection of colours. You can get this at most art stores and opus. I take them with me when I go to the beach.
I was pleasantly surprised by the water colour paint affect on the wood.
You could remove excess water and the paint was able to mix and move with the other colours.
I highly recommend trying this if you enjoy water colour painting and want to try something new.
If you are interested in buying one I am selling each one for $25.00. You can message me or email me.
