Create Water Drop Collage Paper

[@sherrydennis2419]

This looks so fun!

[@catrains.artist]

I hope you give it a try! It's so much fun!

[@EmilyBlitzer]

I must have missed this one. I LOVE these papers and can't wait to try...

[@catrains.artist]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@catrains.artist]

Oh they are super fun to create! Enjoy!

[@ginamccracken5380]

I went to Alisha's channel and checked out her videos. She is using a medicine dispensing syringe to suspend the water droplets on 100% watercolor paper. I also noticed that in one of her videos that the brush she was using to add the black color to the water droplets was slightly stiff and gummy looking of which is indicative of India ink. India ink will do a beautiful explosion when dropped into water onto cotton watercolor paper just like watercolors do. FYI- The syringe is the same king of syringe that pharmacies or veterinarians give you to administer medicines that are in liquid suspension form. I believe that Amazon sells the syringes.

[@catrains.artist]

Thanks so very much for sharing these added techniques and resources with me. Love the idea of using a syringe!

[@mjmjacqueline8397]

These are so beautiful- loving the shimmer!!

[@catrains.artist]

I know, me too! The shimmer was a sweet surprise after they dried.

[@Sil-yeah]

Wow, that was so fun to see🤩

[@catrains.artist]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ellenvd5543]

Thats beautiful! What a good idee!

[@catrains.artist]

So glad you enjoyed the demo!

[@lorilevan5359]

Interesting--might try it using black watercolor paper, with light and iridescent/pearl colors...hmm!🙂

[@catrains.artist]

Hmmm, what a brilliant idea! That would be beautiful. Wish I had thought of it!

[@MrsPatJones]

Lovely effects there. It might be worth stretching the watercolour paper before doing this technique to stop any warping.

[@catrains.artist]

Hmmm, great idea. Thanks for suggesting this.

[@maryellenrichards391]

Very cool!

[@catrains.artist]

Thanks so much!

[@allisonjames2923]

You should try some alcohol ink too. It does interesting things on water. Especially if you buy a cheaper set of alcohol inks. I’ve tried marbling paper by dropping a few drops of alcohol ink onto a water bath then placing a sheet of copy paper on top of the water (similar to Suminagashi. The alcohol ink has some resin in it so it sets when you put it on water, but different colours (& brands) will spread across the water to various degrees & if you blow on the water with a straw, or run a skewer through it gently to create a current, you’ll get some super cool marble effects & then the ink sticks to the paper. The colours will be a bit different on paper than on yupo (brighter), and metallics tend to clump so you don’t get the lovely textures, but you’ll still get some lovely irregular metallic blobs & sometimes flecks. If you give a few seconds between your droplets (& it’s a colour that doesn’t spread too fast) you can actually create roses with ringed type layers as the drop spreads the other ink outwards. Also, could you please zoom in on your papers to show details? It’s so hard to see the lovely & interesting effects you’re getting at the distance you film. Especially for those of us who tend to watch on our phones. Thank you 😊

[@catrains.artist]

I very much appreciate you sharing additional techniques to experiment with. Put them on my list for the new year!

[@chrisraymond6618]

I did a lot of experiments with fluid acrylic inks and alcohol inks with water on Yupo paper a few years ago, for Inktober. I got some wonderful pieces that I could not recreate if my life depended on it!

[@catrains.artist]

@@chrisraymond6618 Totally understand that! I feel the same about many of my best papers.

[@EmilyBlitzer]

I just bough a Fineliner to try

[@catrains.artist]

Have fun!

[@flarose97]

Super Cool! TFS!!

[@catrains.artist]

So glad you enjoyed the demo!

[@ochervelvet9687]

Fascinating, thank you.

[@catrains.artist]

Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@puresunrays80]

My brain is running crazy with ooh what ifs lol. I just watched your video on making the pva tissue paper. I wonder if this would work on that. I'll have to give it a try.

[@catrains.artist]

Sounds like an experiment waiting to happen!

[@conniesmith3837]

I tripped over your video and I'm wondering what do you do with the paper after you have made it?

[@catrains.artist]

I actually have a few videos showing what I do with the collage papers I create on KZbin. Search a little bit back and you find 3 of them, spaced about 6 videos in between the paper demos.

[@EmilyBlitzer]

Can you use something other than a tray to tape the paper on? Can you use any flat sturdy surface?

[@catrains.artist]

Yes anything that you can easily remove once the water has evaporated.

[@francinesilver6147]

another great video? thanks

[@catrains.artist]

Ahhhh thanks!

[@lvan4407]

Interesting but I would love to see what you do with the papers after you’re done

[@catrains.artist]

I actually have 2 videos showing how I combine 5 types of paper into one collage. This demo is the 4th paper out of 5. After I finish the 5th one (after the holiday), I'll do my 3rd demo showing how to put together 5 types of paper into one collage. Stay tuned, its coming!

[@fastframe8278]

Enjoyed the demonstration immensely hoping to incorporate it in the background of my pastel drawings. Thank you. @odettespawtraits

[@catrains.artist]

Oh that would be beautiful! Would love to see what you create with this.

[@QOGS]

Since color changes with the Yaro, is there a way to keep the true color?

[@catrains.artist]

You mean water? I don't think you can keep it totally true, but adding more paint would help.

[@user-lz3gr8kn4y]

Do you think you could create slim lines? I'll have to try it when my supplies arrive

[@catrains.artist]

Can you clarify your question? Not sure what you mean by slim lines. You mean lines of water instead of circles of water?

[@tracydefreitas6361]

@@catrains.artist Ya I meant a line like you draw with a pen. Alas my fineliners arrived today and it doesn't work, figured it would not. But it will be fun to the circles, I'm excited!

[@catrains.artist]

@@tracydefreitas6361 thanks for trying this out for us both!

[@romeartcoterie9358]

Would freezer paper work? It is waxy on one side. 9:51

[@catrains.artist]

You want to drop the water onto freezer paper, and then add paint to that type of paper? Sounds like it will work, but you'll need to experiment to see. Do you want to use collage paper made from freezer paper?

[@beckerj.gutsch1243]

I wonder if using a cooling rack and taping papers would speed up the drying time.

[@catrains.artist]

I do tape most of these papers as I'm creating them. Using a cooling rack is an interesting possibility for speeding up the drying time, along with a heat gun, which I did use for some of them off camera. I was impatient to see how some would turn out, and wasn't disappointed!

[@jeraldbaxter3532]

Thank you! The papers are beautiful! I have two questions: #1: Does this technique work on paper that already has a layer of paint (gel prints, washes, etc.), and #2: Does it only work for drops, or, to use the technical term, would "squiggles work, also?

[@catrains.artist]

Great questions, and I don't know because I have tried either. I'm thinking it would probably work on dried gel prints. As for squiggles, you can create different shapes with the drops, spread them out to form abstract shapes. The artist I linked under show more does more than just plain drops.

[@jeraldbaxter3532]

@@catrains.artist Thank you! I enjoy your videos, very much and look forward to Tuesdays!😊

[@catrains.artist]

@@jeraldbaxter3532 You are such a dear, THANK YOU for choosing to be part of my art world.

[@user-judyb-999]

What happens if after your first layer of dots dry you come back with a second layer of drops in a different color? And just how far can you push it? Can you actually put a dot overlapping another?

[@mixedmedialife7916]

So did you try? 🤔

[@catrains.artist]

You can absolutely create layers by adding more drops over ones that have already dried. Check out the Instagram account of the artist I linked under show more - this is exactly what she does, except in only black.

[@eleanorsegal257]

Very cool!

[@catrains.artist]

Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching.