Polymer Clay Mixed Media: Crackled Watercolor Technique

(A special thank you to Maggie Maggio for coming up with the watercolor or torn paper technique. It's such fun to play with)
So after my previous water color technique I decided it would be worth playing around with it and seeing what I could come up with. This is just one of the variations I'll be sharing over the coming months.
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Sincerely Samantha Burroughs.

[@justsoneatferdinand6762]

I love watching you videos, no annoying music in the background drowning out your explanations. Everything is crisp clear and clean. Keep up the great work, and keep doing what you love. May God's blessing be multiplied to you tremendously.

[@JessamaTutorials]

Thank you so much. May God bless you too.

[@Dwinabeana]

YES!!!! No annoying music! (except at the beginning!) Thank you - that is one of the things that makes these videos SO much better! Thank you for that Jessama!

[@llamabeans]

Thank you, Samantha, for making clear, concise tutorials that are so easy to follow. I am a beginner, new to polymer clay, and I am learning so much from you. You really are a great teacher and an amazing artist! Thanks for sharing all your tips and tricks and beautiful designs with us. ♡♡ Jenn.

[@grannyjclay-joannieholdhus925]

Beautiful! Thank you, Samantha! Loved all of them!❤️

[@BornAgainFarmGirl]

I love this technique, especially the light blue one at the end !

[@alittletlc9139]

Lovely work! Looking forward to your next piece.

[@jennygee9849]

another beautiful technique Samantha...thanks for sharing it with us all..can't wait to see the stone effect one done.

[@Chihiro33333]

You are by far one of the best tutorial makers! Thanks for this! Very inspiring!

[@2sistersjewelry691]

As always amazing tutorial, your creativity shows in the different effects you tried and shown to us in the variations. Thank you.

[@tonistuart9991]

So pretty, this will be my next project. Thank you for your creativity 🖌

[@kategolding9414]

I'm very intrigued by the blue stone-ish affect. I look forward to your tutorial on that one. Thank you for sharing.

[@leonanelson2444]

Beautiful, love your technique on this one

[@bonnietaylor7827]

You're such a great teacher! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.

[@carmensol34]

Wow! Love it Samantha! Beautiful! Another great tutorial sweetie! TFS!!❤️

[@angelamullins8574]

The colours are gorgeous

[@gyllenhaalic66]

I actually liked the contrast of the white and green one very much ! Very lovely ! I can't understand why you don't have many, many, many more subscribers ! You do wonderful work and your tutorials are well-paced and easy to follow. Great work !

[@JessamaTutorials]

Thank you.

[@bonniefaltz9505]

Awesome. Love your videos! You are quite savvy with polymer clay and give great advise! Thank you for sharing.

[@persesrathert8324]

What a fun technique!

[@charleneleach9450]

You do great teaching videos. You explain everything in simple language that we can all understand. Thank you, you do inspire me.

[@ClareCreationsAL]

I love this technique. I am moving my craft room into a larger space, but it's a time consuming process that has me without a space to create for the next few months. I'm ready to try these techniques that you show!! You are a really great teacher. Your process is very clear and easy to understand. I get very excited when I see that you have released a new video! I have watched these techniques through video many times, but your process has been more encouraging. Thank you for sharing!

[@1tinac]

This was a fabulous tutorial. Beautiful and interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[@kathyd9324]

You are a truly talented artist I love watching you work you're a great inspiration even to us old experienced folks. Your willingness to try new techniques and ideas is an inspiration for all artists. Thank you and I hope you continue your awesome work for many many years.

[@galady8632]

Very unique and enjoyable, as always. It seems you 'do not think outside the box, for you the box does not exist'. Your tutorials are fresh and exciting. Never predictable. Love that.

[@JessamaTutorials]

Thank you. I try my best.

[@ambercomuso96]

Beautiful, reminds me of a pile of leaves in the fall.

[@sherrelleinsig9204]

Another great video

[@cherylwilliams3408]

Thank you so much for the link to Fire Mountain!

[@cecilecharial8555]

I like this technique thank you ☺️

[@paulastpeter8393]

Beautiful! Love your videos

[@RameyRocks]

I love the one u did the tute on. Its so rich and caramely looking. And I do love the stone effect one too. Don't keep us guessing too long!! I love this technique as well!

[@JessamaTutorials]

I've left the stone one for now because I think I could make it better. Maybe I could turn it into faux Russian serpentine or something like that. I'll have to play with it a bit more. :D

[@mystellaluminosa]

Complimenti bellissimo tutorial grazie per la condivisione

[@gwenmurray9871]

thank you for the tip on how to get the line to stand out

[@janedoe6181]

It's interesting that you paired your watercolor piece with the zebra piece. I immediately thought of savannah animals when I saw the watercolor piece.

[@JessamaTutorials]

I was going for an African piece as I am from South Africa after all. 🤗

[@artistryinv454]

Jessama Tutorials I thought as much!

[@soileilkkala8831]

I really love your result ,all of them are very beautiful ! I have done just one and it came out kind of sort of ok . This get's me really to mood start practicing loads of these . Thank You !

[@JessamaTutorials]

Cool. Let me know how it goes and send some pictures if you have any.

[@amalsadek3767]

Wow It's awesome, you have a very special way to explain every detail Thank you so much for sharing and waiting for your patreon account

[@JessamaTutorials]

Thank you so much.

[@trishp5420]

PLEASE can you make the tutorial on the blue stone looking one! I have seen so many requests on it. PRETTY PLEASE??? Love all of your tutorials and Facebook posts. Your tutorials were what started me on my clay journey, and I love your quality of cutters, too! You have the best tutorials! 💕

[@chris_blue8519]

❤️

[@severinamarsh]

How exciting. You have a wonderful grasp of colors and design. Is it possible to get a tutorial on how to use plastic wrap to give rounded edges to pieces cut from sheets of polymer. I have always wanted to know how to do this. Thank you for sharing.

[@JessamaTutorials]

Sure. I'll add that to me requested tutorials list.

[@carolinethomasBF]

❤️❤️❤️

[@cherylwilliams3408]

Another great tutorial - thank you! Really like the texture mat/stamp. Where can I purchase this?

[@tonivaldivia9626]

Me encantan todos tus vídeos, eres muy, muy buena, qué pena que no entienda el audio

[@chrishellstrom9109]

Did you ever make that video about the last venner you showed? It's a beautiful technique! Thank you for showing oss!

[@JessamaTutorials]

No. Sorry. I've so many veneers to go back and make projects for. Lol

[@sophiebuzora9616]

I love this technique! I love the texture sheet you used! "Ancient Doodles". Could you tell me, whos sheet's this? Where can I buy it? Thank you very much!

[@JessamaTutorials]

Thank you. The texture sheet is Lisa Pavelka's design. I bought mine off of firemountaingemsandbeads.com Here's the link to were I bought it www.firemountaingems.com/itemdetails/h203385tl

[@sophiebuzora9616]

Thank you so much, Samantha! I love your tutorials very much! You're awesome! Greetings from Canada!

[@polymerclayinspired7248]

What do you glaze your beads with too make them glossy when baked

[@JessamaTutorials]

I like to use Ice Resin most of the time, but I also use Renaissance wax and Varathane.

[@kimjones6412]

How long do you usually let it set to dry so that it will crackle, I noticed you let it dry two times, before you painted it and after you painted it?

[@kimjones6412]

I absolutely love that textile sheet!!!

[@JessamaTutorials]

I let it dry for around five minutes each time.

[@kimjones6412]

I started crafting about 25 years ago and I started with making wooden things and I was “you could say addicted to crackle, I even crackled a really large sofa table, of course this was way before you could get the one step crackle, you could by bottles of it or use Hyde glue. I recently bought a bottle of crackle to make some country signs for my son and daughter in laws kitchen, that she wanted done in roosters, trying to be a good mother in law and mother I homered her wishes, after she got home after being gone for 5 months; I went over to see how she liked it on her 2nd day home; the only thing she had kept was the $20.00 or more roosters. I took everything else home and will either sell it or give it to a sober living house for recovering heroine addicts. I said all of that to say that I really don’t see the crackle in the clay at least not yet and I wonder if you could use acrylic paint on pc ? I may have to try it.

[@kimjones6412]

Sooo pretty, Crackling paint looks a lot different than on clay, I think I’ll still try it though and then I’ll have to learn how to video it from my iPhone or iPad by myself; SMH 🤦‍♀️I can’t wait to learn how to use napkins with PC and make plastic troll beads and can you bake PC and add resin to it and then bake it again?

[@JessamaTutorials]

I wouldn't bake the resin as it can yellow and crack. I always finish baking my piece and then only put the resin on.

[@kathleencarpentier3397]

Samantha- how do you store these sheets of the watercolor technique?

[@JessamaTutorials]

I store them between these. www.etsy.com/au/listing/650949738/polymer-clay-storage-sheets?ref=shop_home_active_9&frs=1

[@1tinac]

The one thatbyou said you were leaving us guessing on for a future video ... did you do that video yet?

[@JessamaTutorials]

I never ended up doing that video as there wasn't a lot of interest.

[@suzanteman6376]

Jessama Tutorials , I’m interested. I see a number of comments asking about the veneer you showed to keep us guessing. Please do that video. Thanks. You are quite talented both in your art with the polymer clay and in your ability to teach your techniques.

[@angelamullins8574]

Looked good from what I could see but the focus on my ipad wad fuzzy

[@gillianwiseman3518]

Did you know that Maggie Maggie is the originator of the torn watercolor paper technique? It would be nice to mention her for it.

[@JessamaTutorials]

Thank you. I'll add that to the description in the tutorial.

[@gillianwiseman3518]

Maggie Maggio is what I meant to type! Her site: maggiemaggio.com/color/2009/09/watercolor-technique-tutorial/

[@joannejensen5987]

Is there a book on alcohol ink and clay? All the books are for paper.

[@JessamaTutorials]

I'm afraid I don't know of one. If you look through some of my tutorials I have a lot of tutorials on alcohol ink on clay. www.jessamatutorials.com/

[@grayscreations7004]

Is Jessama your surname? 🙂

[@JessamaTutorials]

No. There's a bit of a story behind that. Here's the link to the page I have on it. www.jessamatutorials.com/about-jessama-tutorials.html