Quick and Easy Watercolor Effects!

You may want to click on the image below to enlarge it, to better see details.  What I've done here is to use a watercolor pencil to fill in all the openings in my 6"x6" stencil Pressed Leaves:

Here, I've lifted off the stencil:

My next step is to use a mister bottle of water to add moisture across the  whole area:

After using the mister, I tilt the watercolor paper to help spread the color wash.  I also use a paper towel (shown at the bottom of the photo above) to blot out color from areas where I don't want it to go.

Once the watercolor paper dries -- this takes only minutes -- I'm left with this:

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