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Did you ever have a old photo or a black and white collage image that you felt would look better if it had just a touch of color?  It may be that you think a touch of rose was needed in your great great grandmothers cheeks, or you want a particular detail to stand out more than the others.  Whatever the reason if you want to add a touch of color then you should try this. This month Altered Pages is cross promoting the  Niji Waterbrush Pen  from Yatsumoto  and it features in the technique I am about to share for adding a touch of color. Taking a Niji Waterbrush and any water soluble color medium you have on hand, for instance Gelatos , Water Color Pencils or my favorite (because of the wonderful shimmer) the Niji Pearlescent Water Color Paints.  Pick up a small amount of color on the wet brush and add to your photo/image. There are so many wonderful collage images available at Altered Pages.  For my project today (a male birthday card...

Hi Everyone!  It's Danie here with you today and to those of you in the Northern Hemisphere I know you are all hanging out and can't wait for Spring to Arrive.  With thoughts turning to Spring I am sharing a quick Journal Page done on A3 Size Watercolor Paper using some of the wonderful mixed media art products you'll find at Altered Pages. My background was done with Dylusions Spray Inks (Lemon Zest, Lime Fresh and Funky Fushia), my flowers (six petal water color blossoms) were done with my After Midnight Dylusions Spray Ink, and my Water Color Pencils and Niji Pearlescent Water Color Paints which were applied using my Niji Water Brush . The Leaves and Dragonflies were done using my Mini Botanicals Stencil from The Crafter's Workshop. In the below video I share with you how I create my flowers and leaves for this page. Here's a variation of this flower using punched circles for extra detail..  Same blossoms with extra detail added to flower...