I've been making greetings cards from my watercolours for about 10 years now.  A few people have asked how I make them so professional-looking. Artwork & Scanning Original artwork: Watercolours are ideal because in watercolours there is a lot of light and not solid pigment.  Think of how printing paper absorbs ink when you print photographs and how the colours look dull. With less pigment there is more light refraction. I scan my pictures rather than photographing them as this is more … [Read more...]