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Experiment leads to new creative obsession

March 12, 2021

Simple photography hack gives artful life to photos

Water drop macro photography
Hand drawn floral watercolor bouquet with water droplet effect.

Sometimes you see a photography technique or trick demonstrated on social media and you try it and it falls flat. Then other times—like this—it works.

Take a piece of clear packing tape, stretch it between two tall things (I used champagne flutes), spray water on top, then slide your artwork underneath. Take a picture. Crop.

First crocus 2021 iPhone11 water droplet macro
First crocus, front yard, 2021

I love the effects. 

I created some 3×3” floral sketches with Micron pen and finished with Daniel Smith watercolors.

Hand drawn watercolor florals

Day 41/100 Day Project

Go and try something new today and see what happens. Cheers!

Filed Under: Art Projects, Photography Tagged With: the 100 day project

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Bex Hall

Her writing has appeared in various online and print publications, most recently in Kerning, a literary magazine, and in the Stories of Hope Collection in Transplant Living. Her artwork has appeared and sold through the Grayson Gallery. She blogs here about creative life and creates in Studio BE overlooking the Ohio River. Her work in progress is a memoir about the secret life of objects.

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  • Creative practice goals:

    Show up every day behind the pen, the brush, or the lens and share my work.

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