![]() ![]() The end of the story goes: I got a stamp made so I don’t have to continue drawing cards in the future and I added a little process video for how I use my stamp. So what did I do? I proceeded to draw them all by hand. At the time, a stamp still didn’t cross my mind. In fact, when I was in the midst of making these swatch cards, I even created a digital PDF and attempted printing on watercolor paper (which was a big fail, by the way - I should have known ink jet printer ink would bleed). Why this didn’t cross my mind before I have no idea. ![]() This friend offered up a brilliant suggestion: design a stamp and STAMP the grid on the card using waterproof ink. I was telling friend about how I couldn’t believe I took the time to hand draw all of those cards. Even if it’s TOTALLY worth it in the end! However, if you have a lot of paints to swatch, the idea of hand drawing a grid on every single card may feel like a waste of time, or just boring and tedious. a reasonable number of paints), the below method will not feel as daunting. ![]() ![]() At the time of writing the original post, I had made 80 cards by hand! If you have a nice curated set of paints (a.k.a. In the blog post below, I show you how I make my watercolor swatch cards, what information it shows you about the paints, and why you might want to make them. This post has been updated: November 2018 ![]()
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