I first sketched the trees with a pencil and went to town with my watercolors. I did the wet on wet technique on this. First with the background and when that dried, I spritzed some water to create the texture. I then painted the trunks in light brown and the details in dark brown. I made the background trees subtle to show perspective.
After I painted, the trees looked kind of bare, so I added some birds, die cut from Penny Black In A Row. The sentiment is from Hero Arts. Adhesives are by Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. In order to prop the birds, I cut the foam squares in half.
This is so artsy and gorgeous, Nina! I love the vibrant colors! Your free hand watercoloring is SUPERB! Thanks so much for playing Simon Says Stamp Wednesday “Thinking of You” Challenge!
ReplyDeleteNina this is a wonderful, vibrant card - love it!
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Maxine
Wow, great job on sketching your own trees!! I thought they were stamped!
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty! I love those bright colors!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, Nina!
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