Northern Cardinal

 

Introducing the Northern Cardinal.

There is nothing more wonderful than to spot a Northern Cardinal, with their gorgeous red feathers and his black mask!

It is bitterly cold in my area, which is what sent me to watercolour this Cardinal where I added in the flowers, and I wanted to continue painting birds from the Natures Sings stamp set by Penny Black.

The background stamp is also by Penny Black called Rosa. I first painted the bird, then added the background by masking out the bird and stamping the floral on. The do eat the flowers!

To watercolour the Cardinal I used several reds being Cadmium Red, Scarlet Red and some Quinacridone Pink on the breast area, which darkened the area.

A bit of Dr. Ph. Martins Bleedproof white watercolour and Payne's Grey finished my watercolouring of the bird.

To finish up I trimmed the watercolour to 3.75 x 5" and matted with Gina K Designs black cardstock, then fitted to a Neenah cardbase using Art Glitter glue.

Using VersaFine Clair ink in Green Oasis I stamped part of a sentiment "sing a song".

For the inside I layered a piece of the black cardstock, then topped with a layer of white, and stamped the thank you sentiment using VersaFine Clair ink in Nocturne.

Thank you for joining me today. I appreciate the time you all take to share my cardmaking with me.

See you next time.