I kept my card very clean and simple since I wanted all the attention to fall on the wonderful pheasant couple. Don't the colours just dazzle? I wound up layering my watercolouring, adjusting the colours just to the point where they looked closest to the real pheasant photos which I had found on the internet. For the most part, the pheasants are watercolour pencils and Aqua-Brush with a bit of additional coloured ink layered on. The background grasses, sky and foreground are all Stampin' Up! inks applied with my Aqua-Brush.
As an added bit of embellishment (and I don't do a lot of that), I used three tiny Metallic Pearls. It's the first time I've used them even though they came out with the Annual Catalogue. I love the way the gold works with this card, don't you?
I hope you'll be joining us by linking up your awesome creations before Monday, August 27th at 5 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time. To see the wonderful creations by our Watercooler Artists, check out our Watercooler Wednesday Challenge blog.
Great job colouring those beautiful Pheasants Heidi. Not an easy feat with that stamped image. You managed to blend your watercolouring really well so the images look realistic. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYour coloring is absolutely stunning and I love the depth you achieved. Wonderful Thanksgiving card!
ReplyDeleteThis is one of my favorite stamp sets too. Love the way you used it on this card. Your colors are vibrant and on point. Beautiful card.
ReplyDeleteWonderful card, Heidi! We are coming up on the time of year when pheasants will be running all over the place. they really are such a pretty bird.
ReplyDeleteThe pheasants really stand out with your wonderful colouring, Heidi! A great eye-catching card!
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