I’ve had this little block of watercolour postcard paper for a few years and this year I decided to start making use of it and send some people hand painted birthday cards. I like the idea of creating something unique for someone’s birthday, it’s like sending them a personalised little gift.
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The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being.
Dalai Lama
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This little doggie took me three attempts. On the first one I used charcoal for the balloon’s cord, which I didn’t really like. On the second one I didn’t really like the shape, but finally on the third one I was very happy with the result all around. Practice makes perfect!
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I had seen the concept for this card with candles online and thought that it wouldn’t be too hard to accomplish. Obviously I was wrong, because you’re supposed to be able to spell the word ‘birthday’… duh. The second time was much better, and in the end even the words worked out nicely.
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Not much to say about this little cream covered gnome girl. After sketching up the general shape of her, I photographed her and made a digital mockup to help me decide on colours. In the end I decided on a different colour pattern on the balloons, because it worked out better with the transparency of them. I really like how it worked out!
I had a few small scraps of watercolour paper and while this wasn’t actually a birthday card, I included it here as a little bonus. Fluffy bunny!
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