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Because the image is big and I wanted it to take centre stage, I kept everything else very simple with just some stamped texture on the dark brown layer and some linen thread to whip stitch down one side of the panel.
I love the history behind these stamps - this one originally appeared as a cover for the Saturday Evening Post in November 1902. The artist, Charles Livingstone Bull, called this "The Elk" and therein lies the story behind my earlier reference to this as a "creature". You might have to be a keen naturalist to know but it's not really an elk, it's a caribou (wild reindeer). An elk has the darker area around the neck and a lighter body, the caribou is the other way around. The antlers are a bit different, too. Natural history as well as stamping, huh? lol!
Stamps:
Elk/caribou (Saturday Evening Post line at CHF - releasing Friday 12th December)
Weathered Wood backgrounder
Sentiment made up from Silhouette Blooms I (Kim Hughes Collection) and So Happy (Rummage Bin line)
Paper:
140lb hot press watercolour
Suede Brown dark (Prism)
Ink:
Adirondack dye ink by Ranger (Espresso, Latte, Cloudy Blue, Stonewashed)
Tim Holtz Distress by Ranger (Peeled Paint, Shabby Shutters, Antique Linen)
Other:
Linen thread
Thanks for stopping by today, I appreciate you taking the time! If you'd like to see what everyone else has been up to with watercolour, here are the links for the ladies playing along today:
Julia - Kim - Dawn - Michele - Jennifer - Sherrie
Gorgeous Joanne!
ReplyDeleteGreat coloring Joanne! Love the stitching up the side too!
ReplyDeleteWOW, gorgeous colouring of this image Joanne :)
ReplyDeleteThats is a beautiful beautiful stamp Joanne and your colouring is fantastic X
ReplyDeleteI love this Joanne, your watercolouring is something to envy!
ReplyDeleteI'm with Kaz on that one - fab colouring in!
ReplyDeleteoh wow! what gorgeous shading - love the image too....FAB!
ReplyDeletewow Joanne...that is fabulous! he'll love it!!
ReplyDeleteThis is so unusual - and beautiful.
ReplyDeleteHe's incredible Joanne. Fantastic colours.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the ink pad tip, I'll have to try that one. :)
Lovely image and colouring! xx
ReplyDeleteFabulous Joanne, I love it x
ReplyDeleteFabulous, Joanne! Love the blue around the elk/caribou! Love those stitches too!
ReplyDeleteThis is fantastic Joanne! Doesn't he look "regal"!! Beautiful watercoloring ... perfect!
ReplyDeleteYou are sooooo clever at this stamping and colouring lark - and the stitching is a wonderful extra touch
ReplyDeletewow thats beautifully coloured
ReplyDeleteSimply beautiful
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