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Mona Pendleton | Thursday, December 17, 2015 @ 4:37 PM | Card , Christmas , Liquitex , painting

Hi! I'm so happy when I am able to combine painting with card making! Today I have a christmas card to share featuring a sweet and chunky black capped chickadee. I'm studying various painting techniques and styles under a few different artists with an effort to develop my own. I was inspired to paint this little guy by a painting lesson I took from Ginger Cook.

He's my first attempt to paint a bird. He's a bit fluffier than I had anticipated but overall, I think he's pretty cute ;)

I'm not thrilled with the heavy tooth (texture) on the canvas page. It's a bit too much so now that I've learned my lesson, I'll have to take the extra steps to smooth out the canvas prior to painting. I just want to jump in!! :) LOL

I'm entering this card in the current color throwdown challenge:

Thanks so much for stopping by ~ I hope you enjoyed my little bird!
Be Sweet :)

26 Sweet Comments So Far:

Lisa 1 said...: Oh my gosh, Mona, this is amazing!! It should be in a frame!! The bird looks so beautiful!! This is truly a work of art!! Wow!! I love the background colors, too!! Stunning, stunning, stunning!! Have a great evening :)

Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts; Reply December 17, 2015 at 5:31 PM
Sue Marrazzo Fine Art 2 said...: SO SO PRETTY!
I love the textures! MERRY Christmas to you and yours = ); Reply December 17, 2015 at 5:37 PM
Cheryl W. 3 said...: I LOVE chickadees, and yours is very cute! What an amazing job for a first try at painting birds. You are learning so fast!; Reply December 17, 2015 at 7:28 PM
Susan Lankford 4 said...: He's very sweet and probable fluffy because he's being blown about by those snow flurries!; Reply December 17, 2015 at 8:07 PM
Penny 5 said...: Mona, you are amazing! What a wonderful card! Incredible that this is your first try at birds! Looks amazing! Love your background too and the stitching is just perfect! TFS!; Reply December 17, 2015 at 9:05 PM
Sue Lelli 6 said...: Oh Mona, this is GORGEOUS! Your painting skills are growing by leaps and bounds! I LOVE this sweet birdie! You are such a natural talent!; Reply December 17, 2015 at 10:18 PM
Ros Crawford 7 said...: It's wonderful!! I love the texture and he's so cute!; Reply December 18, 2015 at 3:58 AM
Jill Norwood 8 said...: Mona what a beautiful painting of this sweet chickadee! Love the background too! So beautiful my dear!; Reply December 18, 2015 at 5:08 AM
SD pooja 9 said...: Really wonderful painting ! loved the texture on the birds body..looks fluffy :); Reply December 18, 2015 at 6:41 AM
SewPaperPaint 10 said...: Beautiful, Mona! You really got the details in the head and beak down pat! Gorgeous!!!; Reply December 18, 2015 at 7:17 AM
Val-Belle 11 said...: OMW that is so beautiful... all the strokes look like feathers. A real beauty Mona. I hope that you and your family have a wonderful festive season. Look forward to all your creations in 2016 x <3; Reply December 18, 2015 at 7:33 AM
Marjan 12 said...: Mu first thought that he was a lovely fluffy bird! Birds do that when it's cold, so no worries about that ;) Lovely work!; Reply December 18, 2015 at 7:38 AM
Julia Aston 13 said...: What a sweet fluffy chickadee - sitting on the lovely branch with the snowflakes swirling - You sure are learning a lot from the classes you are taking Mona! Merry Christmas! Julia xx; Reply December 18, 2015 at 9:47 AM
Kathy Bradley 14 said...: Your painting is so very beautiful - I love the little chickadee - gorgeous!; Reply December 18, 2015 at 2:38 PM
Patty O'Malley 15 said...: I love this, Mona! So sweet!; Reply December 18, 2015 at 4:40 PM
Lisa Elton 16 said...: Who wouldn't love to receive this in the mail, so pretty Mona!!; Reply December 18, 2015 at 6:53 PM
Sherrie K. 17 said...: Wow, your chickadee is fabulous! Your painting is so beautiful and what a gorgeous design!
Sherrie K; Reply December 18, 2015 at 8:20 PM
Pamellia 18 said...: Wow, the bird looks so soft, amazing work Mona! Just popped in to send you big hugs and wishes for a very Merry Christmas!! :); Reply December 19, 2015 at 5:10 AM
MackieMade Paper Creations 19 said...: Your chickadee is is adorable! You are so talented!; Reply December 19, 2015 at 8:33 PM
Carol Reisner 20 said...: So beautiful, Mona! Love that bird! You really are amazing!; Reply December 19, 2015 at 11:11 PM
Greta 21 said...: I'm so in awe, Mona--beautiful painting! I don't even see too much texture--just a painting ready to frame!; Reply December 20, 2015 at 6:11 PM
Gale Evans 22 said...: So pretty, Mona! Your classes sure are paying off!; Reply December 22, 2015 at 12:22 AM
Mary Chen 23 said...: Gorgeous!; Reply December 23, 2015 at 12:08 AM
Pon Malar 24 said...: So lovely, your shading is awesome ♥♥; Reply December 24, 2015 at 9:53 AM
Kathy Schweinfurth 25 said...: I just LOVE your card! I wanted to let you know that I’ve chosen your creation as one of my Favorite Picks and linked back to your blog! Thanks so much for sharing your talent. Kathy at stampsatplay.blogspot.com; Reply December 28, 2015 at 12:59 AM
Samra 26 said...: WOW!!! I am speechless!!! How gorgeous is this?!? BRAVO!
Hugs

Samra
Paper Talk with Samra; Reply January 1, 2016 at 7:55 PM