🧣 Festive Red Cardinals: The Thumbprint Trick! ✨ Bringing some holiday cheer to your paper with these vibrant red cardinals! 🎨 I’m using my favorite shortcut—thumb impressions—to create the body, then adding the characteristic heads, tails, and wings. A few simple branches finish the look! In many cultures, cardinals are a symbol of a loved one visiting. Who would you dedicate this little bird to today? ❤️👇 Love this technique? Join my Patreon for full-length, real-time tutorials with voice-o

I was gifted this watercolor paper and brush set by MEEDEN, and thoroughly enjoyed painting on this cold pressed paper. It is 100% cotton, which is important to me because it holds up well to wet into wet painting, and masking fluid, allowing for even washes of atmospheric backgrounds. The brushes felt similar to quill brushes but a little more firm. This worked well for detail in the birds feathers and eye area. The paper came bound in a pad so that you don’t need to tape it down. However, I re