borderbirds.pdf

Border Birds

By Rosamund Rushton

Materials Required:

White cartridge paper.

Black waterproof pen.

Small piece of thin card.

Gouache or watercolour paints.

Small watercolour or stencil brushes.

Pencil, ruler and scissors.

Deckled edge scissors.

Peel off sticker greetings.

P. V.A. Craft Adhesive.

Card mount: SF06U, Bright Yellow.

To Make The Card:

The little border motifs can be repro-

duced in various ways. The chickens

were made using the pattern to cut a

stencil. The penguins were produced by

using the stencil as a template and the

robins were traced from the pattern then

painted.

I chose to paint the chickens using the

stencil as this gives them a nice fluffy

outline. Draw the body shape onto a piece

of thin card and cut it out using pointed

nail scissors. It is easier to start from the

body centre, cutting to the outside in a

series of snips before carefully cutting out

the shape.

Try out the stencil on spare paper

using the stencil brush and fairly thick

yellow gouache. Wipe the back of the

Actual Size

stencil between each application to avoid

smudges. Any uneven edges on the chicken can

be easily touched up with the paint brush. These

trial chickens, if successful can be used for gift

tags later.

Using the deckled edge scissors, cut a 110mm

square of white cartridge paper. Stencil the

chickens round the edge of the paper varying

the angle you place the stencil at each time so

the chickens face in different directions.

When the paint has dried add the feet, eyes

and beaks with the black pen. Paint in the grass

using green paint and a fine brush or draw it in

with a green felt tipped pen.

Glue the panel onto the card front and add a

peel off sticker greeting to complete.

The penguins were made by cutting the

stencil as for the chickens but using this as a

template, drawing round the inside with a black

pen for the body shape and painting (freehand)

inside the outline.

Make the deckled panel as before and draw

the penguins round the border keeping all the

shapes upright rather than at different angles.

Remove the template before painting the pen-

guins. Carefully paint in the heads and the

body edges on the four corner penguins with

black gouache.

The remaining penguins will face different

directions, paint the heads and half the bodies,

depending on which way they are facing and

curving the wing edge where it meets the white

body front. You can paint the whole shape black,

painting over the fronts with white gouache

instead if you prefer, but you may need two

coats to cover the black properly. Allow the

paint to dry.

Dot the eyes in using white gouache and once

this is dry add a tiny dot with the black pen for

the pupil. Paint on little beaks and feet. To bring

the penguins to life add hats, scarves, nets etc.

and paint in grass and/or water as appropriate.

The gift tags were designed to use up the

scraps of leftover coloured card from other pro-

jects and the ‘try out’ pieces from the painting.

The robins bodies were traced off the pattern

and adapted by adding wings and tails, they

were watercolour painted.

Gift tags are easily made by folding a small

piece of card in half and hole punching through

the corner. Thread with a piece of embroidery

silk or thin ribbon. Cut the edges of the paper

using deckled scissors and glue onto the tag.

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