North Sea

[eller]

Another postcard for Postcrossing. This time, I decided to combine watercolor and papercutting. The person this card is for is another North German and loves the North Sea coast in particular. I am, of course, always happy to help out with North German nature... Comfort zone. LOL.



The seagulls and the island with the lighthouse are cut from cheap white note paper and pasted on a watercolor background, Winsor&Newton Payne's Grey on Vaessen Florence Texture White watercolor paper in A6 (postcard size).

I'm actually quite happy with this one - in hindsight, I'd change a few things about the composition, and also, give the birds more detail, so maybe there's going to be a remake of this one in the future. Possibly also with a nicer seascape... And better papercutting paper that doesn't deform... (Initially, that lighthouse was more or less straight!) Yeah, many things went wrong here, because I didn't want to spend hours on this piece, but all that can be fixed in a remake. The overall concept is fine as far as I'm concerned.

Comments

[writedragon]

I really like the juxtaposition of the watercolor in the background and the slightly 3D nature of the papercuttings. Very cool!

[eller]

Thank you! :)

[yhlee]

Oh yay, that's gorgeous! So evocative. :3

[eller]

Wheee, thanks! :D I'm having fun with the new papercutting scissors, which really make my life a lot easier.

[sabotabby]

Ooh that's such a cool one.

[eller]

Thanks! It was fun! :D

[amberdreams]

The concept is more than fine - I love when people combine media!

[goss]

I love this!!

[eller]

Thank you! :D

[mekare]

This looks really cool! The background is appropriately North Sea-ish.