Simple Watercolour Cardinal Birds | Easy Christmas Card Ideas

[@susaninmunich]

I made these this Christmas - everyone absolutely LOVED them, great instructions and it actually looked like I could paint. thank you so much, greetings from Munich!

[@deWintonPaperCo]

Wonderful!

[@pennithompson97]

I love your work. I am 72 and started drawing and painting about 4 months ago. I love it and am learning so much from you. I live in Australia.

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I'm so glad to hear that - thanks for watching!

[@wilmadriessen2034]

Bedankt

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Thanks so much Wilma! Much appreciated.

[@sharondoan1447]

Lovely Cardinals! You make it seem possible that we too could paint Cardinals.

[@deWintonPaperCo]

You absolutely can!

[@jennifermalanchuk5705]

Thank you so much! Cardinals were my grandmother's favorite bird, so much so that the family still gives each other something with a cardinal on it as Christmas presents to keep her with us over the holidays. This will be so perfect. Thank you, sincerely, again.

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Ah my pleasure

[@bettyrogers9090]

Your tutorials challenge me and I am always learning something new. You are my favorite.

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Thanks so much Betty!

[@wordnerd357]

Lola is the best! Thanks for showing her. Painting birds is a little daunting, but I will try these cardinals.

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You can do it! Lola says Hi!

[@lindabloom6666]

So nice to meet Lola!!

[@deWintonPaperCo]

She’s so fluffy!

[@garnerjoyce606]

Beautiful to see vivid red colors against backdrop of snow

[@jenniegraham2882]

This is just perfect. I love listening to you. Very simple and not many colors👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@deWintonPaperCo]

Yes I like creating simple tutorials

[@donnaeturner]

Lovely, thanks! Lola is adorable.

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Thanks Donna!

[@sarahmeredith4634]

Me and my 7 year old daughter love your painting 🎨🖌️👍

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Thanks Sarah!

[@staceykit3298]

It's a kind of magic. So simple and so amazing in the end!

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Thank you very much!

[@jeannetteamaya7447]

Very sweet ❤

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You are so kind

[@anniegotakindlee]

Thank you. Love the cardinals!

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Cheers Dianne!

[@anniefaint6373]

A lovely card idea , beautiful birds ,,,xxx 🎄

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Thank you so much!

[@christinemayopowers]

Lovely. And very nice to meet Lola ❤

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Thank you very much!

[@sac1303]

Very nice work. Lola is beautiful.

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Many thanks

[@hoasivilay]

These are so lovely! Can’t wait to give it a go! Thank you.

[@deWintonPaperCo]

I'm so glad you liked them! Have fun trying them out!

[@lindakuck5981]

Just lovely 😍 and thank you for sharing Lola!

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You’re welcome!

[@maryannknox7158]

Lola is adorable 🥰

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And she knows it!

[@kimargenta7922]

Beautiful. Just beautiful.❤️

[@deWintonPaperCo]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@Carina-2906]

Dear Harriet, Lola is really charming! Lovely to see her!❤ And this cardinals birds are so beautiful! They look fantastic! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Than you very much for sharing this video with us! 🥰😘😘😘

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You’re so welcome!

[@joycesnodgrass7068]

Thank you!🥰

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You’re welcome 😊

[@jeanettecook1088]

Lola is charming! Thank you for sharing. I love cardinals...we have a pair in the back yard. They are very shy.

[@deWintonPaperCo]

Ah how lovely

[@roxannerosecrans4441]

Love cardinals! We have loads here in Western NY! So pretty 😍

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So cool!

[@cherylbrewer1218]

Thank you Harriet for another wonderful tutorial. Lola is adorable 😊

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She’s a sweetie!

[@anniestumpy9918]

wonderful 😊

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Thank you! Cheers!

[@annsmith5625]

Very nice and Lola's very cute!

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She is isn’t she!

[@kellyhalligan1328]

Love love love these simple cardinals. Good job

[@deWintonPaperCo]

Glad you like them!

[@joannecoulton4011]

Fun!

[@dhags5]

Thank you for this tutorial - We have Cardinal birds here at our feeders everyday - absolutely love to watch them! There is a story that the Cardinals are your loved ones who have passed coming back to check on you! :0)

[@deWintonPaperCo]

Love that story - thanks for sharing and glad you liked the tutorial.

[@aimeetapper8512]

Thank you so much! Love this tutorial, quick, easy, and beautiful! I did wish to see your touch up of beak with cadmium red. I enjoy seeing all the details. Thanks again 🙏💜

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You are so welcome!

[@yunzers]

Love all the birds you paint. So simple with so much character. Thanks so much. Happy Holidays to everyone!

[@deWintonPaperCo]

Ah thanks! Yes I like them simple like this

[@jenniferspotten915]

Nice, thank you for sharing this!

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Glad you liked it!

[@eily_b]

I just made a screenshot of two of your books and tomorrow I will go to my local bookshop and order them together with Bono's book Surrender. 😉

[@deWintonPaperCo]

Awesome! Thank you!

For some reason, I associate cardinals with summer. So I'll keep this one for next year. 🙂

[@deWintonPaperCo]

Nice!

[@1blondidea]

@Silvia Sanchez, here in Georgia, USA, One of the beauties of winter is looking out my kitchen window and seeing a beautiful red male cardinal sitting out on the bare branches of a tree. I SOOO love Cardinals in winter here!! Then during the summer, I get yo watch them help raise their babies.

[@susanmathewfernandes]

As always such a pleasure to watch your tutorials. They are so well structured and I enjoy how calm you sound painting each stroke....makes it seem completely attemptable. Also I love how neatly you handle your brushes. I am all over the place when I paint 😐

[@cherie_colours]

Harriet is very very experienced in brush control due to her background of painting tiny tiny things and calligraphy. I'm not proficient in watercolour either, it requires time and practice. I love it so much tho and I keep having a 'go' at it. HARRIET'S TUTORIAL IS FANTASTIC AS it's loose, she's told you what subject to paint, colours to use, brush, composition, and she holds your hand BUT with this one, you don't have to follow her exact brush stroke style. Main thing is water control. I'm gonna go with this self made formula below. Please note I'M NO EXPERT. PLS THIS IS JUST INFORMATIONAL ONLY and DOES NOT REPLACE HARRIET'S EXCELLENT TUTORIAL. (I just thought you might enjoy trying what I'm gonna try, you seemed frustrated.) (I HAVE NOT TRIED THIS YET but I'm hopeful) 😊 Tummy = tea, Wing = Milk, Tail = cream, Black = cream, Eye = butter, Beak = milk, legs = milk, Brown branch = coffee, Black branch = milk, Berries = coffee. If you don't understand there's plenty of water control video's out there, I haven't checked if Harriet has done one or not. There's plenty of good stuff out there thank goodness! 😜

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Thanks so much 😊

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Thanks Cherie!

[@Karen_Tries]

Can’t wait to paint these for my mom! (She associates these birds with my father and grandmother who have all passed away) ❤️ I’ve made a practice one just now and can’t wait for when I have the time to do a proper one!

[@deWintonPaperCo]

How special, i hope painting this brings some joy x

[@LittleJordanFarm]

Love it..thank you for sharing the colors you are using

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You are so welcome!

[@sherylpiche9878]

I am struggling with loose painting so this was very helpful! Thank you for all you do. I'm enjoying your Botanical flowers book that I purchased recently. You are amazing. Keep up the Great work.

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Thanks so much for your support!

[@carolyndaughton3373]

Harriet, this is a beautiful painting and very lovely tutorial. I love Cardinals, although we don't get them where I live and I've never seen one in person. Thank you for sharing.

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I’ve never seen one in person either

[@ashleydavis965]

Lovely birds! I’m going to try these on some of my Christmas cards.

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Wonderful!

[@vickilee6335]

Harriet!!! I just got in the mail "Birds, Bees & Blossoms." It's soooooooooo beautiful! I have never felt so excited about an art lesson book! I just can't wait to get started on it. Just had to tell you.

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Oh Vicki thank you so much!! That makes me so happy to know you have the book!

[@lindajames7083]

Thank you so much and hi to Lola 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

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She says Hi!

[@tubegoob1]

Hi Lola! She's so cute!

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She's so fluffy!

[@MsMoniqueWilson]

Lovely!

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Thank you Monique!

[@patlatour2465]

You make it look so easy😊thankyou for sharing that’s will be my project this afternoon.

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Have fun!

[@marionbik2022]

It’s funny … I thought cardinals were more on the blue red colour as I remember from my childhood. But I had a look on line and was truly surprised with their colour. I was born in Canada and now live in Australia. I enjoyed your Christmas card painting. I had a lovely time painting your little robins. I like how you simplified the strokes with the birds. Now that I’ve seen these little beauties I will definitely have to paint them. ✨🎨

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Thanks Marion!

[@beckylee2171]

Love this ! I’m going to try it. I’m not very good artist . Lol

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You can do it!

[@cherie_colours]

👌 Love the stress free nature of this. I still haven't mastered watercolour or water control but these sorts of tut's really help if u prefer doing a loose style piece. I'm keen to follow along again and try. TFS

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You can do it!

[@koran371]

What a beautiful birds you paint. Thank you Harriet for this tutorial, I will try to painting on my Christmas card x

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Have fun!

[@artbyamita]

The birds look lovely! Thanks for sharing this awesome tutorial. 😊

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Thank you! Cheers!

[@highlandlakecottage4276]

Lovely! ❤

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Thank you! 😊

[@flatlandah52]

Really enjoying these Christmas card videos!

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Thanks!

[@KateShaw2]

❤❤❤

[@deannamunro8148]

Beautiful!! and Lola? well, she is a charmer and very well behaved...thank you for sharing her with us...

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You’re welcome!

[@jenscloset]

Hello Lola!! You are so cute!

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She’s a real charmer!

[@raquelpeiretti3374]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 🤗

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Thanks Raquel!

[@sharonrussell7933]

Our state bird of Ohio.

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Oh is it? I have family in Ohio!

[@sharonrussell7933]

@@deWintonPaperCo Cool. I live in Marion, Oh.

[@helenawhite7099]

What kind of dog is Lola? I missed the Halloween dogs.

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She’s a Lakeland terrier

[@tracyshillington5894]

How do I join your patreon ? Thank you

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Hi Tracy, www.patreon.com/dewintonpaperco

[@bellabaker4943]

I love everything you paint and I don’t mean this as a criticism but you never see 3 male cardinals together. They pair off and the female is quite grayish. Could you paint a female please? I have a pair outside my window. Only the male is all reddish. And Lola is a beauty.

[@deWintonPaperCo]

Ah that’s so interesting Bella!

[@Karen_Tries]

Of course I go to buy the brushes and they are sold out! 🤦🏼‍♀️ my fault for waiting so long!

[@deWintonPaperCo]

Oh no! Check out my main website dewintonpaperco.com/product-category/art-supplies/ there might still be some in stock

[@BeachPeach2010]

The males are so pretty but no one ever does the Female!

[@deWintonPaperCo]

Right! I need to rectify this!