I was commissioned to create three Yorkshire Air Ambulance notelet card designs following on from the success of the paper cut card design I donated to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance last year.
This original design features a Yorkshire Air Ambulance yellow helicopter with a black paper cut of woodland animals and birds looking up at the helicopter. It has proved to be a best seller.
This year I was inspired to create the three following Yorkshire Air Ambulance notelet card designs. These are:
'Yorkshire Butterflies and Yorkshire Air Ambulance Helicopter'
Inspiration for this card design came from the colour of the yellow Yorkshire Air Ambulance helicopter blades as seen from above. I had always had it in mind to design a notelet featuring butterflies as I think there is something so special and spiritual about them. Butterflies are always popular on greetings cards, so I chose common Yorkshire species of butterflies to fly around the magnificent yellow helicopter. I used Windsor and Newton artist's watercolour on a flat hot pressed Sanders watercolour paper with a tiny miniature brush.
‘Yorkshire Air Ambulance Helicopter landing in a field of flowers’
I have always loved Liberty London, the famous shop off Regent Street stocking wonderfully tasteful merchandise. I used to be the buyer for fashion accessories here and have always loved their Tana Lawn fabric designs. These usually feature miniature flowers and animals Having taken a trip to Liberty London I once again acquainted myself with the designs and on the train coming home came up with this design. It took me hours to complete this card design using a miniature brush after sketching the flowers in pencil, then adding the odd rabbit and bird and finally the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. I used Windsor and Newton paint on Bockingford watercolour paper.
‘Yorkshire Air Ambulance following a line of dogs’
I love dogs as so many people do. It is reminiscent of the pen and gouache I designed twenty years ago when I had my own card business and it aims to be quirky and fun. In those days I created 30 different animal cards which sold in 120 shops. Hopefully, the viewer has a smile on their face when looking at the yellow Yorkshire Air Ambulance hovering over this line of dogs carrying a bone.
As a Yorkshire artist, I absolutely loved creating these designs for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance which is such a worthy charity and one that we could all need the help of one day.
The cards are available to purchase from the Yorkshire Air Ambulance online shop.
Anita Bowerman
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