Birthday card

For this postcard you will need the most affordable and unpretentious materials:
- whatman / thick paper / cardboard
- acrylic paints
- a simple pencil (soft 2M and above)
- brush
- glue
- water tank
- black gel pen
- threads of medium thickness (white iris threads were used here)
- ruler
- scissors.
First, on a piece of paper whatman we measure a rectangle measuring 15x20 centimeters.
Cut it and bend it in half. This will be the basis for our postcard.
Then draw a frame on the front side, retreating from the edge by 1.5-2 centimeters.
In the resulting rectangle, draw clouds.
Then we take a simple pencil and gently shade the sky with a smooth tone, until we touch the clouds.
You can hatch it with straight, short lines, you can use the side of the pencil, with small circular movements - as you like.
Now, fatter around the bottom of each cloud.
Then, going from the bottom of the cloud to the top, we perform hatching in circular motions, while pressing less and less on the pencil. The result should be a smooth transition from dark to light.
At the same time, you can slightly oppress the part of the sky that borders the light part of the cloud. Thus, we will increase the contrast and make the picture more expressive.
The result is such a picture.
Move on. Add a little color to the composition.
For a separate piece of cardboard or the remnants of whatman paper, we draw bright and backgrounds with acrylic paints. Why acrylic? Because acrylic paint after drying will not get your hands or objects dirty after touching it, such as gouache paint, but will completely dry, forming a glossy surface.
On a small piece of whatman paper, about 3 by 3 cm with a gel pen, draw a house.
When the paint dries, cut out a lot of ovals from the painted sheet. You can draw them according to the prepared template, or you can draw them by hand.
We proceed to the assembly of all parts into a single whole. Cut a few pieces from a ball of thread. 10-12 segments is enough. And we begin to stick the balls, placing a thread between the ball and the base.
First of all, glue the balls with threads, and on top of them the remaining without threads.
Tie all the ponytails together, glue the house and add a congratulatory inscription or your wish.
You can make such an interesting postcard on your own, using the most simple and inconspicuous materials.
I wish you creative success!