XMas Cards: Dove

Holiday card for Xmas 2007, watercolor on cream paper, one hour.

I tried the trick with salt in the wet paint on the dove's shadow, but it didn't seem to have much effect... The card had a deckled edge on one side, which I put to the back and then painted inside with gold so that it shows at the edge when the card is closed. Sorry this scans so yellow, but the effect is hard to photoshop away without turning the red berries to purple...