Linen Cotton canvas fat quarter.
For this design challenge I took inspiration from my Grandmother Vieva, who recently passed away just two weeks shy of her 95th birthday. She loved backyard birds and cardinals were her favorites. I combined her love of cardinals with my love of mushrooms into this tea towel design. Amanita Muscaria "Fly Agarics" are a classic Christmas mushroom motif. Some old folk stories claim these are how Santa's magic reindeer gained their ability for flight. Along with a male and female cardinal, holly berries, and snowy conifers - It is my hope this illustration invokes a cozy feeling looking out a window into a perfect woodsy winter backyard. 100% hand drawn on cardstock and colored with a mix of alcohol markers and acrylic paint.