N is for Njala

The Craft Barn alpha/dictionary challenge is asking for N... and I picked an antilope from my wildlife encyclopedia. These are not the type of antilope that roam in huge herds, they live in small groups and shrubby areas. I would still imagine that it's so warm that long fur is not a necessity... but for some reason the males are large, grey and furry while the females are small and reddish with just the stripes and short hair :)

I've been gelli-printing with satin glaze and infusions. The background is from a paper onto which I cleaned my brayer. Here's the other side of the card with the info-text from my book. I very simply used Distress Inks to colour the edges and flicked some water.

The previous cards for this challenge can be found under the following links. This challenge continues all year, and at the end I'll have a set of alphabet cards with whimsical animals. 

a (pinecone fish)

b (bananaquit)
c
d (dugong)
e
f (falanouc)
g (gundi)
h
i
j (jamaican tody)
k (flower-faced bat)
l (flying dragon)
m
n (njala)
o
p
q (quelea)
r (rathbuni's salamander)
s (surucucu)
t (talapoin)
u
v
w (weddel seal)
x
y

z