 Sometimes it is difficult to get into the spirit of the holidays so just making a little art helps...here are two Artist Trading Cards that are one-of-a-kind.  On the left, watercolor was used over gesso to create the pastel background.  On the right, white tissue paper was painted with green & yellow watercolor, then applied to the gessoed card when dry.  For some reason I am using non-traditional holiday colors--pink and light green--instead of red and green!  the rosebud on the right is a color copy of a watercolor that I did myself.  I often like to add vintage lace when it fits the feel of the work. There is a tiny bit of tatted lace on the card on the left, bought at an antique store.
Sometimes it is difficult to get into the spirit of the holidays so just making a little art helps...here are two Artist Trading Cards that are one-of-a-kind.  On the left, watercolor was used over gesso to create the pastel background.  On the right, white tissue paper was painted with green & yellow watercolor, then applied to the gessoed card when dry.  For some reason I am using non-traditional holiday colors--pink and light green--instead of red and green!  the rosebud on the right is a color copy of a watercolor that I did myself.  I often like to add vintage lace when it fits the feel of the work. There is a tiny bit of tatted lace on the card on the left, bought at an antique store.The bottom card is business card sized , with my contact information on the back. I was not completely satisfied with the composition on this one, so I will need to do a few more of this size to improve a bit.
These cards were sent to a good friend who has helped me in my art journey...
 
 
 
The ATC's are lovely! I hope you've enjoyed making them, they turned out great. I love the tatting on the one. Where did you get it? Your profile mentions you learned to crochet, but I didn't see any mention of learning to tat so I was just wondering...
ReplyDeletehello Dianne !!
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm still interested in swapping ATC's with you !!
I had a bad week past week with constant migraines and your mail disappeared between all the others... So sorry for my late answer...
I liked your previous ATC's, but these ones are also very nice !!
I love that you used other than the common holidayscolors : I'm into blue and white for the moment for my Christmasdecorations... I just don't love to have the same decoration each year again. I hope I can make a new few things myself the coming days BEFORE the holidays are past..:)
So, send me any ATC's you like : I love surprises !
Just make something that is YOU and not that you make for my taste. By this way I learn to know people better and learn from their experiences in creating!
I make you also 2 ATC's and send them off as soon as I have made them. Could you mail me your adress again, not sure if I wrote it down somewhere...
About the bookbindinglessons : they are so interesting for the moment, not only for bookbinding, but for my creating in general !
I'll show you in the end of the week what we made past weekend : marblingpaper... I just don't have photos yet, cause they had to dry at school...
I'm glad that you like to read about it !
greetings from Belgium
Inge