The Narwhal cards came! They’re awesome! I confess I’m completely addicted to these ATC swaps. So much so, that I signed up for TWO more: *Autumn Dreams* and *Decorated Elephants* What was I thinking? Haha! Have a great weekend!
Tag: original art
‘Bird is the Word’-ATC cards
Here are my ATCs for my first online swap. The only rule was that they had to have a bird on them and the word ‘bird’ somewhere on the card. It was just me, my two hands, and my pencils for these, but I had a lot of fun drawing them. My […]
Artist Trading Cards
I love ATCs ! ATCs are small works of original art that artists make and trade. When I first saw them they were being made using playing cards. Here’s one of the very first ATC’s I ever made… I thought you were supposed to keep the general appearance of the […]
A Piece of Creative Inspiration
I want to share a piece of creative inspiration with you. It sits at the corner of my art table in a simple black frame. This piece of artwork was not done by a famous artist. It’s not a reprint of an old master’s painting or a piece from a gallery. […]
Alice in Wonderland Project (#4)-“The White Rabbit”
Another clearance aisle find became my inspiration for an Alice In Wonderland Project #4. When I saw this beat-up bunny (still leftover from Spring garden decor?) I knew he would be perfect spiffed up as the perpetually late White Rabbit. I forgot to take a picture of the rabbit in “as […]
“Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me” Handmade Starfish Wreath
This wreath was going to be my 4th Alice in Wonderland project but became something completely different when I came across this wonderful old hymn. I love old hymns. Growing up in the Church of Christ, where all worship songs were sung a capella, I have a large repertoire of hymns in my memory bank. Often […]
Alice in Wonderland Project #1-“Down the Rabbit Hole”
We just finished Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” for our last read-aloud this summer. I had never read the original before and I enjoyed it immensely. My daughter’s are already anticipating Tim Burton’s upcoming movie re-make of this classic tale in ’10. We’ve already ooh-ed and aah-ed over the crazy […]
Sketching Garden Veggies
It seems as if everyone I know put in a vegetable garden this summer! With garden grown vegetables ripening in the sun, there is no shortage of colorful material for sketching. If you have a crop of any kind […]
“Cropped into Greatness”-Handmade Card Project
Even the most creative person has a project flop now and then. That I have slightly more projects fail than succeed is a fact that I’m not going to share on this blog very often. I generally keep my art gone bad to myself, slipping it quietly into the waste basket with the outgoing pampers:) However, to encourage all artists […]