I’ve been doing my two favorite things: making cards and drawing portraits. I’ve been finishing up some obligations and making a few cards for gifts. I really like the expressions that emerged on these. One of the things I love the most about card trading is how excited and please people seem to be whenContinue reading “More ATCs: Portrait Cards”
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Atcs: After Durer…
In my greed to gain a nice stack of artist trading cards I joined too many swaps. I’ve been doing nothing but making cards for many weeks. I counted my cards the other day and found that I had 101. I know that I have more on the way. Good Lord! That means I’ve made….Continue reading “Atcs: After Durer…”
Happy Bloggerversy to Me!!!!!!
My blog is a year old. I started this blog on December 2, 2007. I can’t believe that I managed to stay committed to this. This drawing is an old one that I posted back on Dec 17 when I was just getting started. It’s one of my favorites. When I look back at myContinue reading “Happy Bloggerversy to Me!!!!!!”
What’s For Dinner? Watercolor Studies Continue…
Thanks to everyone for your helpful comments on that last leaf watercolor that I did. I was so encouraged that I decided to work on another study. I bought the red pepper because it looked so gorgeous in the store. The only foolproof recipe I new that had red bell peppers required an eggplant. AllContinue reading “What’s For Dinner? Watercolor Studies Continue…”
Making Cards and Making Friends
I made this card for a young woman who goes by Mangosteenskin on Monday Artday ATCs. I love her watercolor illustrations so I asked her for a trade. She’s from Malasyia, so she asked if I would like a portrait card of a girl wearing a Sabahan costume. That sounded great for me and I agreed to do this portrait card forContinue reading “Making Cards and Making Friends”
Pencil Portrait Sketch: Emma Watson
I just realized how close we are to the end of the year. I was looking back at the drawings I made this year and came across this sketch I did back in January. I posted it on Flickr but never posted it here. I wonder why, since I like this sketch quite a bit. Continue reading “Pencil Portrait Sketch: Emma Watson”
Ink and Watercolor Wash: Western Tanager
My ink and watercolor exercises continue. I made this artist trading card for a partner who liked birds. I’ve not drawn very many birds, but I’m starting to really enjoy it.
This is our moment. This is our time.
This was such a special election night for me that I decided commemorate it by making a sketch to paste in my journal. I wanted draw him as I saw him at the beginning of the campaign and capture the hope and optimism that he exuded at the beginning of the campaign.
ATCs: Still Stretching
Oh my, it’s been a while hasn’t it? Here are some of the better cards I worked on last week. I had signed up for a artist card trading game called a PAT or Pick-a-Theme. People are split into groups of five and each member picks a theme for the other artists to work on. Continue reading “ATCs: Still Stretching”
Ink and Watercolor Wash: Drawing a Crow
The other day I finally had some success with an ink and watercolor wash drawing. Isn’t he pretty? I needed to do a crow card for a trading partner and I decided I would stretch myself a bit and try an ink and watercolor wash.
Mellanie Collins, Artist 