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Acrylic Portrait Sketches: Poe and Einstein

Last month I decided to take a break from artist trading cards and work on something larger.  I found an old 5.5″ x 8″ mixed-media sketchbook that I had not quite finished and and some tubes of black and white acrylic paint so I decided to practice acrylic portrait painting. I find that I reallyContinue reading “Acrylic Portrait Sketches: Poe and Einstein”

Secret Solstice Gifts: More Poe

The other day I posted about the Secret Solstice gifts I made last month.  Here’s the second gift I made.  This was for my old mail art pal Annette.  We’ve traded a bit here and there for about five years now.   I knew she was a Poe fan and since I’d been drawing a lotContinue reading “Secret Solstice Gifts: More Poe”

29 Faces Challenge: All the Faces

Here they are! All of my faces for the 29 Faces Art Challenge. Some are good, some aren’t. During this challenge  I learned a lot about what stops me from practicing every day.   I also finally seemed to understand that not all drawings are going to be good ones, no matter how much I practice.Continue reading “29 Faces Challenge: All the Faces”

Fall is here. Back to Blogging…

Hello there! Can’t believe it’s September already. Now that summer is almost over I feel a little more like spending more time at the computer. I’ve spent most of August trading a lot of custom portraits on atcsforall.com and illustratedatcs.com. It’s been challenging and fun. Here’s one of the cards that I made for aContinue reading “Fall is here. Back to Blogging…”

Every Day in May: Day 21 – Mysterious Man ATC

Here’s another artist trading card.   I was watching  an old movie called  Ten Minutes to Live , which is a 1932 independent film by African American film director Oscar Micheaux.  It was included in a box of public domain DVDs we bought a while back.  There was this scene where the villian is coming downContinue reading “Every Day in May: Day 21 – Mysterious Man ATC”

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…”

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”

Mysterious Ladies

40s Beauty Here are two of my favorite artist trading cards from the stack I made last week. I’ve been making custom cards and drawing cards for themed swaps, but these I made just for fun. I traded the 40s Beauty on the right, but I’ve decided to keep the one on the left. I’mContinue reading “Mysterious Ladies”