Joy’s Boston Terriers
2.5″ x 3.5″
watercolor and markers on Illustration board
Happy Solstice everyone! The year is just clicking by isn’t it?
A couple of months ago I signed up for a Secret Solstice swap on my one of my mail art trading sites: IllustratedATCS.com. It’s like a Secret Santa, only we do it in the spring. Each participant is assigned a person to make gifts for. Fortunately each person fills out a profile detailing the sorts of things they’d like to receive. My gift recipients opened their gifts earlier this month so now I can share the art I made for them.
I agreed to make little gifts for three people. My gift category was “mini” meaning I would agree to make a smallish art piece (like a 4×4 chunky page or a 5×7 or postcard sized painting) and then some candy or ephemera that they might like.
I was thrilled when I found that I had been assigned to make something for Joy Northrop (she makes fun mixed media collage pieces). I had just made an ATC trade with her and I knew she loved Boston Terriers so it was fun to make a couple more dog drawings for her. I liked how they turned out. I was tempted to keep them.
More gifts to come!
