What Are You Reading?

Artist Trading Card, markers on gelli print

Tom Cat

You might recognize this cat.  I made the stamp artist trading card size.

I have been wanting to try Speedy Carve for a long time, but our local art supply stores don't carry it.  (I have been using Safety Kut).   I never thought to try Michaels, but I found some there a few weeks ago.  I like it a lot; it is a little softer and easier to cut than Safety Kut.

What Are You Reading?

Here are a few more Artist Trading Cards done in Sharpie and other markers.

#30x30DirectWatercolor2019

Although I didn't plan to, I appear to be participating in Marc Taro Holmes challenge to do a "direct to watercolor" painting each day in June.

I'm interpreting "direct" as no pen or pencil sketch done first.

I added the pen on this third one after, mostly because I wasn't happy with the brush drawing.

Whim 25

I'm still finishing up Joanne Sharpe's Whims in Watercolor, Pen and Ink class. 

Joanne has announced Whims 2 which will begin June 21 - I can't wait!

Gelli Printing with the Small Plate

I used a 3 x 5 gelli plate for these prints.  I love this small plate because I can use it as a stamp.

The flower is a mask and the other designs were made with embossed cardstock.  I like using embossed cardstock because there is no clean up required!

What Are You Reading? - 3 More ATC's

Each one of these takes about 10 minutes to draw and color, once I have the gelli print background done.  

I use a Sharpie marker for the drawing and then use regular markers to add colour.