I’ve been busy on the book commission, but took a few minutes to do my envelope for the year-long 2011 Envelope Exchange. I’ve been spending a lot of time lately with my Epson wide-format new inkjet printer, and I carried that experimentation over to this envelope. (As usual, click on the image to see it at a larger size.)
These are the layers on this #10 Strathmore Laid envelope:
These are currently sitting in General Delivery in a small town in North Carolina. The birthdays are Friday and Saturday, but I bet the birthday boy and birthday girl don’t see this before they pick up their birthday cards.
Each of these quotations are very apt for two of the youngest seniors I know.
Watercolor, gouache, Dr. Martin’s Bleedproof White, pastels — on Arches Text Wove.
Happy New Year, using a Zig scroll-and-brush marker and Photoshop
Just a little thing, but fun to do. It’s a private little song the client sings to her grandchildren, so I haven’t reproduced that here, but I can show the little pink and purple flowers I added in the left margin.
Last month I did some table cards to identify the food at a reception featuring Japanese and Chinese cuisine. I meant to take some photos before I let them go, but, as often happens, I forgot. So I was cleaning up the studio today and came across the remains of the project. These rejects show the Japanese and Chinese cards, respectively.
