Showing posts with label atc. Show all posts
Showing posts with label atc. Show all posts

Monday, April 20, 2009

ATC's, Moleskine Exchange






I wanted to show you what I had been up to. I finished several swaps I had signed up for on swap bot. These are all atc's completed in a variety of media, including collage, pen and ink, watercolor and charcoal. I really enjoy these but I found something new I had been yearning to try.

Several weeks ago while surfing the net instead of drawing I stumbled upon the moleskine exchange. I have been drawing in moleskines for a while now and on flickr they have a group entitled international moleskine exchange. You exchange your japanese moleskine ( it opens up to one long piece of buff colored paper)with other artists after they have completed their spread. I wanted to be invited to join a group and guess what it happened! I was asked to join moly_x_68. The group is working on a vintage pin up girl exchange. I hadnt thought much about the subject but after researching it, I am so excited! But I have to get my head all wrapped around it before I get started on my sign in pages and the 1st layout. Check us out at http://moleskinex68.blogspot.com/ Pictues to follow soon. What a great opportunity to meet other artists and make new friends.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Have a great day!


Just some quick sketches. The cat was painted on acrylic canvas ATC blanks by Strathmore. They are precut and rather pricey but preform very very well. The ATC's were for a swap on swap-bot.

I am looking for artists' who would like to do a moleskine exchange. If you are interested please leave me a comment or email me. If you know how to go about this please let me know. I have looked at several moleskine exchange sites but cant find a forum for arranging new exchanges.

The top picture was a quick one in my moleskine. I am trying desperately to get this sketchbook filled. Today I am going to try binding my own sketchbook with watercolor paper. I will have pictues tomorrow. Have a great day!

Friday, February 27, 2009

ATC's

I created theses for a swap I am involved in. I have been experimenting with mixing pen and ink with pencil. I like the strong contrast in values. The bottom right angel was created using inktense by Derwent.

Friday, February 20, 2009

Zentages again





Ok I just have been obsessed. This has been so much fun. So now I need to get busy with other work. If you ever get a creative block or just need a release zentangels are really healing. You can experiment with textures/patterns and sometimes it can be a fine art piece in itself. I choose to do all of my zentangles with some sort of recognizable image all so .