I'm 28 Today!

{Collage and Drawing on ATC, 2011}

It's my birthday today. I hope I get to eat some cake!

ATC Exchange

{Me with an ATC from Fay Akers, 2011}

Several posts back I showed some ACEO/ATC cards that I had done. Fay Akers asked me if I would be willing to trade her. I said, "of course! sure! yay!" so we did the trade. I sent her a few and this is what I got in return. I LOVE it! Its a really wonderful colored pencil piece and probably one of the nicest art cards I have received to date. If anyone else wants to trade, let me know! Comment or e-mail me at candartist@aol.com. Its fun to give and receive mail! Especially this time of the year in my part of the world.

Recent ACEOs

{ACEO Cards, 2011}

{ACEO Cards, 2011}

{ACEO Cards, 2011}

I've been loving my Faber-Castell Pitt Brush pens. I use them in my sketchbook a lot but I thought they would be fun with some Artist's Trading Cards. I'll be adding these to my Etsy shop whenever I get the time to list them. In the meantime, let me know if you are interested in one of them. They are $3.00 each and you can e-mail me at candartist@aol.com telling me which one(s) you want and to arrange payment.

Special Illustration Friday - Ripple

{Watercolor, 2010}

SOLD

This card is available for a $10 donation.

This week's theme for Illustration Friday is "Ripple". Kelly Light suggested the theme and participants are donating art cards (a 2.5"x3.5" work of art) that will be sold for $10 to help aid the clean up of the Gulf Oil Spill. This is an excerpt from the Ripple Sketch Blog:

"Each sketchcard on this blog is $10.00. The $10.00 is a donation to help the animal victims of the Deep Water Horizon Gulf Oil Spill. Every penny is donated. The two Non-Profits that are benefitting are The Institute for Marine Mammal Studies and The International Bird Rescue Research Center. You can purchase a card if you donate directly to one of the non-profits and email me the confirmation and your address to ripplesketches@verizon.net. The artist will mail you the signed card."

The card I created is inspired by some of the reefs that can be seen in the Gulf of Mexico. I am not lucky enough to live near the ocean. (I hope to someday) However, I have been to several ocean beaches and a few years ago snorkeled in the Gulf of Mexico. It is sad to think that future generations may not be able to enjoy the beauty of these delicate ecosystems. Make sure you go over to the Ripple Sketches Blog and look at all the entries and consider making a small donation!

A Spring ACEO

{Watercolor and Ink, 2009}

I have been wanting to add an ACEO section to my Etsy Shop for awhile now. I finally added the section last night, and I will be putting this little card up for sale. I plan to sell my ACEO cards for between $5-$10. This little one will be $5. I think they make great little gifts or you can frame them for a little spot that needs some brightening!