Ten Gables Cottage

Ten Gables Cottage
Ten Gables Cottage

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Making hand painted greeting cards

Hi everyone, I hope you are having a good day and will have a great Memorial Day. I would like to be able to go to Kentucky for Memorial Day and visit my parents and grandparents graves, put flowers on them and just drive around the place where I grew up. However, I won't be able to go, but that will be in my heart!

In my painting class, we painted greeting cards, using watercolors and then embellished them with ink, using a fine point Sharpee pen. You can see in the top photo how the card went from a loosely done wash of color(on the right) to a drawing in ink. Below is the final card. The class loved using the ink pen to clarify their drawings and bring out their subject matter. They all did a great job!
Here are some finished cards, with an embellished envelope, too. They did flowers in a pot by just painting loose circles. When dry, they went around the shapes with the pen, and as if by magic a beautiful card began to happen!

It is so much fun to just BE CREATIVE!!
Happy Memorial Day to you.

8 comments:

  1. HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY TO YOU MY DEAR, YOUR CARDS ARE JUST LOVELY...BEAUTIFUL..WONDERFUL JOB. I WOULD LIKE TO BE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. . ENJOY YOUR MEMORIES AND HAVE A LOVELY WEEKEND...WITH LOVE JANICE

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  2. Thanks so much, Janice, and I hope you have a wonderful weekend and holiday. Egretta

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  3. The cards and envelopes were lovely. So beautiful!!

    Memorial day...a day full of memory.

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  4. Such a beautiful card! Vey cheery looking! ;)

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  5. Fabulous cards! I love the ink detail, what a great idea!!

    Carol

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  6. I would join your class in a heartbeat!! My goal for next fall is to find a drawing class :)

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  7. Thanks, everyone for the lovely comments!

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  8. like the card along with its Gift Card envelopes..I appreciate you share it.

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