If I can make someone smile or perhaps get a smile on MY face when I open my mailbox (which not one day goes by that I don't HOPE to find something FUN popping out of my mailbox) then I think I've done my job and tried to make the world is a BETTER place by making just one person happy! Addresses are sometimes altered for protection so the overall visual of the envelope may or may not be the way it was.

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Recent... Alison/Martha--Funky!

Using a Pilot Parallel Pen dipped in Noodler's Navajo Turquoise and
Doc Martin's BP white... I used a 6.0 Parallel pen for the name.
Then, I added colored pencil to highlight it with purple and a
pointed nib Brause EF 66 to address the rest...
Finally, I used some oil pastels to create the gray shading.

Some funky lettering I was playing around with...
Using a .25 Hi Tec C pen to outline the same and then
colored pencils and white "Choose" pen for the highlights.
For the address, I used a Mitchell #4 broad-edged nib and gouache.


On the upper right of Martha's envelope...embellishment...
With a stylus and a soft "under surface", I wrote "love" and
then went over it with the side of a colored, Prisma pencil.

2 comments:

  1. I LOVED the envelope you sent me, and I'm having so much fun with this exchange. Was very intimidated at first, but then realized I don't have to do "fancy copperplate" but could just have fun with lettering. Thanks for all the encouragement and inspiration! You're the best! :)

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    1. I had fun doing your envelope, knowing that you appreciate it sooo much! I feel like I have a SHRINE at your house. LOL! Love, love LOVE!

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