Dear Liza,
I started making these little Artists Trading Cards last week and now I can’t stop!!
I started with collages of soft backgrounds and black and white photos. The words came mostly from the J. Peterman Catalogue.
Then I used the same soft focus backgrounds for some neurographic art, which seems to be just lines which cross and create negative space. I like how the flower shapes play with the flowing black lines. I gave some of the spaces dots, and some a wash of color. they don’t say anything, but they’re pretty.
I love so many things about ATCs. They are small, just 2.5 by 3.5 inches, so you can make them out of next to nothing. When you get bored with one medium, you can switch and not be stuck with a whole canvas to cover. And you can share them! I’ve mailed some, but I’m also making some to take on our trip.
Just before my hand gave out for the day, I picked up some scraps from the cards I’d made and a page from an old, old book, and made three more.
Who knows what I’ll make next?
Love,
Grandma Judy
Dear Liza 