Goodness
December 2, 2009
Recently I was asked by the very lovely Shirley to participate in an International Art Exchange and no sooner had I said yes than ‘bing bong’ gorgeous art on my doorstep from two brilliant artists. Ooh, I so love that!
The first two images are of the four artist trading cards Shirley sent me, even though I was not on her list. She’s such a sweetie like that. This lady can work magic with watercolour. These ATCs all feature her dapper ‘Monsieur Olivet’, a gentleman mouse with a very refined palate. What a little cutie, thanks Shirley.
And these two are from the amazing Sarah aka Flossy P. How lucky am I! She sent two beautiful cards (check out that delicate line work) and a fabulous hand-painted mono-print of Sydney terraces which will look just gorgeous all framed up. Thank you Ms Flossy, I love them.
And now I have a confession. I haven’t sent mine off yet, and it is late. To my poor Exchange recipient, I hope you can forgive me. I did so badly want to share my swap in this post with these lovely goodies, but alas disaster struck (in the form of an ever curious small person) and I have to start over. Mind you, some might say that the extra wash (ie. jar of sludge brown water) has added a certain vitality to the piece, sadly I am not one of them. I will definitely post about it when I’ve finished it. That’ll be me, all by myself… with nobodies ‘help’… bless them.
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yoon see | February 12, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Wow! You have so many ATC here. I am so glad you have so many cool friends around and now discover more and more beautiful art!
Thanks and take care sweet Alisa:)
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shirley | January 22, 2010 at 7:04 am
Hi Alisa! Wow, I’ve missed coming here…many thanks for posting about this..and no worries about the exchange. Things happen like that..and I hope that 2010 brings you lots of time to create and be peaceful. : )
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flossy-p | December 8, 2009 at 4:50 pm
Hey, sweet post! Thank you for the kind words
So glad you’ve gotten a few things so far. And don’t worry too much about being late, your recipient will get a lovely unexpected surprise when the time comes. And that’s never a bad thing!
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belinda/gretchenmist | December 8, 2009 at 7:40 am
love the art exchange! some lovely pieces you have there.
aaaghhh, just the kind of help you need too, heee heee
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Sandrine | December 4, 2009 at 9:59 am
Thanks for your lovely words on my post!
Now I think this Monsieur Olivet and I would have a great time tasting all these cheese! hehe:)How gorgeous work!
Hope you will show yours before sending…
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chococatania | December 4, 2009 at 3:48 am
I’m feeling a little better, as I haven’t gotten my work sent off, either. Ugh! I feel horrible about it because I was so excited to do it, and I have something good happening. …
Anyways, thanks for sharing the artwork you’ve received up to this point, and sorry about the extra “help”. I have three little helper-elves of my own…
(their cuteness always seems to get them out of trouble!)
Hope you’re doing well. -chococatania
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Tara (Aussie-Waffler) | December 3, 2009 at 10:48 pm
Oh they are all so lovely. Makes me realise I still have some ways to go in learning to work with watercolour. Sorry I couldn’t join in the fun, it would have been wonderful to see all the different styles out there. x
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gretchen/juneatnoon | December 3, 2009 at 12:56 pm
What beautiful things to receive! I was recently invited to participate in an exchange and had to turn it down because it was just bad timing, but I hope to do one some day, because this seems like such fun!
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Kylie | December 3, 2009 at 10:00 am
Isn’t the art exchange fantastic?! Every day (almost!) I’m receiving a beautiful work of art in the mail too. Sorry to hear about your piece meeting an untimely end… I’m sure the next one will be even more fabulous
K
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Anna lloyd | December 3, 2009 at 5:46 am
Commiserations for the ruined artwork. Ethan was trying to “help” me too. He has learnt to climb up on the stools at the kitchen bench, which is scary! I painted with him tugging on my elbow. I have received one artwork so far and sent something to Shirley on Tuesday. I’ll send you a package soon.
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Susan | December 3, 2009 at 4:03 am
Mmm. define “Help”.