Goodness
December 2nd, 2009 § 11 Comments
Recently I was asked by the very lovely Shirley to participate in an International Art Exchange and almost the instant I agreed I had art on my doorstep from two brilliant artists. Ooh, love that!
First is a detail of one of the artist trading cards Shirley sent, even though I wasn’t on her list. She’s such a sweetie like that. This lady can work magic with watercolour. Her ATCs all feature ‘Monsieur Olivet’, a dapper gentleman mouse with a very refined palate. Too cute, thanks Shirley!
The next two are from Sarah aka Flossy P. How lucky am I! She sent two beautiful cards (check out that delicate line work) and a hand-painted mono-print of Sydney terraces which will look fab all framed up. Thanks Sarah, I love them.
And now I have a confession. I haven’t sent mine yet. To my poor Exchange recipient, I hope you can forgive me. I badly wanted to share my efforts in this post, but alas disaster struck in the form of an ever-curious small person. Mind you some might say, that last wash (ie. jar of sludge brown water) has added a certain vitality to the piece. Sadly I am not one of them. But I promise to post about ‘take two’ when it’s finished… with nobodies ‘help’… Bless her!
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:)
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. : )
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!
love the art exchange! some lovely pieces you have there.
aaaghhh, just the kind of help you need too, heee heee
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…
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
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
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!
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
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.
Mmm. define “Help”.