Day 11, Glory. 4 x 4 watercolor on Mineral paper. © 2016 Sheila Delgado
I have to be honest and say, this came together quickly. I painted a day ahead, to free up time for working on the invites. I am curious to find out if I can duplicate it on a larger scale.
2016 Liberate your Art
Kat Sloma’s annual Liberate Your Art postcard exchange is coming around again. All are invited. You can make your own cards, as I do, or have them professionally printed. Each year I have been fortunate to exchange many “extra swaps” with friends. I have taken part since 2011, long before I had a blog.
The goal for the exchange is to get your art out into the world. Interested? Take a look at the 2015 LYA, or click on the links below in the sidebar.
How I Make My Postcards
I use Photoshop, and publisher. You can also use Gimp, perhaps even Word. Using an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper yields four cards. You can print double-sided onto heavy card-stock, or glue separate pieces together (front to back). Here are some samples from previous years.
You can include handwritten greetings, or inspirational quotes, or both!
Post cards front and back. sheiladelgado.com
Very simple, and such a joy to receive art in your mailbox! Think about it.
My Pinterest board
for this challenge is over 560 strong!
Visit Leslie’s site, where all the daily art is posted,
and see her terrific abstract art as well.
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beautiful again. I love how you did your postcards!
Thank you Lana! You could do postcards with one of your beautiful patterns on them! I did that one year 🙂
I got mixed up and left this comment somewhere else. Here it is:
This painting is beautiful, Sheila. I don’t know what you did with the middle (blues and browns, dots, etc) but it looks awesome! Cool postcard idea, too!
It was the gremlins Laurie… Your comment came through twice. I mixed some yellow ochre, sap green and indigo, wet. Then I pulled out the petals while the blue was still wet. As those dried, I added spots of yellow ochre, and later more indigo.
Love your big sunny flower, Sheila. Have a happy day!
Happy day to you my friend! Glad you like it Sandy 🙂
Sheila, glory indeed! Love the vibrant colors, the zoom lens view, and everything about the center of the flower, including its leaving the confines of the center. Thanks for info re LYA.
The blues “leaked” out of the center. They will still too wet, but I love how it turned out. Lucky accident Dotty 🙂
I have had the pleasure of receiving a postcard from you Sheila 🙂 I need to try to create some of these 🙂 This is one of my fave paintings you have done, beautiful! 🙂
Thanks Cindy, one of my favorites too! I have fun making the postcards. Old fashioned, my method. but “made by hand”.
Beautiful!!! Fills the space!!!
Glad you like it Carol 🙂