Incoming
Fast Eyes - This gave me a chuckle. Haven't we all!
Richard Baudet - If you look at the bottom left you can see an example of his lovely calligraphy.
Joel Cohen (The Sticker Dude) - He included this wonderful letter to all mail artists. I'll put an extra large picture here. Hopefully you can see it well enough to read.
Maree McHugh sent this add & pass. This is a fun one! It folds like an accordion. It arrived in this.
I don't know why the post office put it in this envelope. As you can see by these pictures, there was no damage done to it.
I thought that was peculiar, but I'm happy it arrived safely. Here are the sections that have been completed.
Outgoing
Playing around with some ink and blending brushes.
I made some artist trading cards with my new butterfly stamps. I put these under Outgoing because even though they don't have an assignment yet, they will be included with various outgoing pieces.
Trying out watercolor pencils. I like the control. I think I'll be using these more often.
Other Stuff
While cleaning out a closet, getting ready to move (I'm relocating to a larger apartment), I found some old watercolor pencils I forgot I had. I don't remember doing much with them and there are only a few. Now that I'm back doing mail art, I think these may be useful. I bought a new set for a larger variety of shades. I'm going to play with them over the course of this week. If I actually have time (I'm always over estimating the amount of art time life allocates for me), you will have just seen the results in the Outgoing section of this post.
I bought a set of 12 Winsor & Newton. They came like this.
But they live in a jar. They look so nice when you first get them, nestled all in a row in their tin. But once I start using them I find it a hassle to deal with the tin; I'm exaggerating a little. But it does take up room on my desk and I do prefer to have my pencils, pens, and brushes standing in jars (or cups), in view, and ready for use. I will admit, even though I prefer my pencils standing in a jar, I was happy that they came in a tin. I love tins and I love keeping stuff in them, so even though I'm not using the tin as it was intended, I'm still happy to have it.
Pam
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Hmm. I almost missed this post. I was scrolliung through IUOMA (I haven't had a lot of time to be on lately.) and saw your mention of a new blog post. Lucky me. Aren't I subscribed? Or is there a way to subscribe on Blogger? I'll have to look... CHEERS!
Hey Monster, I'm glad you found this post. Yes, I think the subscription thing on the top right is being subscribed to Blogger, and you are there. I noticed I don't get notified when someone I'm subscribed to posts either. I'll have to take a look around and see if it's someone in the settings.
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