Lynne's been practicing her floral designs. Our Connecticut branch of the exchangers are all very skilled at these designs. I keep forgetting to ask if they are using gouache. Maybe Lynne will shoot me an email or leave a comment.
Note: I mixed up my mailings -- and the pear below is from Maggie - and the envelope it came in will appear tomorrow.
And then there is the pretty painting of a pear - on the card inside - that looks like watercolor that has been scanned and printed. I keep thinking I'll get out my paints and brushes - and then I remember that I am on the ofrenda project from now until the end of October. And I'm behind on my blog posts - so they might be shorter for a couple weeks. At least they will be pretty.
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I was asked how I did the lettering on the wiffle ball bat for my grandson. I used a new (sharp) Xacto knife and put the duct tape on one of those white cutting boards that are used in the kitchen. A regular cutting mat would have worked. I was wildly impressed with how easy it was to cut the tape. No matter how tiny the thin strokes were, when I lifted the letters that were connected - they never tore. The tiny block printing was a piece of cake. Even Ben added some lettering that appeared on the end of the bat and he did a very good job using regular scissors. I highly recommend duct tape for lettering.
The only drawback - I never figured out a way to *pencil* the design on the tape first. A very thin and very hard mechanical pencil lead might have worked. I put clear packing tape over the top to protect it.
The ic and us are about 1/2"- 5/8" tall. The 33/23 is about 3/8"
I used watercolor paint to do the flowers. I think us Connecticut kids have all taken several of Jen Sweeney’s wedge brush floral classes. She is an amazing and very talented instructor.
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