Wednesday, November 30, 2005


Monday, November 28, 2005



Floral arrangement by Jan Robson

one of a kind original



Chad surfer dude.

Again layered in 3 dimensions using watercolours watercolour pencils and gel pen outline



ATC card CHAD skater dude

This card is collaged in three layers the first layer consitis of the word skater on watercolour board 300 gm then i added the skateboard and finally CHAD was created and layered on top

watercolour pencils paints and gel pen outline was used throught design

Thursday, November 17, 2005


I dreamt i was a butterfly

The menacing Alien

Here are some ATC cards i have created. The lucky lotto kittens.....



Well i have been busy making handcrafted greetings cards ready for christmas....so here are a few picks of some ones i have created so far....


Another fantastic thing i have just discovered is ATC'S artists trading cards.

ART IN YOUR POCKET.

The very basics
As their name indicates, ATC are collectables, a brilliant idea born of the older sports-themed trading cards. The one rule that makes an ATC derives from their origins: the dimensions of the ATC must be 2.5"x3.5", or 64x89mm.
To this rule are appended a couple of conventions. First, an ATC mustn't be sold, only exchanged, as the whole essence of these tiny works of art is about artists meeting (by correspondence or online if need be) and exchanging their works, thus meeting many artists and getting exposed to many personal styles. Second, on the back of each ATC the artist writes part or all of the following information: name, contact information, title of the ATC and number (1/8, 2/8...) if it's part of an edition. By definition ATCs are made in limited numbers, often no more than one of a kind. Unique ATCs are called originals; sets of identical ATCs are called editions and are numbered; sets of ATCs that are based on one theme but that are different are called series. Don't be intimidated by the concept of small editions or originals: very few people are anal about this. What most collectors really want are cards that were made with care. Based on that, numbers are meaningless.
That's all! The above is all you need to know to start making your own ATCs. Common sense dictates that they should be sturdy enough to survive mailing, and of reasonable thickness (unless you specifically want them otherwise. Transparent card sleeves are useful to protect the cards if need be. This is particularly true if they can easily get smudged or if the medium might stick during transport.