April 20, 2009

• Art Day #12: Little Art Cards

  A few weeks ago I received a letter via snail mail from a dear friend who I haven't seen in years. We've been semi-in-touch via the internet recently, but for many years after "teh art skoolz" we were both busy with stuff. One of the fabulous things about Jess is how she will just drop me a letter or a card out of the blue, and reading it makes me feel as if we've never missed a day out of our friendship. I confess I am awfully flaky about writing back, but she sticks around and is always cheering for me.

  Hi Jessums! Art Day is about you today : )

  Jess asked if I wanted to try exchanging ACEO's (Art Cards, Editions & Originals) in order to help get her creative mojo flowing. Basically an art card is a  little bitty 2.5" x 3.5" artwork (like a trading or baseball card) done on some kind of sturdy stock, and it's an easy way to make original art accessible to anyone.  I've done small artworks and paintings before, so it should be a piece of cake.mmm, cake. om nom nom.Anyhow, Jess wrote to say that she needs an art-card buddy (and she seems to think I don't need a kick in the ass, hahaha). This is actually something I've wanted to work on for some time, and have been awfully lazy about following through with it.

  So yeah Jess! Let's do it!

  And just for fun, if anybody else wants to play along, just lemme know.

  ACEO's can be made from just about anything, so I've hauled out the usual suspects from among my favorite supplies: paint, sharpies, scrap paper, ribbon, buts of fabric, etc.

  

  To see more, check out my [NEW AND IMPROVED] art blog at www.moontreestudios.com .......

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