Thank you for visiting my art blog! I am an artist in southern California, and this blog is about my journey into art. My art is mixed media original art, and very often my vehicle for sharing is a greeting card. I paint and ink and stamp and rip and shred and glue and emboss, but no designer paper is harmed in the making of my collages. It all starts with blank paper.

April 4, 2013

Dear Sister

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Happy birthday, dear sister. You have reached a milestone, and earned the respect and wisdom that goes along with it. You are delightful to be around, and genuine to the core. I have always loved you, and will always need you in my life. You are smart in ways that I am not, and giving in ways I don't know how, and I learn much from you. Enjoy your special day!

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I wanted to try something different for a gift, so I bought a chalky tile and pulled out my archival pens.  I did look at a small plate that I own as inspiration, since this was the first inked tile I have ever done.  It is completely freehand, except I drew a star grid to get started.  (My star grid was off, so that didn't help immensely.)  It was fun to make, and did not take as long as I expected it would.  I decided to keep the matte finish and not coat it with gloss.  I could see me starting to paint over it and smearing the entire work anyway.  So, keep this one inside, dear sister!

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