Postcard prints for charity

Following on from my previous post, I have now sent out my six postcards - 5 to UK addresses and one to USA.

I also put my name down to receive a print from @proofprintpress and was lucky enough to receive this delightful piece of art yesterday.  Now to send my donation to the local Prospect Hospice.

Tea & Biscuits - lino print by Helen Bulmer
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Postcard collage

 Another collaged postcard - 

Lino printed tissue, paste paper, texture paste, sketch
and machine stitch (6" x 4" on Hahnemuehle postcard

I am enjoying making use some of my facial sketches in these small collages.

Postcard collage

 Another small collage using one of my Hahnemuehle postcards.

 

Printed and painted tissue, book page, scanned sketch,
gold gel pen, machine stitch (6" x 4")

Collaged postcards

Since I finished my collage journal last month I have missed the playfulness of cutting, tearing and sticking random oddments of painted papers.  I have a box of Hahnemuehle watercolour postcards which I have only used on a couple of occasions and the size of these appealed to me as a substrate for further paste and paper experiments.  I also added machine stitching for more texture and interest.

6" x 4" Hahnemeuhle watercolour postcards

Ink, acrylic, paste paper, lino print, stencilled
texture paste, gel pens and machine stitch

Ink, acrylic, gesso, lino print, foam stamps,
gel pens and machine stitch

World Book Night postcard project

Earlier this year I sent off my postcard entry for the World Book Night postcard project organised by the Book Arts Centre at the University of the West of England.

 

All the entries can be viewed here.

My entry was a copy of a drawing done on a sketch outing

Last week I received this package of goodies together with one of the postcards sent in by another participant.

Recent gouache and ink resist painting

This painting has been languishing in my "unresolved" folder for over a month.  The original plein air sketch was done in November 2017, then earlier this year I followed it up with a postcard size sketch which prompted me to try an ink resist version.  I am still trying to decide if I want to take it any further.

Postcard size pen and wash sketch

Drawing and watercolour washes on Arches 140 lb paper

I forgot to take photos of the intermediate stages of applying the gouache and then covering the entire painting with Indian ink (this process is explained here).

The Indian ink and gouache have been washed off

Further watercolour washes have been applied
Approx. 10" x 7"

Hahnemuhle watercolour postcards

At the end of last year, Hahnemuehle sent me a tin of their watercolour postcards (30 size approx. 6" x 4").

I always have trouble finding suitable birthday cards for male relatives, but for my brother-in-law this year I used one of these postcards and popped it in with his gift.  On a recent visit to their cottage in the wilds of Wales I had taken a photograph of his prized Massey Ferguson tractor - an ideal subject for his birthday greeting.

Pen and watercolour -
 (birthday greetings were added later in the top lefthand corner)