Judy Adamson's Art & Design Blog: Easter cards

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Thursday, 10 April 2014

Easter Parade -

There’s a saying, ‘Jack of All Trades and Master of None’.

And when I look at the Easter Cards I’ve designed for my online stores, I wonder whether maybe that could apply to me!

I’ve used no fewer than nine different mediums – though when trying to define my ‘signature style’, people told me that no matter what medium I used, they would always recognize my work - though nobody told me what it was that they recognized and maybe I'd rather not know!

I wonder whether that’s true of this hotchpotch of Easter Greeting Cards that I’ve made into a kind of ‘Easter Parade’ – or whether it really matters?

(of course there's also some digital input in the borders and lettering on all of these Easter Greeting Cards)

Watercolour

Easter Daffodils Card, From Our Home to Yours by helikettle

Gouache

Spring Flowers Easter Card for a Grandmother by helikettle

Watercolour Pencils

Easter Card with Pink Hyacinths by helikettle

Pen and Wash

(Ink and Watercolour)

Easter Bunnies Card for a Grandson by helikettle

Soft Pastels

Easter Greeting Card, Riverbank in Spring by helikettle

Oil Pastels

Scarlet Tulips Customizable Greeting Card by helikettle

Hand-painted Paper Collage

'Spring Garden' Easter Card - French Greeting by helikettle

A mixture of Hand-painted and Digital

Daffodils and Polka Dots, Easter Card by poshandpainterly

and finally - a Photograph

Easter Card with Daffodils and Church by helikettle

The trouble is, I get bored sticking to one medium and when there are so many to choose from, it seems such a waste not to try them all!

I don't think very many Easter Cards are sent in the UK - at least, I don't know anyone who sends them. But if you are looking for Easter cards to send, there's a good chance you'll find something you like in my Easter Parade of different styles!

Click

HERE

for more

EASTER CARDS

and

Easter Bunny Mugs

Monday, 13 February 2012

Repeating Patterns and Hot Cross Bunnies

Last week I had reached the stage of painting one block of the ‘fleur de lys’ repeating pattern I had designed and intended to place the blocks side by side to make up the complete pattern.

But I found that my painting was too inaccurate to match up properly, not surprising really since accuracy is not my strongest point! I think that tracing the pattern several times for the repeats, and finally tracing it on to the watercolour paper on my lightbox, meant that any tiny discrepancies had been magnified each time, even though it looked fine to the naked eye. Tracing film can be tricky to work with in any case because of its tendency to stretch if it becomes at all damp – even the moisture from one’s skin can distort it!

All was not lost though – I went back to the ‘Victorian Bathroom’ that I posted last week and coloured it digitally, matching the colours with my painting and then filling in the background in various colours. It took a very long time but I ended up quite pleased with it.

When I used to screenprint, one of the things I loved about it is that you can use one stencil to print a design in as many different colour-ways as you can think of! And it’s somewhat the same with using the computer to colour a design; I’ve made a few different colour combinations so far but the possibilities are endless!

So here are a few of the products I’ve created so far –

iPhone4 Case, Maroon, Gold, Blue, Fleur de Lys

Stylish Pillow White, Gold, Fleur de Lys Pattern

Stylish Placemat Fleur-de-Lys, Maroon, Blue, Green

And there are plenty more here!

I could go on creating different colour schemes with this one design for months to come! But I’d probably get bored after a bit so I’ll put that on the back burner and come back to it later.

I’m going to be a bit short of time this week because of a hospital appointment so, rather than start a completely new design, I’ll be ‘refurbishing’ an old one, my 'Easter Bunnies'.

I’m not sure what to make of this card design. It’s been popular among my friends and the Portsmouth Cathedral shop ordered some, but it hasn’t sold well online. I’ve always been unhappy with the shape of the Easter Egg and also the fact that the original was too small to enlarge well so the watercolour pencil outlines look a bit fuzzy.

Also, I've discovered that anyone who isn't familiar with UK Easter fare probably won't understand the pun!

So I hope I can make some improvements to show you next week -

Monday, 28 March 2011

Easter is less than a month away:

Click here

for a selection of

Easter Cards and Gifts

Easter Bunnies Ringer Mug by helikettle

Thursday, 24 March 2011

Traditionally Painted Easter Cards from Greeting Card Universe

Once again it's time to show off the work of Greeting Card Universe artists who use traditional methods of painting and drawing.

Here are some lovely Easter Cards - Easter Bunnies and Easter Flowers predominate but I'm sure there's something here to suit everyone! The card images are rather small so you will need to click on them to appreciate their beautiful work in full.

Sue Herbst
http://artist.greetingcarduniverse.com/mermaidsuesstudio

Watercolour and Coloured Pencils (the gingham is computer generated)