09 Jan, 2007
Artist trading cards: we’re on a roll folks!
Posted by andrea tomkins in: - Mail art|File under crafty|Misc. life
As I mentioned before, I’ve been suffering a serious dry spell of creativity.
The question du jour remains the same: where do I find the drive to create as well as the inspiration I need to move forward?
For me it almost always begins with paper.
I sat down the other night and snipped dozens and dozens of small squares out of paper scraps I had previously deemed too pretty to throw out. Hey, they came in handy didn’t they?
I also painted some red and gold backgrounds. And the two came magically together. That’s it over there ->
I don’t think I’m out of the hole quite yet. But for now I’ve given up drawing and will try to focus more on simple collage, fun painting techiques and pairings of colour.
I flipped through the pages of my sketchbook. My favourites are still the Norval doodles and sketches of insects (here’s a bedbug). This is one I made this time last year. It also remains one of my all-time faves.
Hmmm. Maybe inspiration can be found somewhere after all?
