Postcard Paintings
I found these heavy paper postcard things at Michael's (an arts and crafts store). They are pre-printed like a postcard on one side and blank on the other so the sender can add whatever they want, stamp it, and mail it off. They're supposed to be for watercoloring, but who the hell are they to tell me what to do? I don't take no lip from no stupid postcard.
I used acrylic paints and then coated each of them with urethane so they'd last longer / travel better.
One word of advice, though. The cooler your work, the better chance that some mail sorter in the Post Office will decide that they like it, reducing the likelyhood that it'll arrive on the other end. You're better off mailing it inside something else. I don't know if it was really stolen, but this was my favorite one. I sent it to my mom for Mother's Day a couple years back and it never arrived:
This is an abstract portrait of my Red Tailed Boa, Fluffy:
I don't know what this is supposed to be, but all the dots were done with multiple layers of paint, so it's really bumpy - interesting to touch:
Here's some kind of fucked up cupid or something. Creeps me out.
Yes, that's his nose, and yes, he's happy to see you.
Fianlly, this is my favorite, besides the lost one detailed above:
Anyway, these are fun little projects. They only take a little while and the paper is pretty cheap. The urethane coating process takes longer (it dries kinda slow), but I think it's worth it in the long run. Make sure the urethane is absolutely dry, or your paint will smear. (Although it can be a cool effect, especially for backgrounds - after it smears, let the first coat of urethane dry and then paint the foreground on top of that. Then let dry completely and re-coat. That's how the Kokopeli at the top of this post was done.) I recommend using the cheap foam brushes for the clearcoat rather than regular bristle brushes - less streaking - just be sure to wash them well with warm water as soon as you apply the coat or they'll dry out and be ruined.
I used acrylic paints and then coated each of them with urethane so they'd last longer / travel better.
One word of advice, though. The cooler your work, the better chance that some mail sorter in the Post Office will decide that they like it, reducing the likelyhood that it'll arrive on the other end. You're better off mailing it inside something else. I don't know if it was really stolen, but this was my favorite one. I sent it to my mom for Mother's Day a couple years back and it never arrived:
This is an abstract portrait of my Red Tailed Boa, Fluffy:
I don't know what this is supposed to be, but all the dots were done with multiple layers of paint, so it's really bumpy - interesting to touch:
Here's some kind of fucked up cupid or something. Creeps me out.
Yes, that's his nose, and yes, he's happy to see you.
Fianlly, this is my favorite, besides the lost one detailed above:
Anyway, these are fun little projects. They only take a little while and the paper is pretty cheap. The urethane coating process takes longer (it dries kinda slow), but I think it's worth it in the long run. Make sure the urethane is absolutely dry, or your paint will smear. (Although it can be a cool effect, especially for backgrounds - after it smears, let the first coat of urethane dry and then paint the foreground on top of that. Then let dry completely and re-coat. That's how the Kokopeli at the top of this post was done.) I recommend using the cheap foam brushes for the clearcoat rather than regular bristle brushes - less streaking - just be sure to wash them well with warm water as soon as you apply the coat or they'll dry out and be ruined.
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