Pointsettia, dip pen and wash, Carolyn Ann Pappas 2008
Pointsettia (WIP), ink, Carolyn Ann Pappas 2008
After some thinking about my priorites I’ve decided to switch back to a blogspot blog from Kouklacarolyn.com on WordPress. I’m looking for something easy and fairly low maintenance. And it didn’t help that I started having major issues and was looking at the prospect of doing a lot of research to get it fixed again. I don’t want to spend more time maintaining a blog than actually making artwork. To me, that just defeats the purpose as the whole reason why I started blogging is to push myself to create more artwork.
The above pen and ink and watercolor wash was done for my 2008 Christmas card. I based it on a reference photo on WetCanvas which I cropped. I’ve never made a Christmas card before even though it is something I’ve been wanting to do for a few years now. I wasn’t sure how to reproduce the drawing so I just got 4 x 6 prints done at Walgreens. It actually came out really good and then I stuck the photo on a red blank greeting card with those photo mounting corners. I even bought silver and gold Pitt pens. I am feeling so crafty!
Let me be the first of many to say,
“THIS IS GORGEOUS!”
Lisa
This is lovely. A beautiful first post on your new blog.
And im second to say…its really lovely….!!!
Really nice job on the card.
This is beautiful. Anyone who gets one will love it.
Carolyn – Congrats on your new blog. Hope to see you share a lot of your beautiful art work.
This is great, really great.
Carolyn, that’s simply beautiful. The pen lines are so delicate, and the colors are dreamy.
I really like this. You do good work.
Absolutely beautiful … great job.
Are you getting tired of hearing that yet?