Working Through Artist's Block - Post Card Exchange - Postmark by January 24th

 Hello Fellow Mail Artists, 

I was recently asked for ideas that might help boost someone's creativity during these strange times.  This is what I came up with, off-the-cuff...  I don't know if this will help anyone, but it might result in some serendipity or swappable art: 

Regarding your artist's block:

 Shall I throw a few ideas at you and see if anything helps?  (You can set a timer and see how much you get done in X amount of time.  You may even find yourself going over-time :)

 

1.  Organize your craft materials and media (paints, pencils, papers, pens, stickers, etc.).  That may stir the urge to create something with them.

 

2.  Gather paper bits lying around and tell yourself you have to either throw them out or use them for collage.  (I REALLY need to do this!!!!)

 

3.  Play with inks or paint.   Play with your least fave colors, then play with your fave colors.

 

4.  Make up 4 or  5 similar or same backgrounds (post card  size) and then finish each one differently.  I like to start with a large piece of light-weight poster paper, cover the background with collage, scuff paint over that, rubber stamp over it when the paint dries, then cut into individual art pieces and finish each one with either more collage, or paint, or metallic accents, etc. 

 

5.  Assemble five things:  

a tool (scissors, hole punch, paint brush, ruler, stencil, etc.)

a medium (paint, ink, etc.)

a marking device (pen, rubber stamp, pencil, bubble wrap

fibers (threads, strings, fabric, etc.)

an odd item (paper clip, button, advertising, etc.)

 

MAKE SOMETHING.  

Let me know if any of you try one or more of the above ideas, and if they help.  Also, please feel free to post your own ideas, especially some that helped you.  Either post below this message in the COMMENTS space, or put a message on the COMMENTS/MESSAGES PAGE.  Here's to a creative new year ahead of us :) 

Participants:  Create 1 - 5 post cards to be exchanged with others who join in on the fun.

MEDIA:  Your choice

TECHNIQUE:  Your choice

SIZE PARAMETERS:  6"x 4+1/4"

CHECKLIST:

• ADDRESS LABELS FOR EACH PIECE YOU SEND IN 
• SUFFICIENT POSTAGE FOR EACH PIECE YOU SEND IN
• WAXED PAPER, PARCHMENT OR CELLOPHANE BETWEEN EACH PIECE
• YOUR RETURN ADDRESS ON EACH PIECE YOU SEND IN

*****ANYTHING LARGER THAN POST CARD SIZE LIMITS WILL REQUIRE AT LEAST 58-CENTS LETTER RATE POSTAGE.*****

*****ANYTHING THICKER THAN SEVERAL LAYERS OF INDEX CARD, ANYTHING TOO STIFF TO BEND EASILY, DESIGNS WITH ART EXTENDING OVER THE EDGES, POST CARDS ENCASED IN CELLOPHANE SLEEVES, WILL REQUIRE 78-cents (NONMACHINABLE) POSTAGE***** 

Put your card(s) in an envelope and get them postmarked 
by January 24th

SEND TO:
Honi C.
Post Office Box 142
Freedom, New York State  14065  USA

QUESTIONS:  s.h.greenstamps@juno.com

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