Twitter Art Exhibit postcard ready to be mailed

I painted this watercolor and mixed media zentangle postcard to send to the Twitter Art Exhibit. It is a fundraising where Artists send postcard sized original Artwork and the profits from the sales are going to the Center for Contemporary Dance, Special Needs Students. Go to the Twitter Art Exhibit website to see the details of their call to Artists: http://twitterartexhibit.org/

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For this postcard I wanted to incorporate zentangle designs into watercolors. I worked from a reference picture that I simplified to just the outline of the ride on a sky background. I also added 2 hands with tiny fingers to the person on the lower swing 🙂

Here are the steps you can take to make a watercolor and zentangle postcard:

To make these watercolor and zentangle postcards you will need:

• Watercolor paper blank postcards
• Masking tape
• Rubbing alcohol to add visual texture
• Watercolors in various colors
• Copic markers or art markers

Start by taping your postcard to a cardboard piece, so you can have clean edges.

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Strathmore Artist Tiles Ideal for pattern drawing and meditative art, these affordable, pre-cut artist tiles by Strathmore help make the process of combining repetitive marks, circles, lines, and forms both fun and easy to learn. – 300 Series Bristol Artist Tiles.

Strathmore 400 Series Mixed Media Cards Strathmore’s 400 Series Mixed Media is a heavyweight, 140 lb paper that combines the attributes of a watercolor paper with a vellum drawing finish. Ideal for wet and dry media, these cards accept watercolors, gouache, acrylics, graphite, pen-and-ink, colored pencils, markers, and collage. – 400 Series Mixed Media Cards, Pkg of 100 with FREE Stencil.

Start by painting a simple background with a mix of green and brown, letting these colors mix wet into wet on the paper.

To add visual texture,you can sprinkle alcohol on top of the wet watercolor wash. Then let the wash dry.

Once the wash is dry,  you can draw a simple outline of the ride shape.

Then start drawing the lines and details with a 0.5 black marker.

Then you can fill  the ride shape with zentangle patterns.

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Copic Original Markers There’s nothing like the Copic double-ended marker for expert blending, painting, and tone control. Use them for fine art projects, calligraphy, and more. The broad nib offers coverage for larger areas. For detailed work, flip over to the fine nib.

Continue working on the design, filling out the background with a light grey marker.

Finally I am filling out the background with designs using a light grey marker.