A friend at work likes to send postcards weekly to the same person. When she shared this with me, I came up with the fun idea to create a painting that she could send in sections, like a puzzle. Once all the pieces arrived, her friend would have a painting to frame! Below, I’ve shared how I created the mail art puzzle…
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To make it really easy to mail my stenciled painting, I chose to work on the back of the Black & Ivory Postcard sheet from Canvas Corp. Add in two 12×12 stencils (Tile Mania and Stained Glass Daisies) and I was all set with my design.
I created the background with Neocolor 2 crayons
and a baby wipe. Super quick and easy!
I used the Tile Mania stencil and black acrylic paint to add some visual texture to the background.
I then added Shimmery Goodness through the Stained Glass Daisies stencil…1) to push back the black pattern in the background, and 2) to show me where to add the black marker in the next step.
Using the lines left behind by adding in the Shimmery Goodness, I outlined the design with a black marker
. Then I added white marker
lines on top to break up all the black.
In order to visually pop parts of the design, I used Inktense pencils and a waterbrush to add brighter color to the flowers and leaves.
The final step was to cut the 12×12 sheet into the individual postcards. Now they are all ready to be sent!
