I just came to your blog via Cheerio Road & wanted to say how much I love it! I had never heard of etegami before. Looking forward to browsing through your posts :-)
Etegami (e= "picture"; tegami= "letter/message") are simple drawings accompanied by a few apt words. They are usually done on postcards so that they can be easily mailed off to one's friends. Though etegami has few hard-and-fast rules, traditional tools and materials include writing brushes, sumi ink, blocks of water-soluble, mineral-based pigments called gansai, and washi postcards that have varying degrees of "bleed." They often depict some ordinary item from everyday life, especially items that bring a particular season to mind.
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ReplyDeleteVery wise and wonderful :)
ReplyDeleteExcellent the one with the snail...
ReplyDeleteDebbie, your art makes the words legible as only a visual person can understand!
ReplyDeleteWonderful, both messages & images-- they both strike very close to home for me. And I'm SO EXCITED about my etegami-to-come!!!
ReplyDeletethe timetable - I think this one has been my favorite yet :)
ReplyDeleteOnce again, these are great messages, beautifully illustrated. Now I'm just waiting for the one that says: It's OK to sleep in on Sunday.
ReplyDeleteI accept your challenge. Will let you know when it's done. :)
DeleteI just came to your blog via Cheerio Road & wanted to say how much I love it! I had never heard of etegami before. Looking forward to browsing through your posts :-)
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ReplyDeleteI love these! Both are such wonderful sentiments and the images are perfect. Love the snail and his big blue mountain!
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