Andrew, I used a light blue gasenshi (washi card for etegami) from a multi-color pack of ten. I painted the sheep-clouds on my usual high-bleed white cards, cut them out, and glued them to the blue card.
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.
Oh Debbie these are adorable, and the MEH one has me laughing out loud!!!! It's priceless! You're so inventive with the words/art combo.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, these etegami are great ! What a start of your "sheep-series" ! And what a beautiful wish on the second card.
ReplyDeleteGo for the silver lining!
ReplyDeleteI love the "silver linings" etagami. Did you paint the blue background or is the paper toned? Great light cloudlike sheep.
ReplyDeleteAndrew, I used a light blue gasenshi (washi card for etegami) from a multi-color pack of ten. I painted the sheep-clouds on my usual high-bleed white cards, cut them out, and glued them to the blue card.
Deleteso cute!
ReplyDeleteThey just make me smile!!!!
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