Here's one I made today.



Cheers,
Jeen

Was that printed on your computer, Jeen? What card stock did you use? I've been thinking about running off my own postcards, too, but I have yet to give the project full attention.

Very nice, by the way. I hadn't even considered the artistic possibilities of postcard printing. I'd only thought of slapping a picture on them and calling it a day.

t!

Hi T,

The card itself is two card stock sheets glued together.
The background was created by sponging dye.
The Buddha image was from a subscription blow in card found in a Buddhist magazine.
(I like using things that will be thrown away)
The stamps are real, although the cancel mark isn't.
Gangtok is a piece of ephemera I had from a trip.
The rest are rubber stamped marks.

I guess it could all be done by computer too.

Regards,
Jeen

That's awesome Jeen, good job! I love the theme you carried out too.

To follow in the show & tell here is one I made to send out to Snailers. I used Crane cards with embossed frames to print on.

Kurt H

To continue in the show & tell here is one I made to send out to Snailers. I used Crane cards with embossed frames to print on.

This is my little joke version. Guess which artist I like

Kurt H

Very cool Kurt! I like both.
By the bowler I'm guessing it is Rene Magritte.

Regards,
Jeen

Yep that's a pic of the artist himself and the translation is " this is not a postcard"

Kurt h

Thanks for the pics, Jeen and Kurt. Those are very nice examples.


Nick Bantock, eat your heart out!!

Here's one for a rainy day, applying some techniques of Kurt H....





Regards,
Jeen

Jeen,

I really love your postcards. Presumably you realise that on this one your postmark date precedes the stamp by over a century?

Ray

Thank you Ray.
Yes, a little artistic license.
I wanted to use that shade of red.

Regards,
Jeen

Very cool! The lucky recipient(s) will be thrilled to pull those out of the mailbox!

Fair enough, and I agree it's exactly the right shade for the composition.

Ray

Here is one in tribute to "The English Patient" --





Regards and Happy Friday evening,
Jeen

Best one yet. Nice work, Jeen.

Ray

Great postcard and great film. Thanks Jeen; it brought back some nice memories of one of my favourites

Thanks for all your kind comments. This one is glued to a sheet as a letterhead for a friend. The name and address will be written with an italic pen and Aurora black.

You may recognize some familiar inks in the background: Aurora, Florida and Southseas blues. Now to write! How many letters do you write in a day? Many i hope!



Regards,
Jeen

Hi Jeen and Kurt,

Those are some very nice postcards. It looks like Kurt's may were designed on the computer and Jeen's were made entirely by hand. What I don't understand though is how did you put the cancel mark on the postcard if not by computer?

I can answer that- you can buy ink- stamps that look just like cancellation marks. And yes the two that I put up were done totally on the computer but just ask some of the snailers I write to about my assemblages. My latest to Jeen is one I wish I'd scanned in before sending. And my Dante's inferno was another one I wish I'd kept a record of.


Kurt H

I do all my post cards on the computer. Here's one I sent out to my clients for the 2003 winter holidays. The pen, of course, is one of mine. Making the drop shadow was fun -- that visulated section was a bear to do. The graphic design at the upper left and the text at the lower right are scanned from a 1930s card, and the text at the top is cut 'n' paste with a few extra strokes added to make letters that weren't available.

You'll have to forgive the absence of stamps ad postmarks and stuff, this is the actual image I provided to the printer.

Hi Kurt,

Thanks for the tip. This has given me lots of inspiration for cards this coming Christmas season!

I really like the vintage look on that postcard Richard. The pen suits the theme perfectly too.

BTW, holly is supposed to represent good luck and prosperity. I love a holly themed card, one of my favourite holiday images.

Hi Richard,
That's a beautiful and professional looking card. I used clip art and computer fonts for decorating stationery, but lost access to my Windows based clip art library when we switched to Mac. Since then I've been using rubber stamps and ephemera.

Hi Harold,
Kurt is right on about the cancel mark. The rubber stamp business is big, and you'll find a tremendous variety of interesting stamps to choose from. I enjoy sending and receiving handmade cards more so than store bought ones. Have fun! I like the saying, "Art Saves Lives".

Speaking of hand made cards, the last one Kurt H sent me was indeed an epistolary adventure featuring stamped and hand drawn images and messages, secret compartments and entertaining letter written across both axes, creating a cross hatch pattern. I took alot of notes on that piece of mail. It's neat when snailing inspires one to experiment and create things, either written or visual, that one might not otherwise do. Thanks Kurt!

Regards,
Jeen

Absolutely wonderful postcards! Keep 'em coming!

I love postcards from all eras.
For the last few years I've been painting them.

I think this is my best one. Old still by an old shack:

As a person plagued with the stuff in my garden, I don't feel particularly lucky. On the other hand, my gardener has no prosperity-related complaints, charging me as he does a fortune to get rid of it.

Ray

Lovely colours and detail, krz! Was your drawing done on a small sportscard-sized surface, like some of (all?) your other artwork that you posted here?

Hi Krz,

Impressive postcard! Do you actually send any through the mail?
For one like yours I'd put it in a envelope.
BTW, what is the contraption in front of the cabin? A distillery?
What kind of paint did you use?
I hope to see more of your work, postcards and other formats.

Regards,
Jeen

:doh:
I just realized that the drawing is post-card sized!

Ooooops!

Thanks Jeen and Maja . I've sent at least a few dozen painted postcards through the good ole US Mail and every report says they arrived in pristine shape. The one with the still was sent to my cousin.

I like to use Maimeriblu or Rembrandt watercolors. I think they are the best value.

The linework in the mountain still postcard was done with fountain pen. I used Higgins Fount India back then, I much prefer Noodler's Black now.

I have a couple other nice ones I'll post later.

All the best,

Here's a theme i used recently for a letterhead, and now made a postcard out of it.
I used some Aurora black as a wash.



Regards,
Jeen

Jeen. That card has a great look to it, and follows the theme nicely!

All the best,

Not a postcard, but an envelope. I received this letter yesterday, and it made my weekend.

I still haven't done the ultimate secret compartment. I've toyed with the idea of splitting a postcard in half and sealing a letter on drafting vellum back inside.


And you haven't seen any of my pop-up cards yet!


Kurt H

WOW! I'm totally impressed with all the cards in the thread, it makes me really happy just to see them! I hope you all keep posting them!

Petra

Oo. One of my alltime favorite paintings is "The Lost Jockey" 1948 (no, NOT the 1926 rendition, though considered more important). I use it for a discussion question in my Integrated Arts class all the time. Have you seen it before? I'd love a print, but haven't been able to find one yet. I believe it is in a private collection somewhere.

Alejandro, you lucky dog.
Gorgeous envelope indeed. Must have used a BBBBBBBBBB nib.
I also love the animal postage stamps and the nicely placed priortiy and airmail stamps.
Thanks for showing.
Jeen

Hi chupie, is this the older version of your picture? And are they both Magritte?

I agree with you, the yellowy one is much better. You can get lost in the trees!

Yes, that's it,and they are both Magritte. The 1926 version was the first that was officially "surrealistic" and why it's often mentioned, but I just love the snowy desolation of the second one.