Illustration Friday - 'Multiple'

ACEO 2.5x3.5, mixed media
(original ink & acrylic illustration on vintage paper mounted on Arches HP)

Nice to be participating in IF this week - it's been awhile. I've been absorbed with my month-long ATC project for February (which you can read about here) and have found that I really like the small format of ATCs and ACEO's.

My little interpretation of 'Multiple' is types of friendships - childhood being the one I chose to depict.

The following list is from Wikipedia regarding types of friendships:

Acquaintance
Romantic friendship
Soulmate
Pen pal
Internet friendship
Comrade
Friends with benefits
Sexualized friendship
Boston marriage
Blood brotherhood
Companionate love
Intimate relationship
Love
Platonic love
Romantic love
Open relationship
Roommate
Spiritual

And a few quotes on friends......

"What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies." -- Aristotle
"The only way to have a friend is to be one." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born." -- Anaïs Nin

Anyhow, here's to friendships, especially the ones I've made online through so many wonderful blogs & creative groups - Cheers!

Inspire Me Thursday - ATCs

Muse Monday is taking a short break from studio renovations - again....but this time I have some fun art to share!

From the Inspire Me Thursday website: "This week, we’re going to revisit Inspire Me Thursday’s very first challenge, ATCs. An ATC, or artist trading card, is a small piece of art measuring 2-1/2″ x 3-1/2″. Other than the size, there really are no other rules — anything goes!"

Okay so I am now officially [re]addicted to ATCs! It's been about 3 years since I created any of these tiny, wonderful, challenging, creative, unpredictable, FUN pieces of art!!! I was first introduced to ATCs through an online handcarved stamp group and joined in on a few amazing swaps - one was a mixed media ATC swap with artists all over the world, I still pour over that one for inspiration!

For these recent ATCs I was inspired by my stamp collection - mostly cancelled ones but I do collect new ones as well. I handpainted, stamped & layered to my hearts desire using Golden translucent paints, acrylic paint, inks, stamps, gel medium, paper bits and dried foliage :)