Everyone has an artist in them.
Colouring postcards of New Zealand. Colour one tonight, then give it away.
You don't need to be good at this, and you don't need an afternoon. One card, a few pencils, and an evening spent making something instead of scrolling past it. When it is finished you turn it over, write to somebody, and post it. That is the whole idea.
Three steps, and the third one matters most
- Choose the person before you choose the card. Think of one person. Then find the card that fits them. Write their first name on the back in pencil before you start, and the card is theirs.
- Colour it. A card is small enough to finish in one sitting, or two if that is your pace. Nobody who gets one of these looks at the shading. They see that somebody sat down.
- Write four lines on the back, and post it. Say who they are to you, not what they did for you. Stamp it the same day. Do not keep it to show people. It was never yours.
Why finishing is the point
Anything can be bought and couriered the same day, and the person receiving it knows that. An hour of your attention cannot be bought, borrowed or rushed. It is not skill they will be feeling. It is the hours, and the fact that they were given on purpose. When your card arrives, they will know what it cost you, and it was not money.
Nothing changes if nothing changes. Give it one evening and see what comes back in the post.
The Cards
Twenty-four native birds, insects and sea creatures, and twelve drawings for the women who got you here. Packs of six, twelve and twenty-four.
See the drawingsOriginals
Twelve pieces being painted now, one of one, to hang. Ask to see them as they come off the desk.
Prices and what is on the deskCommissions
Choose the subject and the palette. Four to six weeks, and nobody else gets that one.
How it worksA few of them
