Hand-Painted Postcards

During this grey and drizzly weather and with the onset of Valentine's Day I had an idea to send some of my lovely friends a little card in the post to say 'hello'. I grabbed a couple of these great little watercolour postcard sketchbooks from Cass Art and got out my paints for a bit of fun. You could always use card or watercolour paper cut to A6 size if you can't get hold of the postcard books.

I focussed on using colours I loved and had a play with the paints. The main technique I used was dripping colours down the paper but I also painted washes of colours onto wet paper too. The tie-dye-esque looking postcards I created by wetting the paper first then painting circles of paint and dragging the paintbrush from the centre outwards.

Now, I just need to get my favourite pens out and start writing!!

This post is linked to #handmademonday organised by Julia of Sum of their Stories.