Sunflower Art Trading Cards with Positive Life Quotations

Life has been busy, and today I took a little time to paint small aceo art trading cards in watercolor for one Facebook group where I participate and will need to paint 4x6 postcard paintings for another FB group.  I measured off nine cards to a page of 8x10 watercolor board and decided I would paint one composition and then cut the one painting apart into art card sizes.

The sunflower still life was painted but the background needed something more. I recently had been posting positive quotations on my Facebook page and decided to use some of those quotes on the background for each of the nine art cards.

The quotes made a nice backdrop for the watercolor and ink sunflower sketch.

Now to cut the cards apart and put them in the mail.

This painting is not available for sale.

As a child, I was reprimanded for daydreaming. Today my daydreams morph into paintings.  V. Bridges Hoyt — painting the sauce of Texas™. 

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Little Art Cards make Good Gifts

Sometimes you want to give something hand made to a friend.

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That "something" can be as simple as a hand-painted watercolor on a baseball card sized piece of watercolor paper.

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The size of a baseball card and an ACEO painting is 2-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches. ACEO stands for Art Card Editions and Originals. Art cards can be collected in the vinyl baseball card sleeves and placed in a binder.

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The art card originals I chose to paint for four of my painting friends are sunflower sketches.

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The four ACEO paintings above were inspired by my neighbor's giant sunflower plants. They were painted from memory in a simple style to create a small hand-made gift.

An alternate way to collect art cards is to search for ACEO on eBay.

As a child, I was reprimanded for daydreaming. Today my daydreams morph into paintings. 
V. Bridges Hoyt - Painting the sauce of Texas
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Art Cards, Editions and Originals

Use wisely what you have been given and you will be given more.  MATTHEW 25:29

Halloween is upon us! Zombies attempt to outnumber ghosts and goblins. The air is cooler in southeast Texas but ragweed allergies prevail until Jack Frost makes a first visit. Late October ushers in Autumn. Thanksgiving and Christmas follow all too soon—then the New Year 2014. Time travels faster and faster with each passing year in my life ... and yours. 

ACEO Collection #1
copyright Vernita Bridges Hoyt 2013

For this holiday season, I offer mini-prints of art sold in past years. These small Art Cards, Editions and Originals (ACEO), are perfect Christmas stocking stuffers, affordable and fun! The trend of collecting art cards continues across the USA and worldwide.

As of today, I have three art cards listed at eBay auction at a low-low price and an even lower start bid if you prefer to take a chance and save $. My auction items can always be found at the top right sidebar of the blog, but for those of you who subscribe to my blog eLetter, here is the auction link. More art card items to be added daily. 

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Vernita



As a child, I was reprimanded for daydreaming. Today my daydreams morph into paintings.

V. Bridges Hoyt — painting the sauce of Texas™.  View my Texas Impressionist Oil Paintings. Subscribe to my blog letter in the top sidebar at Texas Sauce Art Life, and while there check out my Etsy shop listings in the sidebar.