u/ishapintura

Hi, September is my first month for my mail club! I’m so excited for the back-end work to be done. It took me almost 3 weeks to paint and another week to trial and error the printing side but seeing a letter wrapped up makes it sooo worth while! Now, it seems like the hard part is waiting for subscribers 😅 it feels like I’m posting to the void on IG.

Anyways, I’m re-thinking whether to sign the letter or the prints instead. I see most mail clubs sign the letter though, it feels redundant when I close the letter with my name on it. As a watercolor artist, I’m used to signing my painting. The question is, the Print Deluxe Tier receives both the 5x7 art print and the postcard, do I sign both? But then, that’s gonna be a lot of signing in the future 😅

As a mail club subscriber, which one would you prefer to be signed?

If you have a mail club, do you sign yours and which one?

I recently painted a banana foster pancake on my sketchbook and I really enjoyed painting the sauce and got inspired to do a food series 😊 I’ve just been painting individual ACEO before but this time around, I batch-created 8 at once. It was def a process! I learned that 8 was a bit too much for me and will keep it to 4 or 6 next time 😂

You can check them out here: https://www.ebay.com/usr/ishapintura

These were fun to make! Inspired by the photos I took when the northern lights showed up in NY two years ago. Instead of trees like in my photo, I added mountains and interestingly enough, the part where I put the tape kinda looks like water.

I listed them on ebay 😊 https://www.ebay.com/usr/ishapintura

Hi!!! I tried binding my own sketchbook and wowww! Its such a long process, just cutting paper took me 2 hours 😅

For the blue one, I did a coptic stitch and the uncovered one I used both coptic and french linking stitch. I def need more practice since my stitches aren’t as pretty. That’s why I covered the first sketchbook.

Is there another stitch that lays flat but you don’t see much thread in the inside? Like for the coptic stitch, I’m not a fan of a long line of stitches on the page.

Also, I just got a book binding kit and it came with the thread but I don’t know what thickness it is. I do want a slightly thinner thread if possible, what size would I search when buying next?

Also, gluing the book cover is such a messy process 😅 I wonder if using a double sided tape for fabric would work for next time?

Thanks! And any tips are appreciated. I actually enjoyed the stitching process 😊

Hi! I made my first ever ACEOs. I started with a bird series. You can check them out here: https://www.ebay.com/usr/ishapintura

They did take me a while to make but I learned with each painting and it was fun!

The 5 birds are now up for 5 days and I’ll list the mountain and matcha next week 🙏

Feel free to share which of the birds you like the best 😊