Sweet Squares 002 and 003

Sweet Squares is a project created by Diandra Mae, and inspired by Melissa Sweet, a children's book illustrator and artist. Melissa makes a point of creating art every day just for herself in little 3-inch x 3-inch squares. Find out more about Dee's project here. 

Sweet Square 002 was created using red gouache on Arches 90lb hot press watercolor paper. Then stamped with black ink using miniature alphabet letter stamps. 

(Date created 09.02.12)

Sweet Square 003 was created by stamping miniature letter stamps onto Arches 90lb hot press watercolor paper. I used the Ampersand and the Period stamps. I love the texture that varies with each impression of the stamp.

(Date created 09.03.12)

Sweet Square 001

Playing catch up, but here is my first Sweet Square.  

Sweet Squares is a project created by Diandra Mae, and inspired by Melissa Sweet, a children's book illustrator and artist. Melissa makes a point of creating art every day just for herself in little 3-inch x 3-inch squares. Find out more about Dee's project here. 

Sweet Square 001 was created using distressing ink and a sponge on Arches 90lb hot press watercolor paper. A paper circle was cut and taped to the middle to mask the center. I'm currently working on a nighttime illustration, and have been playing with different effects and textures to create a full moon glow. This was one of those experiments but on a much, much smaller scale. 

(Date created 09.01.12)