If someone sends you a gorgeous invitation to an even more gorgeous wedding in the Loire Vallee at a wine chateau, do you think you should paint on the envelope?
Say the entire invitation is on FAB French watercolor paper?
Could you resist?
Particularly if you can't attend the wedding (this weekend) as you're off to a watercolor workshop in Maine with your guru, David Dewey. I'm kind of partial to my painted version of this invite - what do YOU think?
Granted the bride, D. wouldn't have been too thrilled with sketches of David McCullough inside her wedding invite.
I did do some artwork for D. of the church she's getting hitched in.
Not nearly as much fun as my version - her RSVP note.
So why all this crazy splashing of paint hither and thither on fancy wedding invitations?
Over the holiday I ordered these terrific giant Windsor and Newton watercolor pans. If you want to get some, I rec Jerry's Artarama for speedy delivery - they're not that pricy considering the quantity of paint (2 1/2" and 13x more paint than your average half pan).
My cousin Bill of Postcards From Philly sent me this terrific foldup water container that does NOT spill over easily made by Princeton Art and Brush Co. If you paint on the floor as I do, regular glass jars just beg to be toppled over = quelle disastre! If you'd like your wedding invites painted madly let me know.
BONJOUR Painted Wedding Invitations!
BONJOUR Painted Wedding Invitations!