Artist Trading Cards - Stained Glass Art

When I was a teenager I used to sit and doodle for hours.  I also liked to do art that looked like stained glass.  Some day I will find my composition notebook where I created decorative alphabets and doodled.  But, for now I have to satisfy myself with trying to remember how I did these things and see if I can reproduce them.

Any one of the following designs I would choose to have as a stained glass window.  Well, maybe not the walking man, but he did turn out rather cool.  Maybe that one for an elementary school gym!  I would love to actually learn how to do stained glass and maybe some day I will.

I used a Micron 02 pen and permanent markers to hand draw and color the following artist trading cards (ATCs).  I am also thinking about starting a swap over at ATCs for All titled "Stained Glass".

Stained Glass - Butterfly

Stained Glass - Dolphin

Stained Glass - Flowers & Circles

Stained Glass - Moon & Sun

Stained Glass - Walking Man

Drawing versus Collaging!

So, I have been really busy with life and was making collaged ATCs.  Then, one day, I decided to "draw" some ATCs and found out that I get a better response for my ATCs when they are hand drawn.  The following cards are what I drew and the Mermaid traded right as soon as I posted it.

By the Dock!

I really like how the "By the Dock!" turned out and that it actually ended up looking like a dock.  I did a pencil drawing and then colored it in with permanent markers and a silver gel pen for the "nails" in the dock.

Mermaid

The mermaid is the one that traded right away and I was really happy with how she turned out.  I did a pencil drawing and then colored it in with permanent markers and glitter gel pens for a totally cool effect on the shells, hair, and tail.

I love to collage as well as draw, so I am astounded that people do not think of collaging as art.  It takes me a lot of effort to collage as well as drawing and I really like to do both.