Originally Handcrafted by O'Rourke Hancock

Friday, April 1, 2016

My own biggest collector...

Princess Me ATC 2016

I may have mentioned this in my blog sometime ago but I'll mention it again since I'm rather irregular when it comes to maintaining this site, I'm my own biggest collector. It frustrates me that I have no collectors but I'll be brief on my current ventures.

After a few short years of working at McDonald's, I resigned to take care of my kids while my husband trained for his new position and we tried to sell our house. After just over six months, we have an accepted offer and our waiting on the buyers final financial commitment. Meanwhile, we found a house closer to where my husband works and the sellers have accepted our offer. Here's the tricky part. Life doesn't always follow along smoothly so instead, we are closing on our house in 25 days but can't close on our new house until June 1st. Don't worry though. We have a place that we will rent for the month or so in between.

Plywood cow for June Dairy Days

So that helps to explain most of my absence but not all. I entered a couple of call to artist and helped out family with another cow pictured on the (not the Fiberglas cows thankfully). I still create numerous artist trading cards (ATC) and have a stack of 280 or more thus the reason for my blog title. The small format is convenient for me and sometimes my kids are interested in working with me. Small works of art is pretty popular all over the art world and not just the 4x6 format. I have done some research on inchies and twinchies (http://www.inchiearts.com/). The research can consume whatever time I have left over in a day.

Greenville, North Carolina Call to Artist Submission

So please enjoy my latest creations. I used acrylic paint on the plywood cow, collage on the art submission I posted, and paint chips for the opening ATC. Below is another ATC achievement done in permanent and felt tip markers. Always find a way to do what you love.

Butterfly ATC 2016

~Just Julie

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Mermaids

So I created a digital document for my mermaids. These are again meant to be colored, Zentangled, or collaged like my Santa template. I reserve all copyrights to my images. If you like what you see, please don't hesitate to purchase for your personal use.

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Monday, May 11, 2015

Sellz trial...

Recently, someone asked me through my eBay account if they could use my Santa images for something since they couldn't draw a lick. He or she was looking specifically for black folk art and couldn't find any.

I am as white as a sheet of paper but feel that skin tones must work for the folk art pieces I create and this interested party found one of my black Santas. I responded after thinking about it and resolved that I wanted to keep the piece of art in tact as art. Mass production would cheapen it and I fear losing my copyright to it. But it did give me an idea.

I do have an Etsy account and remember how many people actually used it to sell digital downloads. I will not be using Etsy as my selling platform right now because of my extremely tight budget. So I have done my research and am trying out Sellz. I will be using this on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and here. This is my very first image and my trial run. Please enjoy and come back frequently for updates as I try to post something at least twice a month.

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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Rock the art...

Pop music has often been a muse for artists and I'm no exception. When I can't think of something to draw, I think of a song I like or listen to music. The following is more about the title of the songs than the music themselves. Pretty Purple Top Hat is indie music and very unfamiliar with me but I liked the title. Red, Red Wine and Blue Suede Shoes often get stuck in my head. The purpose of the mixed media art that follows was more to keep me making things.

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