Holiday Card 2007
This year for our holiday cards I made a sketch of my favorite fountain all decked out for the holidays. Arlington Fountain sits in the center of the Marin traffic circle, here in Berkeley, and is a reproduction of the fountain that stood there from 1911 through the 1950’s.
The sketch seemed a bit stark to me though (maybe needs a bit of background?), so decided to try an extremely cropped version of it for some of the cards. I like the result! I had the cards made at Shutterfly, who did a fine job just like they did on my cards last year and on my foodie note cards.
Happy Holidays Everyone!
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January 4th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Congratulations! What a wonderful way to me acknowledged for your sketching! … And Happy New Year …
January 1st, 2008 at 9:43 am
Martha! Congrats on the award! I enjoy your blog so much very much. I am going to bring my sketchbook to the BBGBC Saturday to show you my progress-inspired by you! Can’t wait to see how you sketch the year of 08…Lisa
December 29th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
Charming sketches, Martha! May 2008 be wonderful for you!
December 28th, 2007 at 11:18 am
I love the tightly cropped version. Sounds like you had a grand time in vegas. Happy New Year!
December 28th, 2007 at 9:37 am
Beautiful illustration of one of my favorite fountains in the Bay Area.
I like the way you cropped it for a greeting card. Happy New Years! Hopefully we are graced with sunshine for Sketchcrawl # 17.
December 26th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
Merry Christmas! My preference, the uncropped photo. But both look great! I look forward to each new e-mail from you.
Kirk Whiteside
December 26th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
It’s a wonderful rendering, and it’s so interesting that you decided to crop/zoom-in on one particular segment of the painting for the actual card!
I hope you are having a wonderful holiday season; thanks for brightening it even more with your wonderful sketch.
Looking forward to more in 2008!
Steve
http://liquidchroma.blogspot.com/
December 26th, 2007 at 2:40 pm
Really nice idea. Thanks. Both last year’s card and this year’s are really lovely.
December 26th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
Martha.
Your Blog was a great gift last year. I eagerly await all the issues of 2008.
Thanks, so much.
Barbara Stecher
December 25th, 2007 at 9:42 pm
I adore that fountain and you’ve captured it beautifully. Where did you find a spot to sketch it from?
December 25th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
Happy Holidays! I’m looking forward to another year of your excellent sketchblog.
December 25th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
That’s such a unique, charming, and festive sketch. Merry Christmas!
December 25th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
Very nice, light, and festive. Hope you had a Merry Christmas.