A late posting.

Mayumi celebrates summer with this delightful drawing of a geta or Japanese thong shoe. Interestingly there are little pieces of origami paper appliqued to the thong, a very effective technique, thanks Mayumi.

I have been remiss.

The last couple of weeks have been a little busy for me and I have been remiss in not posting the etegami I have received in that time, my apologies to everyone who sent me cards, the first of which came from Liz. Her card is an ode to the morning and it certainly gave me a happy start to the day when I received it, thanks Liz.

The 'other' Carol.

Carol from California has sent me an etegami of a lemon, the message is somewhat cryptic until she explains that the lemon was "liberated" from a neighbours garden.
Now that turn of phrase takes me back, "property is theft", "didn't steal it, only liberated it", ah, the 'sixties!
Carol also notes on the back that this is her 21st etegami....getting better and better!
Thanks Carol.

Many shades of grey...

Hold on now! We are not talking about the latest notorious book out there but the intriguing etegami sent to me by Tatuaki . He has managed to capture the nuances of the subject by using only sumi and in the case of the pepper, the wrinkled desiccated look. It wil not be news to anyone that Tatuaki is a teacher of etegami and his years of experience in the Japanese tradition are plain to see.

The hydrangeas are lovely and I must try that technique of using a pencil for the outlines instead of sumi, it is certainly more immediate.
Thank you Tatuaki san.

A satisfying amount of Blobbiness!

Shay from Hawaii who has been doing an interesting series of etegami depicting a naughty octopus named Ollie, has paused to make this delightful drawing of Hawaiian shirts...Aaah such a satisfying amount of blobbiness!

Thank you Shay.

Fumiko, thank you.

Not only a postcard of the delightful lamp that Fumiko made and then painted but a very handy little etegami tool which I hope she can see I have already used!

Thank you Fumiko.

Chubby Checker eat your heart out.

Wow, I am on a real nostalgia trip with this lot of postcards. The words on this one were the anthem of my early youth.

 Thanks Char!