Very Merry Twitter Secret Santa Art Trade

I am a twitter beginner.  Still fumbling through the concept of tweeting and retweeting and such.  Twitter, in the past, would cause me to shake my head and wonder aloud about the "kids these days...."  However, I am now fascinated with the efficiency of spreading information, and within the world of twitter, I learned of the Secret Santa Art Trade, a twitter gift exchange of original art creations between absolute strangers.

Need I a better excuse to create an absolute mess of gouache, modge podge, pencil shavings, and who knows what else?

So that is precisely what I did.

By the way, can I just mention how much I love gouache?  I don't know how or when or why I ever discovered it, but I could sing its praises all the livelong day.  The only drawback is the lack of a "control Z" option, but mistakes are quite easily corrected and forgotten.

I've dabbled in gouache before, but this truly was my first time creating a final project with the medium, and after many experimentations, I would say my education was quite thorough.  It's expensive paint, so I decided it better to experiment with Reeves student paints.  My bank account feels a lot less guilty, and this brand is pretty fantastic.

At the beginning, I didn't know who I was sending my art to.  So, I unapologetically started a very girly, very ballet concept and just went with it.   Eventually I learned of my random secret match, and I absolutely love the idea that I am sending my painting to someone I don't know.  And that I will be receiving a piece of original art from someone I don't know.  My compliments to the creators, @2dCale and @GenevieveFT.  After the exchange is over and the holiday craziness has calmed down, the artwork will be posted on a tumblr site set up for the event - http://verymerryart.tumblr.com/.

For now, a small little peak at my piece (lest my secret santa happen upon my blog, and see their piece before it is shipped.  unlikely, but you know.)

And with this, I will conclude my second ever blog post.  Stay tuned, I will post the final piece in a couple of weeks and will hopefully by then have something completely new and thrilling to blog about!

Merry, Merry!!!