ATCs have always been dear to my heart. From the 1990s when many ATCs were created on 3″ x 5″ cards, to the 2.5″ x 3.5″ size that became more standard, to the smaller variations that have emerged: ATCs are fun, fast art.
Recently, I purchased a new rapidograph, also called a “rapido sketch pen.” It’s an easier way to create the kind of drawings I did as a teenager, when I used a crow quill pen and an ink well.
My new pen has a Size 0 (zero) point, and it’s a vast improvement over rapidographs from even 10 years ago.
Anyway, to get used to my new pen, I decided to sketch a few ATCs. My first is shown at right. (Right-click on the image to download your own copy.) It’s a contour drawing of my silvery umbrella… the one I take with me when I go outside to paint landscapes in nature.
Like all of my recent ATCs, the original of this card is 2.5″ x 3.5″ and — by right-clicking on the image, above, and saving it to your hard drive — you can print a full-sized copy (at 150 dpi).
This is the first of six ATCs I’ll be posting over the next few days, showing my progress with my new drawing pen.
The signature (ais/em 2010) on these ATCs is sort of a segue between my online name of Aisling and Eibhlin (“Eileen”), the (real) name I paint under.
