Winsor & Newton watercolour postcard exhibition

Winsor & Newton are doing a Postcard Art Mail fundraiser!!

So we bought a new watercolour paint from their website and they sent us a free poscard pack....

There's going to be thousands of artists worldwide painting an Art Mail postcard which will all go on an online gallery.  Some of them will be in a big expedition in London and New York!!  After that, they'll all be sold to raise money for Hospital Rooms, who bring therapeutic environments for mental health wards in the UK

The top postcard in the postcard pad is the official "entry" which has a unique code on it and also prepaid postage.  Paint on the other side, register it (with the code) on the Winsor & Newton website and then mail it off.  The other 15 cards we get to keep/use to mail to friends!

So...... what shall we paint?!

We chose an oyster shell, a piece of pottery and a piece of seaglass....

Added a bit more (although using indigo blue instead of oriental blue would've been more accurate!)

Then started putting the shadows in....

And some more shadows

And the final shadows!!!

And we even jazzed up the other side in true mail art fashion!!

We registered our card online and then had a walk and posted it off!