I used to write letters. This is how they could look like:
Researching & sketching. The drawing is based on “The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife” (蛸と海女), an erotic woodcut of the ukiyo-e genre by the Japanese artist Hokusai.
A sketch for a letter I once wrote to a friend.
The finished letter
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Very cool, Cardinal. I still do write letters or, more often, send cards with written messages. I like postcards, too, but they’re almost as expensive to send these days as to buy.
janet
I used to send postcards to a couple of friends when I was travelling, but never got any in return. So I stopped.
We were both inspired by Japan for this challenge 😀 Wonderful drawings!
Japan is a fascinating country.
ah yes…. the feeling of receiving a handwritten letter… the smell…the effort put into it…the feelings when you open the envelope…. I miss that..
Me too. It was great to receive letters.
Wonderful drawings….You are an artista!!!
I love writting letters…Actually I stopped it just few years ago…And I always send post cards…I suppose it helps the fact that my parents do not have e mail..:) And that I like having stamps from everywhere in the world! (I have to admit I send postcards to myself also 🙂 ) I think there is nothing better that to sit in a coffee in Venice or Rome, or Paris, or Boston, and dedícate some minutes to your loved ones…
Thanks for the compliment ilargia64! It was nice to sit down to write a postcard, while enjoying a beer, wine or coffee.
Cool! Nice post!
http://psychosomaticallyinlove.wordpress.com/2014/04/25/weekly-photo-challenge-letters/
Awesome!
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I love your drawings CG
Thanks Jo. I haven’t drawn anything for years now.
Well these were amazing…maybe you should really get back in to it.
that’s some serious talent you got there! letter writing is pretty amazing, and an art unto itself even if there’s no picture involved. I treasure anything handwritten, and usually display it for months on my refrigerator. so much more special than email or typed correspondence!
Thanks for the compliment. I used to love writing letters. I think that this particular letter would have been to long for your refrigerator. I agree that it’s much more special than email or typed correspondence. Handwritten letters is in a league of its own.
You are very artistic! I hope you continue to draw and paint. I would love to get a letter like this from someone.
Thank you Angeline. My drawing and painting career has been put on hold for indefinite time.
Good to know you draw too and rather well…. thanks for the inpiration
I don’t actually draw well, but I can copy things. The hard thing is to come up with the original drawing.
A vanished art, letter writing. And a sad loss. Your drawings on the letters make them even more beautiful. I am amazed by the range of your talents, Cardinal.
😀 Thank you very much George!
You are one multi-talented guy! 🙂
Dhanyavad Sayantan-Ji.
It’d be very awesome for me to open a letter like that. That’d be a glee moment.
It’s a cool thing to get. Better than the usual bills and ads.
Interesting! Both the subject (didn’t know there was such an thing! learn something new everyday) and the fact that you draw. So, are the original drawings something the original author drew in a letter to someone?
No, the original is a woodcut of the ukiyo-e genre by the Japanese artist Hokusai.
Herlig!!
Takker Hans!
Excellent work – it’s such a shame that people don’t exchange letters so much anymore (for this reason).
Yes, it’s a shame that people don’t write. Mostly I used to write to women. Now I’m married, so it kind of stopped naturally. I don’t think my wife would like it if I wrote to all these girls all the time…
I use to love to write letters and send cards for all occasions — but seldom received in return. Didn’t matter though until life got so hectic, I gradually decreased until I realized I had stopped. It is a delight to receive even if it is a short handwritten note or postcard. Have a blessed week.
Yes, I agree: it’s a delight to receive. Hope you’ll have a great week too!
I do write letters, but not nearly as interesting as yours were:)
I don’t write anymore, but it was fun while it lasted.
I think you’d need a BIG envelope! Why did you stop? Life and time, getting in the way, or just the inclination? 🙂
Hehe, I sent them in these cardboard tubes, envelopes wouldn’t fit my letters. I used to write different women around the world that I’d met here and there. When I met my wife, it felt natural to stop writing other women 🙂
Wow amazing drawings! I don’t write much any longer. I really can’t hold a pen and write much unfortunately. I even have my xmas cards preprinted although I try to make them myself on my computer. 🙂
It’s a shame that you can’t hold a pen. Do you have some rheumatic disease? (you don’t have to answer if you don’t feel like it).
I have nerve damage in my hand from a car accident. It’s coming from my neck. I usually use voice activation in combination with typing if I have a lot of typing to do. I’m kind of a mess actually…I have severe arthritis and one replaced knee and the other is shortly behind. This after I was an extremely fanatically fit person for years! This is how photography has saved me…literally. It’s given me new life! 😀 Thank you for reminding me of that actually.
Very special letters indeed Cardinal and what a thrill to be on the receiving end of such creative thoughtfulness.
It’s a thrill for sure. As a result of my letter writing I also received some creative letters.
Very creative interpretation of this week’s theme. Sometimes the most meaningful messages from letters and words come in the most abstract of forms. I used to write letters. Don’t do that anymore but I still do the occasional postcard 🙂
Yes, I still do the occasional postcard when I’m travelling.