A Mad Tea Party

Pass the scones, would you please?

A Mad Tea Party - Mad Hatter, 8 of 9

Postcard created in Photoshop and printed on cardstock. The ‘last’ of this Alice related postcard series (there is one more, but it is on hold).

Recovery is going well; my right hand is getting stronger and less awkward, and I hope to at least start doodling this weekend!

A Mad Tea Party - Walrus, 7 of 9

Postcard created in Photoshop and printed on cardstock. The Walrus is not from Alice in Wonderland but he’s part of a poem in Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There…and he’s oh-so-cute.

My surgery went well – my right hand is very sore and is unusable but I’m SO glad to have that blasted cyst out. I now have the greatest hubby-nurse ever.

A Mad Tea Party - Carpenter, 6 of 9

Postcard created in Photoshop and printed on cardstock. The Carpenter is not from Alice in Wonderland but he’s part of a poem in Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There.

A Mad Tea Party - Caterpillar, 5 of 9

Postcard created in Photoshop and printed on cardstock.

My first sketch was of a person-sized caterpillar, then that turned into a regular caterpillar with a mini hookah, and finally I decided on a large-ish caterpillar with a small-ish hookah. The person-sized caterpillar stood out just too much.

I will post the remaining Medieval Animal Alphabet pieces and the rest of the Mad Tea Party – but then I shall take a break (but for a good reason!). I will be having some minor surgery on my wrist in a few weeks and will…sniff…not be drawing for a little while (and designing and sewing and sculpting and Tai Chi and gaming and fencing and blah blah blah). Fear not, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine. 

A Mad Tea Party - Gryphon, 4 of 9

Postcard created in Photoshop and printed on cardstock.

He’s a pretty good dancer when it comes to Lobster-Quadrille, but he’ll surprise you when he starts to boogie to Britney Spears.

A Mad Tea Party - White Rabbit, 3 of 9

Postcard created in Photoshop and printed on cardstock.

The poor guy. Running late, needs his gloves and fan, and a girl suddenly blows up in his house!

A Mad Tea Party - Queen of Hearts, 2 of 9

Postcard created in Photoshop and printed on cardstock.

She made some tarts.

A Mad Tea Party - Alice, 1 of 9

The first in a series of postcards made for some theatrical friends, based on the characters in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, by Lewis Carroll. I looked at illustrations by Sir John Tenniel and Victorian photographs for inspiration (and you may find my reference to my Alice here). Callooh! Callay!