I know it’s a bit out of character for Homer Simpson to go shopping, but I couldn’t resist adding those bags to his hand for this mail art competition envelope.
I resisted the temptation to put the whole address in calligraphy, as I thought that might make it a little too challenging to read.
I’ve drawn most of the main Simpsons characters, but I realised I’ve never drawn Otto the bus driver…. so he’s the feature on my mail art competition envelope this month.
I thought his old-style headphones and hair would be a challenge to draw, but I think Otto Man is one of the easiest Simpsons characters to do a recognisable drawing of!
“This just in” – the classic words of news anchor Kent Brockman on The Simpsons. I had another attempt at using my watercolour pens to colour the drawing – this came out better than my previous attempt, but it still doesn’t really look fully blended. Maybe I need to use specific watercolour paper instead of a generic envelope!
I tried using watercolour pens for this envelope, but I can’t get them to blend properly. So Tom has to put up with some unusual blue shadows and some darker grey where I’d coloured over one section again.
I haven’t drawn Yogi Bear much, so for this month’s competition envelope, I thought he should be running in with a pic-a-nic basket he’d just liberated from an unsuspecting tourist.
Tigger is looking pretty thoughtful… maybe it’s because the address went over his face! I wrote the address first, then tried to fit the drawing around it, but couldn’t quite make it work without it overlapping.
I couldn’t resist drawing Minnie Mouse this month. She definitely has green fingers when it comes to growing those flowers!
I wanted my envelope to look suitably seasonal this month. So I used a snowflake stencil from Hobbycraft, and some gold & white highlights on the letters.
There’s something about Micky Mouse which makes him really nice to draw, especially when he’s chilled out like this!
Ok, I admit I was watching The Simpsons a lot this month!
