Sun theme to Janet

I love this idea of mine! The tricky part is having yellow ink, as I'm always afraid of using gouache, etc. But since it's only going across town, I figure it'd be ok (plus, I use her address for the return).

The yellow "ball" of the sun was done with chalk pastels.

It was also a bit hard finding a stamp to match, so I went with a contrasting color.

Here it is with the matching insert!

Close ups.

Was happy with how my italic turned out.

And here is another piece, just to show how my mind works:

I saw the magazine ad below and got the idea to try and duplicate. (It's a beach ball for the sun, and sunscreen for the white rays.)

I first did the white rays with puff paint, then when dry, added the blue sky w/c background.

Then, added the sun lettering ("You are my sunshine"). Now I want to redo and have words for the rays instead.

Kind of reminds me of when I did this other sun piece for a IG lettering challenge:

various inks and lettering styles, 2019