#twinchies

I'm doing the 100 Day Project this year. My first year. I've done challenges like this before, and they usually either break me or I become so completely focused that I don't have the brain room for other projects. So I decided if I was going to do this, it was going to be as a small, quick warm up activity. I chose twinchies (2" squares).

I made a little spiral bound book and plotted out all the squares on the pages. I decorated the pages a bit with ink and stamps just to banish the white space that can be intimidating.

My first page of 6 squares was completed this morning. Having this as a daily wake up/warm up has actually sorted out my lacking motivation...I'm not procrastinating on the pc every morning, researching, inspo searching or overthinking myself into apathy. I spend maybe 10 minutes on a little square....no second-guessing if it's good enough or if it's "real art"...just doing the thing. And that thing leads to something else. And that creative train keeps going.

I'm also doing 100 days of digital papers...created on my iPad using Procreate, but that's a different share for another day.

It's been too hot to do anything, but it finally cooled down enough to enjoy some time at my craft table.

I did some stamping and watercoloring with Watercolor Confections to make twinchies (2″ x 2″ art, picture on your right) for a Swapbot trade. The picture on the right is the first one. I added Glossy Accents to the window panes to make them look like glass, and added tiny little flower confetti to the flower box to give it depth. I think I’m going to cut down that floral image in the first photo into 2″ x 2″ squares to make more.

This past couple of days I’ve been putting together a swap for my online FB group of artists. This particular swap will focus on each artist creating 4 “Twinchies” and sending those 4 pieces to a partner.

But it got me thinking… does everyone know the differences between “inchie” and “twinchie” and then throw in the “rinchie”? So it got me thinking… I need to come up with a quickie definition for each just to clear up any confusion for my fine artistic friends!

Inchie: A 1” x 1” square piece of artwork. Similar to an Artist Trading Card (ATC), inchies focus on miniature artistic elements such as paint, collage, mixed media, etc. and is a one-of-a-kind unique piece of work. Each “inchie” is usually mounted on a sturdier cardstock or paper board to give it a little more weight than the standard ATC.

Twinchie: Slightly bigger than an “inchie,” a “twinchie” measures 2” x 2” square and is also a one-of-a-kind piece of artwork.

Rinchie: A “rinchie” is a round piece of uniquely created artwork that measures 1” in diameter. Similar to an Artist Trading Coin, the “rinchie” contains layers of collage, art, paint, doodling or any other creative concept you can come up with!

So I hope this little quickie definition guide will help you when you are creating your inchies, twinchies and rinchies. They’re so much fun to do and create a challenge in and of itself because they are on such small little canvases.

If you’re interested in swapping inchies, twinchies or rinchies with me, drop me a line (click here to email me) and we’ll connect!