The Pen Pal Painting Exchange, sponsored by the Brooklyn Art Library, is a way to make art and connect with people around the globe. $25 gets you a 4×4 canvas and a “Hello” card to fill out and pays for the cost of running the program.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

1. Order the kit.

2. Paint/draw/collage/photograph the canvas.

3. Fill out the ‘Hello’ card and return it with the canvas.

4. Receive another participants canvas and info about them.

Pretty cool, right?!  For my piece, I decided to try some to try some of the techniques I learned in an art journal class with @bybun to see how they would work on a canvas.

I was really happy with the way this turned out on canvas and I can’t wait to get the canvas from the pen pal they choose for me!