Hey Tombow Friends! This is Jennie with an idea to turn your photos into a vintage inspired postcard!
Supplies:
Step One: Print the photo.
Use a photo editing software to turn your photo black and white. Try to make it light so the colors can be noticeable. It’s easier to work on manmade items than natural landscapes. This is a mix!
Step Two: Color the photo!
To color this photo, I used the Tombow Dual Brush Pens Landscape Pack. Start with the sky. Scribble with the Tombow Dual Brush Pens on the Tombow Blending Palette. Add a drop of water and pick up color. You can’t remove color or make the paper lighter, so it’s better to start light and build it up the colors. 
Use a big brush to cover the sky evenly. The paper doesn’t absorb water like watercolor paper does. You will need to have a paper towel around to keep your brush damp, but not dripping wet.
You can use a Tombow Water Brush from the Tombow Watercolor Set, but don’t squeeze the brush on top of the paper.
I needed a brown more reddish than the one in the Tombow Dual Brush Pens Landscape Pack. I used the 947-Burnt Sienna.
Black and white photos will take care of the shading, but if you want to add a bit more you can use a very watered down gray.
Mix white paint with water to create the clouds. Once you are done, this blending palette is really easy to clean. Just use a damp paper towel.
Step Three: Write your destination.
There is no way to hide a mistake on photo paper, so I will write the destination on paper before I write on the postcard. To write it I’ll use the Tombow MONO Drawing Pen 05.
I used the Tombow MONO Removable Adhesive to hold the paper behind the photo while I used a light box to trace the destination with the Tombow MONO Drawing Pens.
Let’s try the Pop Art version! We are going to follow the same steps using the Tombow Dual Brush Pens Tropical Set.
Step Four: Outline your art!
Using the Tombow MONO Drawing Pens outline the most important and noticeable parts of your photo.
It’s really to easy to make these postcards!
Which one do you prefer, the traditional or pop art postcard?
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. If you give this postcard idea a try, share it with us using the hashtag #tombowusa.