A watercolor that I painted
which was inspired by
some images of ancient Indian
art works shown in my old
Asian Art History textbook.
I combined ideas from
two or three works.
Sharpie extra fine point
black marker outlines the images.
I really like the texture created
by the white gel pen semicircles
in the grass...
A photocopy of the
illustration of the head of a sculpture
depicting a queen.
I colorized the photocopy with
chalk pastels, then stamped
over the pastels with watercolor,
and finally 'fixing' the pastels
with cheap hairspray as a fixative.
The atc is a color copy on cardstock
from the watercolor.(top of this post) The tag is
stamped on scrapbook paper,
and has an Indian proverb
hand-written on the front.
On the back (not shown) I wrote
information about the art I created,
and the art that inspired me.
The back page is covered in cotton fabric,
creating a pocket for both the tag
and the atc. The red pocket is a
satin-backed crepe, for which I used
the wrong side of the fabric -- because
I liked the richness of the shiny side.
Hand embroidery, purchased trim,
and metal embellishment complete
the page.
There was also another page which
was created with a greeting card that
depicted an Indian goddess, but
since I did no altering to the image
and just embellished with some gold
lace and silk flowers, I do not show it here
to avoid copyright infringement.
The rich colors of these pages
were a lot of fun for me,
and following a theme that
someone else has chosen is
a challenge that helps me grow.
