Indian Art Swap Pages

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.