Saturday, March 3, 2012

POSTCARD CHALLENGE WEEK 9~SWITZERLAND

Week 9 ALREADY? Just seems like we started this challenge -but once again Darcy picked a great country. I thought of several  Swiss  items-cheese, watches,army knives, skiing , beautiful mountains and of coarse the home of banking. None of these stimulated my creativity-so off to the Internet to explore. In the process I came across a fact that Luzern is home to  the oldest covered-bridge of Europe .The Chapel Bridge (Kapelbrucke); which was built in the 1400's and contains several 17th century paintings.A fire in 1993 nearly destroyed the bridge ; but it has been restored for all to enjoy.  I happened to find this amazing poster showing the bridge, mountains. and cityscape-thus this was  my inspiration for this week's  postcard.

FRONT
This was  done using Prismacolor colored pencils (took 4 days)-
Lots of layers of multi colors in each section and lots of blending.

BACK of postcard
Correspondence as follows:
Alexander,
So I finally get to know your first name!Even with this information my memories of
Austria remain lost. The new "healer" I'm working with in Switzerland suggested
I ask you a few questions. Such as when we departed in Austria -
Did you escort me directly to my room?
Did we meet each other again-like the next day?
Any clues will be appreciated-Going home soon maybe with more
familiar surroundings I can recover.
Take care,
Melite 
Notice the background has several stamped images of watches, Swiss flag etc
Book Page

The LION MONUMENT is another famous landmark of Luzern Switzerland.
The etching 'Helvetiorum Fidei AC Virtuti' means "To the loyalty and Bravery of the Swiss"
The carving was done  along a limestone riverbed  to honor of the Swiss soldiers
killed serving the French king Louis XVI,
during the French revolution.

So another week down and 33  43 more to go!
Happy Creating ,
Fotojoy/Joyce

21 comments:

  1. Stunning colours and a beautiful piece of work, well woth the four days ! I love your choice of the lion for your page, perfect! M

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    1. Thank You so much - You know when I started the piece I was ready to throw it in the trash,but I kept working on it and achieved this.

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  2. Well done you on the prismcolors. This looks incredible. The colours really pop. It's a fantastic card, you should be very proud of yourself! Bravo!!!

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    1. Thank You SO Much- This piece was the first time in a long time using the Prismacolors- so I am proud of it.
      Joyce

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  3. What a great drawing beautiful colours.

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    1. Thank you so much- I love it so much I'm framing it instead of putting in my book.

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  4. So Beautiful! Very vibrant colors.

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  5. wow your card is awesome, the shading and blending is great, well worth spending 4 days on it.

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    1. Thank You So Much Darcy! - I decided I need to use my colored pencils more since this turned out so well- I'm trying each week to use a different art medium- only thing left use is acrylics; so...

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  6. Awesome card! I too, have to say the card really is worth all the time you spend on it! ♥
    I made my header in Picasa. It's free and really easy to make! You can make it work too!!! :)

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  7. Aloha Joyce...love the brilliance you got out of those prismacolors...FABulous detail...on the lion monument as well...hope Melite's healer can help with the memory loss.

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  8. Oh My Goodness that bridge is beautiful! The colors are gorgeous. Love the back of your card too!
    Are there really only 33 more cards to go? :( I may have to continue evern after we're done with this challenge!

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    1. Thank You so much for the Kind Words
      OOOPPS I do not know how to count correctly - It's really 43 left to go (I posted these blog at 3 a.m.)

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  9. What a wonderful postcard! And I love the book page. :)

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    1. Thank you- This challenge has really made me experiment with all my supplies- I think Everyone is doing amazing work

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  10. Stunning colour in your postcard. Love it and your page, equally stunning.
    Jen x

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    1. Thank You Jen - I believe this has been my favorite week so far.

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  11. My goodness! Such a beautiful postcard and wonderful colours. I have had a good look to see how you have blended the colours, I am only a beginner myself. Lovely book page with the lion. Wonderful work.

    Janet xx

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  12. Beautiful work! lol wonder how many times I can say beautiful in 1 day...

    wish I could use my pencils as well you & Dede ;-) suppose one must practice practice practice

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    1. Thanks You so Much Jamie!!
      Jamie believe me this was just lucky- I must say using the smooth bristol paper helps imansely - like Dede says you just keep building up the color in many layers- That's why it took me four days to complete it. (well actually evenings since I work full time)

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  13. ha ha ha

    that's why I paint!

    I admire your patience your card is beautiful
    Dx

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