WEEK 47 PC Challenge~JAMAICA

Yep I did IT! I stayed on track this week and even posted the post card challenge on a Friday!

The delightful country we visited this week  was Jamaica - The land of rum, Margaritaville, dreadlocks, bobsled teams , beautiful turquoise water, amazing beaches, and Yes something called Reggae.
 But not all of Jamaica is beautiful, it is a very  poor&  improvised country. BUT a PROUD Country; and  do they love to have a good time, by partying late into the morning with lots of food and  wonderful music. Majority of their income is based on tourist flocking to the beaches.

Picking a subject for my card wasn't so easy, (because I kept thinking of so many things to use); so I just did a bunch of   uniquely Jamaican  things on my page. 


FRONT of CARD

FIRST of All -I must Confess I LOVE BUTTERFLIES!

So when I kept seeing

 this  butterfly on Jamaican souvenir  clothing -

I knew I had to use that theme for my card.

First of sprayed 3 colors of Dylusional Spray on watercolor paper.

Then I drew the outline of the butterfly & outlined  it in Pitt marker.

To get  the coloring of  the Jamaica flag more pronounced ,

I painted certain areas with more Dylusional Spray;

directly from the bottle with a paint brush.

 

 

BACK of CARD

 

Correspondence :

 

"My Loving Alexander,

Since we last meet in Monaco,

I went to Jamaica to soak up some sun before heading

home to Greece. I miss You so much; but knowing "WE"

will be together once Reuben & Pierre are

punished for their crimes, brings me much PEACE!

You know the locals in Jamaica really know how

to relax and party. I bought you a dreadlocks hat-

Can't wait to see you in it-

Do you think we can spend Christmas together?

Love,

Melite"

 

 

PAGE in BOOK

 

Process of the page:

First I had to figure out where to place PC on page.(top)

Next I drew the Country name, divided it out

 to represent the Jamaica flag and colored with Pitt markers.

I drew the frog next-(remembered seeing one on-line

wearing a Beret with dreadlocks) and he was colored with Pitt markers.

Colored the background with 3 shades of yellow & green

PanPastelles. Stenciled geometric shapes with orange pastelle.

Found the image of Bob Marley and palm trees  online-

The last image is a DOCTOR BIRD-  the national bird.

He was drawn and painted with twinkling H2O's-

such a gorgeous iridescent bird so he really

is very iridescent & shiny (pic bad).

 

 COMPLETED PAGE

 

 

 

Well this week, it felt SO GOOD to stay on track

and get some colorful art work done. Gonna work on finishing a few of missed

postcards yet this weekend so Check back!

 

HAPPY CREATING !

 

Fotojoy/Joyce