POST CARD CHALLENGE WEEK 6 ~BELGIUM

Week 6 and another great country to visit on this great art adventure!!This week I decided to try a not so frequently used item in my art room  -markers! Belgium has so much to offer to use as a topic for my card such as Belgium Waffles, chocolates, Belgium lace, beer, horses etc. Then to even  make the dilemma more  difficult, I had so many great cities  to visit...So after much debating I decided to do my interpretation of the Tapis de Fleurs. This is the most amazing floral carpet design I have ever seem (maybe one day I can see it in person). The premise behind the "Floral Carpets" was that 2 alderman of Brussels had seen a floral carpet in Audenaarder and decided a floral carpet should be made at the Grand Palace. The world renown landscape architect E. Stautemans designed the first carpet in 1971 , and now the carpets are made  every 2 years in August. (P.S. Stautemans actually made a floral carpet in my home state of Ohio; for Columbus when they sponsored a huge Rose/Flower celebration several years ago) I have attached a link to the website showing the Gorgeous displays.
http://www.flowercarpet.be/site/main.php?lg=en&otm=19&mtm=20&hst=_04_16&pg=113

                                                    
FRONT OF CARD:

This "carpet" was made using some old parts of previous carpets  and adding new elements.I started out by making my outline in Pitt pen and colored it in with several colors of Faber-Castell fine brush markers.The center symbol is St. Michael which is part of the Brussell flag and is a treasured icon of their city.

Back of Card

Correspondence as follows: Melite,
                                                 Well since I have not head from you recently, I hope this means you are still undergoing treatment in China, I'm now in Brussells, Belgium attending to business, Seeking a new venture~What do you think about chocolates or lace?  Anyways his year's Tapis de Fleurs is Amazing-the sweet smell of the begonias permeates the Grand Palace Square. Just wish you were with me to enjoy it.
                                             Hope to hear from you soon, Alex

PAGES IN BOOK

                                                  Book with Postcard in place

                                 View of page with postcard open- Didn't do a lot with the page because
                                             I wanted the  Belgium lace to be premier part of page(journaling   to follow)
                                              The yellow flower is the symbol of Brussells. I took a piece of lace and
                                             sprayed Lyndy's spray through it to achieve the background -
                                              The photo is of the Grand Palace, where the carpets of flowers are displayed.

HAPPY CREATING!

Fotojoy/Joyce