ID: Fran's Journal "Art Quotes & Art Critters" 

closed: 5"w x 7"h

Created: June 12, 2008
Modified:
Fran used a heavy CP watercolor paper. I've recently made a mingle page and a Stampede entry using the Dragonfly with the Haiku and thought it would be perfect for Fran's journal. I really loved this design and I hope she will too.

I used Black Full Spectrum cardstock. Created my "D" on Arches 90# HP watercolor paper, sandwiched it with the black and cut out my letter, leaving a white border, from both pieces of cardstock, then taping the white to the black so there is no ridge where the papers join. I outlined the "D" with a black Zig marker, then used Twinkles H2o's and water to really blend the colors and sprinkled some gold powder. The lettering is done with Ecoline Gold and a quill nib.

The Quote page. Same black paper and Twinkles H2o's. Painted several different colors all over the page, wetting the surface so the colors merged. Dried it thoroughly, then embossed it using a Rollagraph "Noodle" stamp and Queen's Gold embossing powder. Cut out strips (triangular shaped), glued it to another piece of black cardstock and wrote my quotes between the lines using the Ecoline Gold.

Haiku: It's jewel-like eyes mirror the distant mountains darting dragonfly

Quotes:
1) You have to systematically create confusion, it sets creativity free. Everything that is contradictory creates life. Salvador Dali
2) Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird? Pablo Picasso
3) My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece. Claude Monet.

I used the same paper as the quote page for my Sign in but cut the paper on a wavy length.