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Illustration Friday - Journey

4/17/2011

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The butterflies journey meanders here and there, blown by the wind, stopping at all the flowers.  I could learn something from butterflies.  No straight lines for them!
This is done on National Geographic paper altered with Citra-Solv.  As soon as I saw the word "Journey" I thought of this page because, as you can see, the word journey is spelled backwards on the page through the random magic of Citra-Solv!
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Indira
4/17/2011 11:41:08 am

Stunning! How did you get the colors so bright?

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Nikkie link
4/17/2011 03:11:48 pm

Ooo...Pretty! I was wondering the same thing as Indira!
I started my Journey piece, but left it at school so I couldn't finish it till tomorrow. It features Citra Solv too!

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Sandy Sue link
4/17/2011 04:02:43 pm

This is absolutely gorgeous. The textures and the colors...oh, yeah.

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Gina Hief link
4/17/2011 05:37:36 pm

just lovely! I butterflies just pop off of the page :)

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bjorgnin link
4/18/2011 02:57:00 am

Heisann!
Superb ;:OD)
This journey is marvellous. Happy Easter to you !

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Lisa link
4/18/2011 07:21:12 am

Hey Laurel,
I love how you contrasted the bright, matte oranges and reds against the textured, "bubbly" background!

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Laurel Martin of CranberryCloud
4/18/2011 08:29:30 am

Thanks for all the great comments! Indira and Nikkie, there was no special technique for getting the butterfly to pop. It just looks bright against the duller background. It was simple cut and glue...the old fashioned way: )

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artsnark link
4/18/2011 01:40:28 pm

fantastic contrast & composition

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