Every month we, at the Smeared and Smudged Forum have a members blog hop.
Each designer along the way is featuring a themed project, be sure to visit all the stops and leave a comment .
This month the theme is:
Poe-Etic
We're celebrating the great Edgar Allan Poe this month.
We have to create something using one of his poems!
Oh my, I could not make up my mind, then finally decided to create using El Dorado as inspiration:
El Dorado
Gaily bedight,
A gallant night
In sunshine and in shadow,
Had journeyed long,
Singing a song,
In search of El Dorado.
But he grew old --
This knight so bold --
And -- o'er his heart a shadow
Fell as he found
No spot of ground
That looked like El Dorado.
And, as his strength
Failed him at length,
He met a pilgrim shadow --
"Shadow," said he,
"Where can it be --
This land of El Dorado?"
"Over the Mountains
Of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,"
The shade replied --
"If you seek for El Dorado."
Here is my creation:
Created a base for my work using pages of an old book, Mod Podge and some gesso. Added some color with distress inks ( Broken China, Barn Door).
I then distress a piece of tissue paper (Barn Door and Mustard Seed) and printed the El Dorado Map. Used Mod Podge to adhere to canvas. Added some details using Punchinella and Acrylic paints ( Red, Black and Gold).
The image is from Smeared Ink and it's called Masked - As Death, love the gold mask.
Added a golden (dorado) skull die cut to mark the El Dorado location on map.
Your next stop is Jane.
Here is the line up in case you get lost:
Blog Roll:
Terra
Tori
Susan S.
Lady Brayton
Black Dragon
Julia *** You are HERE
Jane
Windy
Kristy
Lisa
Shell
Candace
Wendy
Joyce
Monique
Madelein Bouquet
Ike
Vee Cassidy
Sandy
Little Black Kitten
Fiona ***The End
Tori
Susan S.
Lady Brayton
Black Dragon
Julia *** You are HERE
Jane
Windy
Kristy
Lisa
Shell
Candace
Wendy
Joyce
Monique
Madelein Bouquet
Ike
Vee Cassidy
Sandy
Little Black Kitten
Fiona ***The End
I would like to enter his project in the following challenges:
Thanks!
Love
Julia
34 comments:
Julia your canvas is fantastic. I love how you used so many collage elements and made it all work into a terrific piece. The masked skeleton dressed in red gives it a pop of color...great embellies!
~wendy
Beautifully done! I love it!
Very nice work
Fabulous canvas the is so much to see. Very beautiful
Wonderful canvas! I really like your piece.:)
A beautiful canvas, Julia and a great interpretation of the poem. Vee xx
Beautiful canvas.....FAB!
Stunning - this is a work of pure art. Love the colouring on the masked death guy :-) xxx
beautiful! great colouring and colours you have used! xx
Wow julia..Love your piece..it is really so marvelous thank you for your gift today i love it.
hugs,
susan s.
wonderful art..marvelous and captivating.thank you for great inspiration.
susan s.
Awesome piece of art love it
Hugs xxx
Oh my, I'm kinda speechless! It's utterly creative the way you used that images, I would never had thought to pair it with this poem. Love the texture of the tissue paper and the coloring, the whole piece is fantastic!!
Love all your details and all the techniques you put into your canvas. Just beautiful!
what a fab canvas...so many details and i love the colours you have used
thanks for joining us at MIM and good luck
tracey x
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Amazing canvas Julia, love the use of techniques - very creative!
Thanks for using something metal on your creation for us at Allsorts this week and good luck!
Hugs Nicola xxx
Oh wow this is awesome, lots of work into this! So beautiful!
I always love when you play and hop with us, Julia! You are one very talented lady! I love the colors you have used and the collage pieces and textures blend so well together to make one brilliant cohesive piece! You rocked this one!
Julia, I love this. the color combo with that wicked red. You are talented girl! xxlisa
Love your mixed media canvas Julia. Great interpretation of Poe's poem. :D TFS!
Hugs,
Lisa
Julia this canvas is amazing! I love the combination of colours. I really admire your creativity.
Hugs Sheryl xx
Very creative, love the techniques you used... wonderful having you participate in the Creative Inspirations Paint challenge..
Hi Julia just popped over from MIM this is stunning, what a great creation.
Hugs Julie x
Beautiful Work! The Simon Says Stamp & Show design team thanks you for participating in this week's challenge! - Ashli
Hi Julia, I saw your card on MIM but you also left messages on my cards. OH my and I glad I saw this. I love this kind of work but dont know how to make it work. Great Great card, image and love Edgar Poe, In high school I did a write up on him. Interesting man. Great work by you. I will follow this blog hop cant wait to see what everyone else did.
Hi Julia! Oh my, your project is fantastic!! Love how you got the inspiration from Poe! Love the map and the golden skull!! Beautiful details! Saw your card from MiM and my blogg. :)
Hugs Sandra
Wow, this is great. I saw it on MIM.
Oh wow what a differenc in style from your MIM#165 entry! This is really quite stunning (and a little scary!). Love to see your different styles.
Hi, Julia! Found this at MIM! It is fabulous! I like that your work here is so different from your "other side!" Saw this at MIM!
Hugz,
Chana
Very creative and a very different from your other blog. I saw you on MIM.
Hugs
Cathy
xxxxx
hi julia,no words to say,loved your work,good luck on MIM.
thanks
kavitha
www.snapkavi.blogspot.com
I have not read this poem in years and it is great to your inspiration from it! This is just great and it looks like you used that ribbon stuff with the holes in it and to great effect. The whole thing! Love it! Saw this on MIM too
Oh Wow Julia, love all the inky creativeness on your canvas, fab piece of work. Popped over from MIM. Carolxx
This is fabulous. Full of great details. Thanks for joining The Crazy Challenge.
Hugs Berit
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