My Eiffel Tower Flower

 

This month is winding down, but I'm still finding time for another Single Flower for Sheila, aka Orange Esmeralda's, theme at Art Journal Journey.

I'm tapping into my inner Orange Esmeralda because I love her style so much.  Mine, I must admit, is a poor imitation, but I'm still proud of it.

I was looking for a way to show the name of the plant without drawing undo attention to it.  I originally left room at the top of the flower for the name, but didn't want it being so obvious and "in your face."  That's when I came up with the idea of creating a tag with the name of the plant and the price tag.  It reads: Eiffel Tower Flower, $46.00.

I had an image of the Eiffel Tower on my craft table.  It was upside down.  That's when I came up with the idea.  I even drew it upside down, but that may have been a mistake, since it was quite an undertaking.

Once again, I pulled out my glitter crayons (Crayola brand) and used them to create the flower, the stem, and the vase.  The crayons are quite hard, and the glitter flakes off the waxy crayons.  However, they worked well as resists against the watercolors I used for my background.

For this page, created on 110 lb cardstock, I began by drawing the stem, which was in the shape of the Eiffel Tower.  It was all freehand, which taxed my drawing skills.  Next came the vase, then the flower.  When they were drawn and most of the excess crayon glitter had been brushed away, I added the yellow watercolor.  As you can see, the yellow watercolor was present anywhere the crayon didn't adhere to the page.  Glitter crayons, no matter how expensive they are, are not the best resists.

I used one of my 1 inch squares I got from my friend Sally for the tag.  I cut the square down and turned it into a tag.  I adhered it using a glue dot because I wanted it to appear to hang on the vase.

Thanks for joining Bleubeard and me today.  We are truly grateful you stopped by.  We would also like to see you at Art Journal Journey where you still have time to create your own Single Flower.  I know Sheila would love to see your art, as would Bleubeard and I.