Friday, January 20, 2012

Week three finds the Bookseller in Brazil.  

He writes: Now in Rio! So much to do. Picked up a nice philatelic gem in an antique shop: Napier's Stamps of the First Issue of Brazil, with all 40 plates in rear pocket. Pub. in 1923, #57 of 200 copies. It is in English so I got it at a good price. Will put $750 on it. Got to go. Wish you were here. Love, Hank.



This is an interpretation of a vintage post card. It shows Cristo Redentor, a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; considered the largest Art Deco statue in the world, 2300 ft. above the city . (See Wikipedia.)  I drew it with Sharpies (oh, my, never again) and uploaded it and did more coloring digitally.  That is a propeller plane flying in front of the statue. Below can be seen Sugarloaf Mt.

22 comments:

  1. Great postcard, can't wait to see what happens next!

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  2. no no, you need to do MORE with sharpies!! I love your card! M

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  3. This is a fabulous image, love the booksellers mark up lol :D Don;t know how I missed your postcard for last week? Gorgeous flamenco dancer :D XXX

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  4. From the looks of this card I would say don't give up on the sharpies. Great card

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  5. Great that you tried a new medium even if it didnt work out how you hoped, whatever you did digitally certainly pulls it all together.

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  6. do you now how to erase sharpie? gesso - yep, really

    I love your vintage style card, it reminds me of an image I have of our plane coming into cape town tipping the wing so we could see table mountain... will go add it as an update on my post...

    and your shading of the redentor is fab.
    dx

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  7. and here I thought you just used paper punches, LOL Your sharpie drawing is great. You have many hidden talents!

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  8. Oh, I love it when people try new techniques! It might not be the thing for you, but at least your tried and give your opinion now! :)
    I think your postcard looks wonderful! ♥

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  9. Ooooo clever mix of pen drawing and digi art, love the way you have got the mountains in the background and the plane really does give an amazing sense of perspective, the detail in your writing is brill too xxx

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  10. Experimenting always gives an interesting finish. I love to try new techniques and love to see others try too. Great interpretation of the statue. Caz

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  11. its lovely, sharpies are not for everyone but you seem to have done them justice here, the effects are beautiful and what ever you did digitally seems to be working :)

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  12. Lovely card, love the statue! Sugarloaf mnts - that\s quote a view! Love the mountains and plane - really make the composition.
    And I'm really enjoying the story line and Hank writing home.

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  13. I did not know you had a blog! I went in reverse to read the cards and have realized that I have not published my story details, LOL! Trying SO hard to draw my cards! Hugs, Gina

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  14. I really like the perspective of this postcard, well done.

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  15. Like having the plane in view like that, super postcard.
    Jen x

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  16. Love how you chose a different view. :) Great card!

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  17. I like how you have so much in your postcard. Lots of different images. Great card.

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  18. Great job Miss ROse and who cares if it was started with sharpies - use what you got around you!!!

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  19. Great postcard - love the perspective with the statue in the foreground..Esther xx

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  20. I've always admired that statue. Lovely postcard!

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  21. super work, the statue the plane & the mountains. wonderful

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