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#5 (Andytgeezer)/#9 (Elenatgeezer) - Zen pond and Lotus flower, originally uploaded by andytgeezer.

5 days ago, I started this piece, with the intention of making a piece of art with a fat marker pen. As everyone was making fish at the time as part of an unofficial "fish week" initiated by FarStarr I felt an urge to make a fish.

The koi carp made a lot of sense on this card and the result was fairly pleasing to the eye. But I felt something was missing. So I got the glue out and stuck tissue paper around the outline. This was still wet so day 5 was missed, but I did still feel that this piece belonged to day 5. The next day I returned to the piece and splattered 2 tubes of cheap paint all over it. I've never really used paint so didn't really know what I was doing but I just knew I wanted an emerald pond effect. I had no idea it would take so long to dry, so it couldn't go up for days 7 or 8 either.

When Elena saw the end product she too wasn't too happy and wanted to add something, so days 9 and 10 were out too, as she worked on the quilled lotus flower.

So this piece is a joint effort beteeen me and Elena, 2 days late for her, 6 days late for me, but still numbered #5/#9 anyway!

This is Elenas first 3 dimensional piece and she's really pleased with the effect.



This is on it's way to Dumpsterdiversanonymous, who has been a longtime contributor of fine mailart to my REAL wall