This is the companion piece to the previous work posted, Heart is Home. It was created in much the same way: It is a collage done on Strathmore 500 bristol board, using an engraved illustrations from an old anatomy book. I also incorporated a playing card and a scrap of antique marbled paper. The frame around the heart the embossed and perforated edge from a very old holy card. The media used includes liquid acrylic inks, Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils, Prismacolor watercolor pencils, and metallic acrylic inks. The image is 5″ by 5″ square.

I have really become a fan of the Inktense watercolor pencils. The pigmentation is very highly concentrated, more so than any of the other watercolor pencils I have tried. If you enjoy working with watercolor pencils you should give them a try and let me know what you think.

Tags: collage, Derwent Inktense, heart, magical alphabet, nine, number nine, Prismacolor, watercolor pencils
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This is the most recent image in the Alchemy Notebook Project, created in my Moleskine pocket sketchbook.  I used liquid acrylic inks, Prismacolor watercolor pencils, Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils, and metallic acrylic paints.  The page measures 3.5 by 5.5 inches.  It was created as a symbolic portrait of someone very close to my heart.

Tags: alchemy, cipher, code, Libra, magical alphabet, Moleskine, Ouroboros, serpent, snake, transmutation, Venus
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