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FAN OUT! ATC Cards that Open and Close - Hand Drawn/Painted ATCs

Fans are brad-jointed ATC cards that when folded will fit into a regular ATC sleeve when folded up. 

This is the Challenge ....something different .... may have to engage the brain .... I had some ideas and then they went away.   Then the muse struck .... I quickly grabbed a pencil and jotted everything down .....

1) A Totem Pole three heads opening out.  

I don't want to offend anyone here, I hope that if you know another name or feel offended, that you will contact me.  I am fascinated by them and their histories.

2) A Flower - Butterflies open out from the flower head.

3) A hand with a lace glove - each finger opening out.

4) A House - with a tree in front and an angel appearing from the roof.

That's the plan .....

A month later and I have found time to sit and think about this challenge a little deeper.  I look at those sketches and think  .... what??!!

So let's make a start with the totem pole.  

closed fan

I have my watercolour paper cut to size so grab a pencil and start sketching, three different faces.  I am using some paper that I had in my art class so have had to be careful how it is cut, I need to use the colours so they make sense as backgrounds.

second fan open

I painted all three cards with the basic head shapes, adding shades of brown, building up the design.

After they had dried I took a good look at each one and then went to work adding details.  I highlighted the nose shape, drew in the eyes and mouth accentuating the shape.

Full totem pole

I then moved onto the second card, looking to see what features were there and then using the white pen to accentuate.

I have decided that my third head will wear the crown, beautifully carved and painted.  Now I need to connect them so I sorted through my trusty container of brads, selecting some leaf shapes - wood, trees, leafs, that's how my brain works!

I had an idea for the second card as I scanned through some card samples for another swap - opening clouds.

Closed card

I added some rushes to this sunrise scene, cut out a cloud shape from some of the blue from another piece of card.  

opened first fan

I used a white pen to write the words - Here comes....' on the cloud and '..the sun..' above the rushes on the base card. 

I painted up a third piece, cutting it in a round shape, and painted with golden yellow, highlighted with yellow mica and a few 'rays' added with lead pencil.

I used jewel brads to connect these cards, blue for the cloud and lemon for the sunshine.

second fan open

I went outside to have lunch with PJ and as we sat talking I knew what the third card would be - A lily pond!

Three cards became two water lily leaves and one Koi in a pond. 

open the first leaf

closed fan

I drew out the leaves and the used a waterbrush to paint the the waterlily leaves, highlighting the edges of each leaf with yellow mica paint.


 I drew out the koi and coloured the fish with watercolour pencils - Inktense!  I used a waterbrush to wash over the fish adding some yellow mica paint to highlight a few of the scales. 

both leaves open to show the Koi

Once the cards had dried I cut  out the leaves and edged them with a green Promarker.  I found some dragonfly brads to connect up the fan.

The ice cream man came along now so downstairs I went again, sitting in the sunshine to eat my cornet , I just knew that I would make a tree!

closed card

Back in my room I painted a tree view on the front card cutting the sides to shape.  

first fan open

The second card had a closer view of the leaves and apples, same technique but this time I cut the other side of the card.

 I took another piece of watercolour paper and drew out my apple, I used the watercolour pencils again to draw out my apple and little bug - see him waving???  no?  neither did PJ - I won't repeat what he thought it was - definitely need a bit more detail here!! 

both fans open to show the apple

They are now all folded and posted - can't wait to see what I receive back!!!

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