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Clip Art Card Assortments for Effel Tower

2010-08-24T17:56:00.000+02:00

PLEASE NOTE: AS WITH ALL OF THE CARDS, THESE ARE BLANK ON THE INSIDE AND COME WITH AN ENVELOPE WITH EACH CARD.

Of course we are not complete without an Effel Tower Assortment, for both day and night!!

These cards come in assortment packs. The possibility exists to make cards in packs of 6 of all one image or half night/half day. These are considered special orders and I would need to know exactly what is wanted!!

Other Assorted Cards from Originals

2010-08-24T17:22:00.000+02:00

As I mentioned below, the cards are all made from originals. Each of the originals you see further down on the pages/posts have cards made. The cards below have either not been framed or the originals are sold.

Christmas Cards

2010-08-24T16:40:00.000+02:00

These 4 cards can be gotten in several different ways. In packs of 6 as individual images or a mixture package of 12. Each design can be gotten in either plain or with writing. The writing will say Joyous Noel or Bonne Annee.

A Day Without Cars

2010-08-24T16:28:00.000+02:00

Last one for today. No price or size, but you can see the photo of the original before framing and after. The photo for the framed is really not good, which is why I posted the other one so you can see. I need to replace this photo also as well as get a price and size down for you!

Dusk on the Stair

2010-08-24T16:23:00.000+02:00

Again, in going through items I find that I did not get this one on the web. It also is not priced and not measured. As the pricing goes according to size, it will have to wait until later. At least you can still see what is available. I have also put in the unframed and framed photos.

Canal

2010-08-24T16:17:00.001+02:00

This one I have not written down the price or size, but the photo of the original before framing and I am afraid a rather poor photo of the framed piece. I need to get a better photo of it and measure next time I have it out. For now at least you can see the item itself.

French Framing---an old technique

2008-12-27T12:22:00.002+01:00

I do a french framing which actually encloses the painting (item) totally within a "packet" of card and glass, thus protecting the item from mildew, bugs, dust and dirt. It is comprised of layers of card covered with colored paper, 2 backings which hold the rings and string, and the glass on top. This is taped together to form a packet with framing tape. The frame is literally just attached to the packet with little nails and then tape is applied to cover any openings in the back. In this way the actual packet takes the weight of the frame and doesn't allow the frame to distort as can happen with heavier paintings, as well as the item framed is very well protected from the elements of any sort, short of the glass breaking. It is a much more time consuming process and a more expensive way of framing, but allows more versatility and protection.

Original Watercolor Framed - Notre Dame

2008-12-27T12:18:00.006+01:00

This is the last one I am putting up for today. I need to get more photos and do more pages of them before I can continue. This one is from a photo that we took of Notre Dame here in Paris France. It is done in what is called a "romantic technique" with just 2 top layers of color. The frame has goldish as well as the colors that pick up the painting.

This one is another of our more popular note cards that we have. The notecards tend to have differences in color due to the compression of the scan to fit the notecard, but I have tried to be as consistent with the original as I could when they were done.

Watercolor Framed - Bloom Book Window

2008-12-27T12:08:00.004+01:00

This was another painting that made it on the cover (back cover this time) of the Bloom Where You're Planted book, 2001-2002 31st edition. He had done another one, similar, only with "bars" on the windows as they have on the lower levels of the older buildings here and the editor asked to have a 2nd painting done "without bars and with more flowers below". This was the result. The other painting is sold...but we do still have rights for note cards from it. Ohhh, back to what I was saying. This one has a 3 part framing, first level being a taupe, then an olive fillet and the top layer is an light aqua-bluish color. Again, the little tags on the front of the glass is from the last exhibition we had done and the numbers correspond with the price list. When we do another I will just use those numbers again for remaining and fill in any numbers that have sold. They can be removed when the painting sells.

Watercolor Framed - Lacy Windows

2008-12-27T11:16:00.003+01:00

This was in a series of buildings and windows that he did. There is another similar...but different in which I called "Celery" because of the color. That one is not even framed yet. Of course, I am behind in framing as well as getting them on the web. That will be next to get photos of and put up.
This one had more detail in the stones, the lacy curtains in the windows (hence the name) and the greenery is different... just a similar shape in building. As you can go down streets and see similar houses with differences, he did the same with some of his paintings. There is only 2 layers in this framing, the bottom is a gold and the top is a light yellow. A bit difficult to see in the photo through the glass though. "Somewhere" there is a bunch of photos all taken of each one, WITHOUT the glass! If I ever find them I will redo some of these previews, if they are not sold already!

Watercolor Original Framed - Quiet Village

2008-12-27T11:10:00.003+01:00

We called it that because there are no people, no animals, no cars, nothing noisy. Logical right? There are quiet little nooks and crannies in small villages which are like this on a quiet morning here in France. This one has a 4 layer framing... bottom is white, then 2 fillets, light blue and light green, top is beige. You can see it in the photo. I also took a close up of the frame, which I should have done on all of them (but did not) and as it was the last one I took a photo of I thought, why not? As they are all re-wrapped and put back to keep them safe until they are sold, it is too late for now.

Watercolor Original Framed - Peach Tree

2008-12-27T11:06:00.003+01:00

This is called Peach Tree. I laugh now at some of the names we came up with, but as we also have note cards for all of his cards, we needed to have names so "we would know" which was which. This has 3 layers on the framing, dark gray, black fillet and a light gray on top.

Watercolor (Aquarelle) -- Valloire - I call it "Snow"

2008-12-25T17:00:00.004+01:00

For me this reminds me of winter in Michigan...lots of snow, hills...you know it is cold but it seems more peaceful. We have a print of this one framed similar hanging on our wall. I have been tempted to put the larger original up and if it doesn't sell, I may. As I was doing the framing (I did all of them in the French way, totally enclosed,) I chose a frame that was looking very old, worn, in a dark wood...the edges are purposely raw. The fillets are done in a taupe, dark green, deep reddish brown to match the front of the buildings and again a taupe for the top covering. Living in Paris this is not the typical scene I would see...far from it! Maybe that is why I love it so much!

Watercolor -- Red Glow

2008-12-25T16:56:00.002+01:00

This one is a bit more unusual. I really can't tell you why or how he came up with this one. I have never asked if it is a dawn or dusk...but it is very different. He has a handful of these 'unusual ones' and I have not even framed them all. One of them when I get it framed will go on our wall though. Like this one, the almost fantasy feeling transports me to a different place and I love the colors.

Another watercolor, Flowering Stair

2008-12-24T20:45:00.004+01:00

This painting got its name because the photo my husband saw was of a very blah, dumpy looking, rundown place with empty pots on the stairs, nothing in the window boxes, and just plain ugly. He said "I am going to paint that!" and I of course thought he was crazy.... but he did. What he saw in his mind was a great little entry way and stair way full of flowers of many colors, bright, happy and he just painted what he had in his mind.

I framed it with 2 colors in the fillets, a gold and a yellowish cream, which is also what is on the top layer. The frame is a bit of a "goldish overlay" on the brown and we both felt it went well with the woodwork in the painting. The watercolor here is called "Aquarelle". When we both looked at it we both thought of a flowering stairway/entry way...and hence in "franglais" it became Flowering Stair. I am not thrilled with the photos I have taken, the blown up one of the actual painting is the closest in color. But, after dinking around for months to think about doing this and finally saying, ok, I will do it..here I am on Christmas Eve...putting things on our blog. Go figure.

As this is the last post for this evening, we would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas!!

Le Cloitre or my name for it...The Arches

2008-12-24T18:38:00.003+01:00

This is/was the courtyard in a convent with a fountain. I love the shadows he has gotten, the feeling of strength in the pillars and the arches themselves. This I believe is the largest of the paintings, or one of the largest and was definitely the most expensive one I framed. The frame itself is a series of different toned of browns and golds that, of course, mimic the arches. The fillets are gold, gray, pink and beige.

Blue Mountains

2008-12-24T18:32:00.005+01:00

The mountains may be blue, but the sky is far from it! This has a rippling aqua-turquoise frame that mimics the mountains and treeline areas, but unfortunately it is really difficult to see here. You get a hint from the ripples that shine more from the glare in spots. The fillets are aqua, pink and yellow. The photo of the painting is not as clear as I would like, you get a better idea of clarity from the smaller photos, but to see more of it I blew it up for you a bit.

Spring at Montmartre

2008-12-23T20:48:00.003+01:00

This painting was chosen to be on the cover the the Bloom Where You're Planted book, 32nd edition, 2002-2003. It is a book put out by Women of the American Church for English speaking newcomers arriving in Paris-surrounding area/France. It is an actual place at Montmartre, only I would really have to say it never looks like that in the spring. Michel added flowers especially for the cover of the book! The photo is much prettier than the actual spot. I am sure with a little extra care and work it could look like that. I was not thrilled with how the photos of the painting turned out, which is why you only see one view. But it gives you an idea. All of the paintings you are seeing we also do note cards of. This is one of the most popular ones and very colorful!

Cottage

2008-12-23T18:58:00.002+01:00

Michel woke up one morning and said he had a dream about a cottage, sat down, drew it out and then proceeded to do a painting of it. Just the kind of place that would be wonderful to relax, create our many things we enjoy doing and leave the world behind. The framing mimics the fence posts, the fillets (strips of color around the painting) pull you into the painting by mimicking the colors in the painting. Again there is distortion from the camera and glare, but it gives you an idea.

Also...notice the little number in the corner of some of the frames? It is from when we had our exposition and the numbers corresponded to a price list. As we will have another one "someday" I am not bothering to remove them from the glass which will happen when they sell.

Blooming Nook

2008-12-23T18:23:00.000+01:00

I think one of the hardest things to do is get a "great" photo of a framed piece. The glass tends to glare, things look distorted. Our apartment is such that if the sun shines we get glare and if it doesn't, I need a flash or lights, hence more glare. I have taken the photo at 2 angles, one looks blurred, but I enlarged the painting portion of the other to give you a better idea. The frame picks up colors in the painting, but that is hard to tell by the photos.

First item on this blog!

2008-12-22T17:17:00.000+01:00

I had planned on having this done a month ago and here I am, only putting the first thing on. More will come as I get photos taken and a page done with description and price.

The first was a painting Michel did of a red flower growing in the woods, just at the edge. It is from inside the woods looking out. I have taken the photos against a cream colored wall and a black background...neither of which were straight on so the photo looks out of shape... I also blew up the actual painting from the photo to give you a better idea what it looks like. The painting size that is showing is a little over 9 x 12 inches.