This weeks theme at Gothic Arches is “Lord Frederick Leighton” who was a Victorian master that produced highlt-finished paintings. I found my image at s11ver’s Flickr site…she has a gorgeous collection of all sorts of things.
I used K & Company papers that were stamped with gold ink and embossed. Old text that was brushed with chalks was added to the arch, image, sheer ribbon and double prima flowers. I love the “far away” look in this portrait.
Today Gothic Arches has moved back into the blogger site:
gothicarches.blogspot.com…hope you pay a visit and become a fan!
Happy November everyone!
Wow Nancy your arch is fantastic.
Gorgeous design.
what a beautiful arch nancy!!
Beautiful image and beautiful arch.
Gorgeous and so elegant
Beautiful arch Nancy! Love the "cutie" in the costume below!!! Terrific! xxoo
A gorgeous arch, Nancy. Loved this week's theme:)
This is lovely Nancy! I like the gold embossing.
There is so much beauty in your arch Nancy, love the gold ink and the words and the beautiful woman :)
Love your pink background against the black shawl of the lady, lovely!
Fantastic and inspiring arch Nancy. Thanks also for all your work in moving us back to blogger, hopefully GA will grow and grow!
Have a great Sunday
Loved your arch Nacy you come up with some of the best arches love them!
A beautiful dreamy arch Nancy!
Hi, Nancy! Just found you through "Julie's Open Window"–so glad I did! Your blog is wonderful and your work is fantastic! I'm a vintage-loving girl, too, and love your style! Love Leighton's paintings, they're some of my very favorite. I'm your newest follower so I can keep checking in on all your beautiful inspiration.
Such a beautiful arch Nancy!
Stunning! Really love the colours used. All comes together perfectly!
Gorgeous and poetic…love it! ~Lori
Nancy, what a super arch! I love the dreamy look to it all. Great master artist to borrow from. But what is highit-finished? I'm sure it is a typo but I can't figure out what it should be. The gold makes this so elegant.
Thanks for your comment on my entry. The next entry down is one I made using some of the goodies I won in a drawing you sent me a couple of months ago.
Beautiful arch, thanks for taking all tha time to move us to a new location. I was struggling how to make a link from my flikr account and my friend has this tip on her blog:
name
in between the " marks goes the url of your location and where it says name that is what you name your photo…
whatever
It's very beautiful indeed!
OMG it keeps making a link… (I'm cracking up here)
name
put all together without spaces..
hope this works/helps
sorry, i tried…. maybe someone else has instructions that don't keep making the link…
laughing is good….i'm doing a lot of it.. sorry to repost so many times!
Nancy, your arch is lovely. Thank you for the inspiring challenge. I like the new blogspot. It's so much easier to post.
Brilliant choice for this week's challenge Nancy. I am a big fan of Leighton's! I am also a BIG fan of Gothic Arches….you are amazing! The new blog looks and sounds so beautiful!!!
Your arch is so lovely too!
oxoo
Hey there Nancy….love this post! I always love to visit on Sunday to see these arches!
I am going to be sending you an email…FINALLY!
Beautiful :)
SOOO beautiful Nancy! This was a great challenge! I wasn't familiar with Leighton's art…will be using it again…thanks for the inspiration!
I can't remember if I commented on this yesterday. Its so lovely as is all your Art. Its worth repeating!
Beautiful work.