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Friday 27 January 2012

Postcard Travels with Roland Poland - Week 4 - China

Having succumbed to a bite on the backside by a piranha, whilst swimming in the Amazon last week, our young hero has been taken under the wing of fellow canoe passenger, Xong Xui.  Mr Xui is on a Chinese trade mission to Brazil and was enjoying a weekend's break up country when he became totally captivated by Roland's outgoing personality and enthusiasm for life.  Unable to contemplate being parted from Roland, he smuggled him into China in his diplomatic bag.  So his latest adventure begins ...
Roland Poland's postcard to Malcolm, his half brother in Carlisle, is of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. It is coloured with Distress Inks and Copic markers.
He writes:
Hi Malcolm,
The food is great and better than The Golden Chopstick in Lancaster.  And get this! - they cook it in the STREETS! - Great for a grab and RUN.
Just like the old days
Cheers
RP

Here is the page I made in Roland Poland's travel book

I have used chalk pastels,  for the first time, to colour in the Great Wall.  The characters represent Happiness and Harmony - attributes Roland Poland might find useful to keep together!

34 comments:

  1. Wow this is amazing. You can see the light shining around the temple. Super work and that Roland is one lucky dog.
    Jen x

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  2. This is fabulous Janet, the postcard, journal and book. Love it
    Beryl x

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  3. Roland is one adventuring dog! Love reading about his exploits. That's a great painting too.

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  4. Gorgeous postcard and journal!

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  5. I always get a smile when I read about dear Roland Poland, he has quite a sense of humour! Love your card travel book pages! M

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  6. Hahaha...at the risk of offending others this is definitely my favourite story line :D(but then I'm a bit of a stray dog myself lol). I would happily join Roland on his travels :D
    Your depiction of the Temple of Heaven is glorious :D XXX

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  7. Oh, love your sky!!! ♥
    Love Roland too, I hope he can keep up with his travels every week, really like this story! :)

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  8. Great postcard, great use of copic markers and distress inks.

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  9. The sky stood out to me on that card. Not only is it a great backdrop for the temple but is very eye catching on its own.

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  10. great view! and food one has just gotta love it

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  11. wow your pages are great, love that temple scene, it just exudes harmony and peace. The sky is stunning.

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  12. Fabulous temple drawing and the colours are amazing. Loving the story of Roland. Caz

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  13. Fab drawing, and you have chosen lovely colours. Glad RP is enjoying the food! Valerie

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  14. Janet, your postcard story and your art are just delightful. You do architecture beautifully. Love the Great Wall.

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  15. he is certainly getting around isn't he! love the postcard, sky is great, as is drawing

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  16. what a great postcard,the drawing,painting everything just great.x

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  17. Traveling by diplomatic bag! Now THAT's excitement. Hard to follow piranha bites. What will Roland encounter next?!

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  18. the sky in your card is brilliant! x

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  19. The postcard colors really set the mood for the fabulously drawn temple.

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  20. early morning or late in the day...lovely. love the animal stamps. Roland sure gets into mischief.

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  21. This artwork is gorgeous & love the fact you get better Chinese there than the local, he he :)

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  22. Beautiful artwork. Fun story. A xx

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  23. I love following your story! Great art too.

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  24. Fabulous artwork. I'm loving following Roland's story.
    Wanda xx

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  25. Beautiful card - I love the sky.

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  26. Fabulous Janet, love the story
    Trish xx

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  27. Fab postcard! Love the sky. And the book page is wonderful! :)

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  28. I hope they had a great view from the wall. It's usually foggy. Love the light around the temple. Vicki

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  29. What a cheeky chappie RP is ! Gorgeous postcard - love the light you have created..great book page too..Esther xx

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  30. Great card, and love the book. Fabulous adventures for our young hero
    Jan

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  31. What an adventure!
    Loving the temple postcard too.
    x

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