Monday, 11 March 2019

Challenge YOUrself.

I recently went to Canberra to see Pre-Raphelite masterpieces from the TATE.
It was an exhibition at the National Gallery.
One of the more spectacular and well known paintings was the Lady of Shallot.
Here's an extract from the poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson

A longdrawn carol, mournful, holy,
She chanted loudly, chanted lowly,
Till her eyes were darken'd wholly,
And her smooth face sharpen'd slowly,
       Turn'd to tower'd Camelot:
For ere she reach'd upon the tide
The first house by the water-side,
Singing in her song she died,
       The Lady of Shalott.

Under tower and balcony,
By garden wall and gallery,
A pale, pale corpse she floated by,
Deadcold, between the houses high,
       Dead into tower'd Camelot.
Knight and burgher, lord and dame,
To the planked wharfage came:
Below the stern they read her name,
       The Lady of Shalott.

It harks back to Arthurian Legends and the Lancelot and Guinevere affair.
The painting is based on that. 

I'm entering this layout at scrap-challenge-yourself

 Here's my layout.
I've used a floral paper from my Counterfeit Kit and matched it with a large black doiley.
The title card and Documented card are from Kaisercraft "Wanderlust" collection.
The banding strips and key,brad and tiny words are also from my Counterfeit kit.



10 comments:

Sharon Fritchman said...

Julene! This is such an amazing layout! I absolutely LOVE the photos, especially the one with YOU in the frame!!! Your design is perfect and you scrapped the photos beautifully! Thank you so very much for joining us at Challenge YOUrself this month! We are all so happy that you did!

Lisa said...

Did you know that my home town of Birmingham has the largest collection of pre-Raphaelite art in the world! This looks like a fabulous exhibition and I'd have been there like a shot! Lovely layout

Marit said...

That painting is really gorgeous, and I love how you highlighted it twice, the photo of you at the painting is the extra touch and I love how you designed this layout! Hug from the Netherlands!

Becca Sadler said...

Terrific layout!

Susanne said...

I love any page with a red/white/black color scheme - this one is certainly fab.

cinmfoster said...

Great layout, love the black doily

Carmen Crosseti Cohen-Henriquez said...

Fantastic layout, great take on the challenge! Thanks for playing along with us at Challenge YOUrself.

ÅsaJ said...

Such a great page! Fits the challenge perfect. Thanks for joining Challenge YOUrself. Hugs Åsa

Sherri Caramico said...

What a beautiful capture of an awesome memory! Thanks for playing along with us at the Challenge YOUrself Blog!

Taru Jehkonen said...

Lovely page! Thanks for joining Challenge YOUrself!