July to Maggie & Mary (2nd layer)

These two were started on the trip to Chicago and then finished when I got home. I keep pulling out the alcohol markers to see if I can figure out something fabulous. So far - the results are OK - as my broken record keeps saying - it's hard to do horrible flowers. 

The top one has more black outline. To me - it looked better with additional outlining - but the difference hardly shows up in the photos.

Here is something from the ancient folder - a collection of alphabets by people who were intrigued with the idea of having people contort into the shapes of the letters - like the song YMCA - only much more detailed. There are many examples - I chose this one from 1534.

If you would like to see more: LINK to the article