The Roller Coaster Ride

Millie and Edgar are having their first date.  It's also Millie's first roller coaster ride.  Although roller coasters have been around since the 16th century, where Russians created the first wooden ice slides, this was a new one built just for summer enjoyment.

Millie was caught off guard as her bonnet flew off at the same time Edgar's top hat left his head.

The man on the ledge in the back is holding other riders back until Millie and Edgar's ride is over.

This roller coaster was built to the same specifications as the first primitive Gravity Switchback Railway roller coaster that became a summertime success across the country.

Although this classic wooden coaster sled only has gentle dips, rides that would come in the near future would be far more ambitious.   This coaster on wooden tracks was such a thrill for Millie and Edgar, they decided to get in line to ride it again.

However, they would never forget their very first roller coaster ride.  Edgar was sure there would soon be a second date!

Materials used include white card stock I painted green, my feeble attempt at creating a wooden roller coaster using three paint pens, four stirrer sticks I colored with a wood touch-up pen, an image I found on the internet and colored using watercolor crayons, black card stock to mat the focal image and sentiment, and computer generated text.

Bleubeard and I are excited and thrilled that you joined us for Millie and Edgar's first roller coaster ride, something to look forward to in summer.  And please join us as we host Art Journal Journey with our theme of Summertime Love.