Visiting the Caribbean

 

Bleubeard is complaining it is cold.  He wants to go where it's warm right now.  I decided to indulge him, since he and I are hosting Art Journal Journey this month.  Our theme is Whats Your Style?  Our style today is travel.

Today we are headed to the warmth of the Caribbean. 

 

 That means palm trees,

sandy beaches, and blue waters that match the sky.

 

Of course, we have a lot to learn about the Caribbean before we can decide our itinerary. 

 

A good map would be helpful.

I said a good map.

A map you can actually read.  There are independent islands, like Antigua, St Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Bahamas.  There are others that are owned by certain countries, including Columbia, France, the Netherlands, the UK, and the USA.  

There are hundreds, possibly thousands of islands in the Caribbean.  For example, Antigua and Barbuda are often lumped together, but there are a total of 54 islands that encompass and surround those two larger islands.  Bleubeard and I could spend years just visiting each island in what some refer to as the West Indies.

We begin our trip to the Caribbean with a map and the requisite sandy beaches, clear water, and palm trees.  Of course, there is also a map of the islands.  Note the washi tape.  I will use at least a tiny bit of it in each of my Caribbean spreads.  The background was created using staz-on and alcohol, and the image is from a travel magazine.

For my second page, I show two more maps of the Caribbean.

Here is another view of what we can expect to see as we travel the Caribbean: palm trees, sandy beaches, and clear blue waters.

This map represents the major islands found in what this map calls the West Indies.

This map breaks the islands down in a different way.

There are the Greater Antilles

and the Lesser Antilles.

These can be further broken down into the leeward islands and the winward islands.  So much to learn, so little time.

 

This page started with staz-on and  91% isopropyl alcohol.  I used washi tape (and a tiny bit of glue stick to hold the maps on the page.  The image came from a travel magazine, the maps from the internet.

 

Bleubeard and I now know we have much to learn if we are to enjoy the Caribbean.  We hope you will join us on this travel adventure.  That is one of my favorite styles, so that is what we are sharing today.

We sincerely hope you'll join us at Art Journal Journey where we're asking What's Your Style?