Something from nothing.......

Alrighty then.....on day two of Diane Culhanes class we glued bits of

textured pictures torn from a magazine onto two pieces of cardboard.

On one we just blindly arranged the pieces and then had to find a

picture in the mess...outline it with a heavy lined marker...and then

gesso around the image.  On the second one we could "plan" our

image....selecting pieces and arranging them on the background...

marking around the image....then gesso.

The girl collecting wood was my "found" image and the

shaman was planned.

Day three we had to use red, white, blue, and yellow

paints to mix our own colors and colorize our images.

I'm confessing right now.....I NEED HELP with color

theory!!!! Here are my finished pictures....

I'm really enjoying this class and seeing everyones art has
been wonderful. Only two days left...  :(

 

If a tree falls in the forest........

I'm taking a one week online class with Diane Culhane called

Between Speech & Silence.  I've been looking forward to this

class for over a week now.....excited! Well...of course...my day

ended up wonky and out of whack from the git go! I didn't get

to watch the video and do my assignment until late this afternoon.

Day one is about "taking a line for a walk".....basically a line

drawing....one using only angular shapes...one with a mix of

angular and circular...and one incorporating recognizable

figures. Boy Howdy....it was like being back in grade school!

This one was my angular shapes. After looking at the finished

picture I thought....if a tree falls in the forest and there's no

one around....does it make a sound?

This was my angular/circular drawing....I kinda ended up with

recognizable things....ooops!

And last....the combo with recognizable shapes.
hmmmm....my space cowboy must have been on
my mind.

Then I had the old....I can't post this in the Flickr group...
it's not as good as the other posts. WHY do we do that to
ourselves???? This is just supposed to be FUN!

Question of the day........

If you were going to shoot a mime...would you use

a silencer?

Brain Freeze

Ooooouch!

Secrets of the Heart

"The face is the mirror of the mind...

and eyes..without speaking...confess the

secrets of the heart."

                                                            ~ St Jerome

The Village Square

One of the things I struggle with constantly is color theory.

You would think that in this sort of 'hodge podge' art that it

wouldn't be a problem but things can become a mucky mess

if you mix the wrong colors. I've signed up for an online class

with Diane Culhane through Carla Sonheims Summer Art Camp.

Here's hoping you actually can teach an old dog new tricks.....

My good friend Maria.....

"Have you met my good friend Maria  

The craziest girl on the block?  

You'll know her the minute you see her 

She's the one who is in an advanced state of shock 

She thinks she's in love 

She thinks she's in Spain

  She isn't in love 

She's merely insane 

 It must be the heat 

 Or some rare disease

   Or too much to eat

  Or maybe it's fleas..."

 

Someone to watch over me.......

Guardian Angel or stalker.....

you decide

The Wind Speaks.....

"The voice of the wind speaks a language I once knew

but have forgotten."

                                                                                        ~Terri Windling

                                                                                           The Wood Wife

Tread Softly.....

"I have spread my dreams under your feet;

tread softly because you tread on my dreams."

                                                                                           ~w.b.yeats

Peace Out!

It's Saturday......Peace Out!

Dreams of home.....

I miss my mother....

yellow was her favorite color...

she loved to cook and always had

something sweet and a cup of coffee for

anyone who visited.

I miss you..

Mom

One pill.....

"One pill makes you larger...

and one pill makes you small...

and the ones that mother gives you...

don't do anything at all."

LOL....can you tell what generation I'M from?

I saw this on FB.......WANT! WANT! WANT!

Yes.....I do!

Color outside the lines.....that pretty much sums me up!

You say potato....I say poTAto....lol!

This piece was done completely in Procreate.

I love using collaged pieces of old books,

scraps of papers and my own art pieces in

my work. I think this is my fav one so far!

Who knew....?

Brianne Boyd....of Sweet Limes...had a giveaway recently for three lucky

people to win a piece of her artwork. I was one of the lucky ones and picked

these sassy ladies! Love her work!

And on North Light Books'  Mixed Media Blog I entered a friend in an

Art Retreat giveaway. She's had a really rough year and I have my fingers

crossed that she'll be the winner. This morning I received an email from

Tonia Jenny at North Light Books saying I was one of four winners to 

get a free book of my choice from their site because I had entered a friend

in their giveaway. I must have missed that little tidbit when I read the blog!

I picked Art Revolution - Alternative Approaches in Art by Lisa Cyr.

Who knew that when you become ridiculously happy that the Universe

conspires to make you even happier?

Sending up many thanks.......

Hero......

 

I'm thinking of printing up some greeting cards....

I thought maybe for the inside...

"...and I'll always be your faithful sidekick!"

Perchance to fly......

Haven't we all wished this at some point.....

Howling in rhyme.....

"Oh ...love will make a dog howl in rhyme!

~Francis Beaumont

Happy 4th!

Outside the Box

Procreate....a lot like a simplified version of Photoshop

but with mixed media brushes for crayons, markers,

and such. I have to say....I like it!

The picture above was "tweaked" in PS...I added the

text, scan code, and stars on the face.

I started off with a background that I doodled in

Paper53.

I also started the face in Paper53. The brush in this app

allows for a watercolor look that blends well.

After importing the background and face I brought in a

picture of some newspaper and erased parts to make 

the body. That's really neat to be able to take a pic

with your Ipad and import it into this app. The tie, legs,

hair, circles around the green, and the top and right

borders were made with texture brushes. The rest I

just sketched in using the technical pen and ink brush.

I saved this as a jpg (you can also create pngs with

this app by turning off the background before saving!)

and opened it in PS to complete the picture.

I do miss having paint under my nails....and I plan to

incorporate some pieces done in the studio with my 

digital work....but.....this app only cost $4.99. That's

for unlimited papers, brushes, paints, stencils, stamps....

and I can carry my studio (my Ipad) where ever I want

to paint....the park...coffee shop....stuck in traffic....

well...you get the picture. Love! Love! Love!

La Chienne

Artrage......I think I've conquered you!

This is my finished piece....tweaked in Photoshop.

I opened Noteshelf and imported a picture of a

music sheet then sketched a simple dog.

On a new page I imported a background that

I made in my studio and started sketching my girl... then

went to the dog sketch page and cut & copied the dog...

went back to the girl picture and pasted the dog on.

 

Next I opened the picture in Artrage and added her

head, some sketching, and a little added color.

And as you see in the first picture I took this one

to Photoshop and added the glasses, cloud, text, 

and some "brush stamps". I haven't been able to

rotate text in Noteshelf so I used PS.

Moving on to Procreate.....

 

Love is in the Hair......

This one was done using Paper53, Noteshelf, and Photoshop....

 I made the background in Paper53...

 then on a blank page made the girl except for the extra hair and writing. I took the girl to Photoshop and extracted her....saving her as a PNG.....

 Once I opened Noteshelf I imported the background and resized it to cover the entire page. Then I added the girl png and gave her some extra hair, the writing, and a few hearts over her head.

Up next......Artrage!