Take a Word-song

Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for?
Father McKenzie writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear
No one comes near.
Look at him working, darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there
What does he care?
Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave
No one was saved

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

Camouflaged

A little playing around with a photo from Digitalnuts Yahoo group. Lots of filtering and blending.
Background bits from ShaireProductions at T4L and a great texture from the folks at Art Creations Friday.

SPA-Things with Wings

It's good to be the Queen.

Even her wings are part of the crown jewels...

Images from Google, The background is a piece I've had for a long time, don't remember where I found it. Thank you, whoever you are, for sharing it.

A Progressive Design

I one of the yahoo groups I'm in we have a progressive design challenge going on. There is a leader, and she give us 5 steps--one at a time. above is my finished piece, and below are the first four steps

Step 1
arrange four papers/backgrounds on your page--2 patterned, one plain and one textured--anyway you like.

Step2
Add a quote--using at least two fonts. I used four.

Step 3
Add threee elements, three ribbons and a blended image. My blended image is a bit from another piece of mine- a face overlaid with an image of stars from the Hubble telescope. My three elements are the iris, a peacock feather and the gold star. The ribbons are along the bottom.

Step 4
Add a swirl, and three elements from Nature, which can be repeated as you like. I added a blue swirl, a butterfly, dragonfly and spray of green leaves.

Step 5 (the top image, above)
Add two frames and a title. My frames are around the whole image and adound the quote. My title is "Dreamer."

If you'd like to join the group, it's arttechniquesdigital


There are challenges and tutorials, and a great group of digital artists here.

soartful challenge-Silent Stars

Lillian Gish

Not only was Lillian Gish born in the right era, but she was also born with the ethereal beauty and grace to make her a star in the silent film industry. If Mary Pickford was the silent cinema's greatest personality, Lillian was its greatest actress.

A consummate actress, Lillian seemed to take delight in suffering for the art form that became her obsession. In order to experiment, Lillian worked in extreme conditions such as starvation, intense heat and bitter cold. Soon, she became the quintessential silent screen heroine, lovely and open to suffering. However, despite her characters' apparent weakness, Lillian's performances also let their inner strengths shine through.

One of my favorite Lilian Gish roles came much later in her career--in the eerie, exceedingly creepy, Southern Gothic "Night of the Hunter." She played a feisty and determined older woman, rescuing children from the evils they found themselves entangled in. It also stars Robert Mitchum, at his villianess best. If you've never seen it, it's worth a look. It's a beautiful, surreal piece of cinema.

Three Muses Challenge- Zettify Me!

Sometimes it's good to be the dog.

I still don't quite get Zetti, don't understand what it's about. But here goes.
YES, both Queen Elizabeths are there, as well as one of the queen's pooches.
All images from Google, much altered by me.