Monday, December 31, 2012

Take a word--Color

a turquoise and purple urban abstract

Saturday, December 29, 2012

SPA--Open theme


A little adventure in Black and White, created with Photoshop brushes.

Beyond Layers--beautiful

 
Kim's photo, cropped; two layers of chalk magic, one set to color, with the color of the flower masked in, and one inverted and set to multiply.  The text overlay is a brush, and the font is LainieDaySH

Friday, December 28, 2012

Playing with Mona Lisa

I made Mona into a brush, added a gradient map, used a piece of one of my abstracts for a clipping mask and applied a radial blur to the background.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Three Muses--Queen of Hearts

 
Image from Google, background made with buts from Textures 4 Layers and Elizabeth Golden. Hearts and text are brushes.

Monday, December 24, 2012

Collage Obsession--Solstice

 
Background and tree from Molemina's White Christmas kit, photoshop brushes and bird from Google.

Take a word--Moo

These are such fun to make. 
Red background from Google, painted silk from Cynthia Powell, and the rest is layers of brushes.

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Sunday Postcard--Happy Christmas...

 
 
It's not always easy, not to doubt...
 
but twenty-six new angels are in heaven this christmas
 
twenty tiny cherubs
 
six fearless guardians
 
we know you are watching over us all

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Moo Mania--Christmas


Three Muses--textures and layers

Contemplation of a Tragedy

It seems that everything we do or see or even think has been colored by the unspeakable events in Newtown. Hearts everywhere are breaking with sadness for the families, classmates teachers and neighbors.

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Take a Word--Tis the Season

 
Elements from Cajoline and Molemina's Chtistmas Freebies.

Mandarin Orange Monday--Decorating Mom's tree

A few years ago my dad had knee surgery right before Christmas.  My sister and I came to help decorate the house.  My mom passed away this october, and that weekend is a memory that I will cherish.

Saturday, December 15, 2012

SPA -- Blue and Silver


Two of the Christmas postcards I made to send this year.  Papers an elements fromCajoline and Molemina from O-scraps an from Trine Stecher.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Three Muses--Male

I found this quote and just loved it--the way it was so inclusive of "every man"

Created with images found on Google, overlaid with a piece by Trine Secher and a digital watercolor I made last summer.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Collage Obsession--Darkness

 
Night Mood
 
Background from Shadowhouse, image is a Zeigfeld girl.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Take a Word--Sewing

 
I had fun making this with images from Google and buttons from my virtual button jar.

Moo Mania--Genius



Mandarin Orange Monday--River Grass


a photo I took near a river in Philagelphia.  Played with gradients, cutout filter and added a texture.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Three Muses--Gothic Arch

 
A little bit Gothic--a lot of Arches
 
 
Arches from Marie's Freebies, cycle, candle and cat from Midnight Reverie Combo Kit, background is a Hubble Telescope photo and a bit od bokeh from Mary Vican.


Collage Obsession--Chaplin

A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.
Charlie Chapln, describing himself

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Mandarin Orange Monday--Tino

Tino belongs to himself, by lives with my friend and her granddaughter.  Three layers, posterize,overlay and color burn.

Take a Word--Mail art


SPA--Baubles

I really has to be Christmas baubles, doesn't it.  My photo of a shop window in Saratoga Springs, NY, altered with filters and blending, a Word Salad overlay, and the stars are a freebie from somewhere.

Saturday, December 1, 2012

SoArtful--Birds in Holiday colors


Some pieces for Digitalmania.

This week the Digitalmaniacs are taking on the style of Nicki Newfield, a British born Californian mixed media artist.
The Digitalmania group chooses a mixed media artist,  and we all attempt to emulate their style using digital techniques.  It's very challenging, but great fun as well.

Here's a bit about Nicki...
A few years ago, Nicki started to incorporate collage into her work. After a visit to Russia she became so intrigued with the art, especially the icons, that her work evolved into mixed media and collage on canvas.
Her current works are highly textured, combining many layers of paper and metallic paint. “When I start a new canvas, I have no idea where the process will take me. I like to incorporate renaissance and religious images, but sometimes my theme can be eliminated during the course of my layering and my finished work can take on a whimsical mood” Nicki does not work with bright colors but instead, prefers to use more muted “Tuscan” tones. Like her watercolors, she uses transparent glazes which reveal hidden images and surprises to the viewer. “I love every minute of this artistic process and the discovery in capturing the essence of a bygone era.”
 
Saint Clare

In the Stars
 

Enduring