Take a Word--Vintage photograph

a photograph...

with thanks to Rucola Designs, Marta Van Eck and Cynthia Powell

SPA a fish

a fish

Background from Crowabout, Pierrot and stamp from Google, fish and grungy effects are PS brushes.

Take a Word--Man

YOU GOTTA BE FOOTBALL HERO

TO GET ALONG 

WITH THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS.

YOU GOTTA BE 

A TOUCHDOWN GETTER,

YOU BET.

IF YOU WANNA GET

A BABY TO PET.

THE FACT THAT YOU ARE RICH 

OR HANDSOME

WON'T GET YOU ANYTHING 

IN CURLS;

YOU GOTTA BE A FOOTBALL HERO

TO GET ALONG 

WITH THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS.

hello...hello

in the style of Marsha Balian

with thanks to beedeesigns, Holliewood, marta van eck, rucoka and others.

SPA--Tattoos

original tattoo by PIOTR SZOT: tattooist, painter, illustrator | ETHNIC TATTOOpiotrszot.daportfolio.com

Phoenix

Phoenix bird! Don't you know him?

The bird of paradise, the holy swan of song? 

He sat on the car of Thespis, like a chattering raven, flapping his black gutter-stained wings

the swan's red, sounding beak swept over the singing harp of Iceland

he sat on Shakespeare's shoulder 

disguised as Odin's raven, and whispered, "Immortality!" into his ear

and at the minstrels' feast he fluttered through the halls of the Wartburg.

Phoenix bird! Don't you know him? 

He sang the Marseillaise to you, and you kissed the feather that fell from his wing

he came in the glory of paradise, and perhaps you turned away from him toward the sparrow that sat with gold tinsel on its wings.

The bird of paradise-renewed each century-born in flame, dying in flame!

Your portrait in a frame of gold hangs in the halls of the rich, 

but you yourself often fly around lonely and misunderstood-a myth only. 

"The phoenix bird of Arabia."

When you were born in the garden of paradise

in its first rose, beneath the tree of knowledge

our Lord kissed you and gave you your true name-poetry!

~Hans Christian Andersen

Pianissimo

with thanks to Marta Van Eck, Rucola Designs, Leslie Sowden and Dover Images

Take a Word--Glamorous Lady

SHE...

SPA--Butterflies

In the Style of Rafal Olbinski

I don't often work in surreal styles, I don't really "get" it, but occasionally I do try. Rafal Oblinski's odd but gentle pieces inspired me to make the attempt. 

THanks for visiting

with thanks to Google Images, Marta Van Eck, Holliewood and Rucola Designs

Three Muses--Feathered Friends

Don't  you love his GIANT feet?

With thanks to Rucola Designs and Marta Van Eck. Quote found on Pinterest attributed to E.H. ( All I could think of was Ernest Hemingway, but...no)

Take a word--Keys

with thanks to Holliwood Studios, Marta Van Eck and Tumblefish studio.

SPA--Astrology

I picked Aries to illustrate my astrology postcard because...well...it's my sign.  Aries is one of the Fire signs, and looking over my body of work, I am amazed at how many pieces are grounded in the fiery colors. Guess I was born that way.

And today is my lucky day!

Postcards for MMSA Swap--Cats

Started Carla Sondheim's "Cats! " drawing class last week.  So fun!  There's also a "Cats swap at MMSA this month...I love serendipity!

Here are some of my cars from the lessons so far. The painted ones are my swap cards, the b/w ones are cats I drew and made into brushes for Photoshop.

I'm sure there will be more of these to come.

these are ally made a hand painted (my watercolor skills have need a bit of work)

These are cats found in watercolor blobs

Collage Obsession

Cashmere Rose

Collage Obeseeion is back from Summer vacation with two yummy sherbet colors for us to play with!

Background paper from Leslie S, overlaid with cadmium orange; image from Finecrafted Designs' La Vie Boheme kit.

another in the style of Florian Nicolle

portrait stock from tigg_stock at deviantart

DigitalMania--in the style of Florian Nicolle

portrait drawing of Miss Elizabeth Williamson by John Singer Sargent

three muses--weather

RAINY DAY PEOPLE

Rainy day people always seem to know when it's time to call
Rainy day people don't talk, they just listen till they've heard it all
Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell you, they've been down like you
Rainy day people don't mind if you're cryin' a tear or two

If you get lonely, all you really need is that rainy day love
Rainy day people all know there's no sorrow they can't rise above
Rainy day lovers don't love any others, that would not be kind
Rainy day people all know how it hangs on a piece of mind

Rainy day lovers don't lie when they tell you, they've been down there too
Rainy day people don't mind if you're cryin' a tear or two

SPA--Pens

one of my favorite quotes...

DigitalMania--Take a famous portrait and...

This week the challenge is to take classical portraits such as those from the Renaissance or the Dutch Masters and morphing them on to more modern bodies. A Vienna based artist, Dorothee Golz, specialises in this type of art.

I chose Picasso, Vermeer and DaVinci.

Portrait of Marie-Therese on the body of Audrey Hepburn

Picasso's Girl Before a Mirror on Mona Lisa

Cheerleaders with a Pearl Earring--Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring and Girl with a Red Hat (the earring was part of the original Vermeer, I didn't add it--but I would have!)

TA-DA

Here are the rest of the ICADs for 2015.  Yesterday was a marathon (with movie and dinner breaks--Mr Holmes, great performance by Sir Ian, and I adore that little boy, Milo) ending just after 11 PM.

WHEW!

these are two cards

I did it--60 ICADs

Okay, I didn't do one every day...sigh...but I finished 60 cards in 60 days.

Too tired to scan and post them tonight, going to bed to sleep the sleep of satisfaction.

See you tomorrow!