This digital collage pulls together a variety of things – painted canvases, old letters, an image of a young boy posing casually – that were scanned and assembled in PhotoShop. One of a few works in progress.
Digital Art
NEW CARDS
I’m putting some new cards in my etsy shop this week. They are blank inside, so they can be used to write a note, or as an any-occasion card, really. The floral card is printed on linen card stock from a watercolor I did and the gentleman card was done as a digital collage, then printed on smooth matte white card stock. My cards always include envelopes, too!
ACCELERATEUR
I have finally been spending more time in the studio, happily sorting through all the paper and images that I’ve accumulated, cutting, assembling, painting, drawing. Here’s one collage I worked on and finished this week that will be available in the etsy shop — http://www.etsy.com/shop/fadedpaisley — after November 3rd.
It’s 6 inches by 6 inches square, painted with acrylic and collaged with old letters, book pages and digital images.
WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE : COVER ART
For this week’s Photo Challenge, the task is to “stimulate your creative process and imagine which of your images you would like to see gracing the cover of a book, an album, or a magazine.” With memories of our cross-country trip still fresh in my mind, I decided to make a mix tape of road songs using a photograph I took of the long stretch of road ahead.
BACK IN THE ART ROOM
It has been way too long since I’ve stepped foot in my art room. I have been working in my sketchbooks, but just haven’t been able to do anything more concrete. I know there are those who would say sketching is productive, and it surely is. And I have been creative in other ways-cooking, gardening, photographing, crocheting a couple of hats and scarves and pin-y sort of things.
One reason I’ve avoided the art room is the mess it’s become and my lack of desire to straighten it up. It’s just the way I work-I’m not neat. Once I did a bit of tidying up, I was more inspired to do some painting and collage. Heaven knows I have enough art supplies, old books, little scraps and ephemera to keep me busy forever! Here’s a glimpse of different areas of the room and the drawers of STUFF I like to use in collage.
The piece below was actually done awhile ago, but I rediscovered it when I went through my folders. What other surprises are hidden in here?
FADED PAISLEY Studio 