Tessa's Garden

I added this 2nd photo because I thought it was clearer and I didn't enhance the color.
Image from paperimagerydesigns.

4"x4" on watercolor paper

Thank you ann!!!!!

What a needed surprise last night!!!! Ann was selected for this renee award and passed it on to me. My day was less than so so, not bad, just eh!

I will think about passing this along to some of the inspiring artists and friends and post later, this is hard!

Thanks again ann!!!!


 http://annsimaginationcreations.blogspot.com/2009/04/renee-award.html 

Helga's challenge!

I decided to make a postcard!

http://www.myartisticlife.typepad.com

Paperwhimsy Tussie Mussie swap!

Nest comes out to reveal the sweet surprises inside. Flower pin is removable and wearable.
Vintage hankie
Seed packet fro the Chelsea Flower Show (1991)

Cloth, Paper, Scissors 2010 calendar contest!

I am a finalist in the calendar contest, along with 15 other artists. 12  art works will be voted on by those attending the quilt show.

Wish me luck!

12"x 12" collage

Theme: Life is like a box of........

I chose "buttons in the sewing basket"

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Sunday collage!

Finished!

PW/magazine collage

The little artist

7"x7"

image from paperwhimsy.com

page from Victoria magazine

3D rose from www.annagriffin.com

MMC (more magazine collage)

12"x12"

girl and birdhouse from Victoria mag

sunflowers/mag

transparency of poppies/botanical paper

flowers behind birdhouse/my collage

I am not sure what I am going to do next. I have to think about it!

Wishing you a happy springtime!

Quote collage

We must live in the joy of discovery and shout out the beauty as well as the pain of this human/natural experience.

Quote from yahoo group

6"x8"

I loved this quote and decided to try an interpretation by doing this collage.

Magazine collage continued!

I used 4 pages from Victoria magazine and cut and pasted on cardboard with golden liquid medium. I added my own flowers with golden liquid acrylics, caran d'arch WC crayons , and flower at top I had in my dried flower stash. I tried to lighten some areas where I thought more light would be from the lanterns to try and make it glow!

I think it's done!

Finished collage !

More Magazine collage art!

Part 2, added paint, gesso, colored pencil!
Using old Victoria magazine pages!

Budding artist!!!!

I have a young friend who is an accomplished painter. Her daughter seems to be headed in the same direction!

Mac lesson # 4!

Phone booth! Who knew my mac had a camera? Not me! And lots of effects to try. This is called "comic book", perfect for me!

Magazine technique/part 1!

I belong to a group which explores different techniques each month for designing papers. This month we are to start with tearing magazine pages and glue them to heavyweight WC paper with fluid gel medium. I have saved my Victoria magazines from the beginning. These 2 collages were done from 4 different 1997 issues. I will be adding to these 8"x10" papers when I do the next step. 

Stayed tuned!

Helga's I Love Paris challenge

Vive la france!!!!

Have a great weekend!!!!

Hoops and yoyo playing outside
Encaustic 4"x6" canvas
Pastel 8"x10" black paper

Gibson Girl

Transparency/bathing beauties

Under painting with chalk and twinkling H2Os

Have a great weekend!!!!

I'll be checking in on monday!

Seeing spots before my eyes!

8"page for tip in, theme/polka dots!!!

More Spoonflower fabric!

Just got this latest 8"x8" square!
I took a picture of my painting and then scanned it!

Madame Butterfly

4"x8" collage on canvas

Pages for Spring Paperwhimsy chunky book!

Cut and paste!

Altered CD

"Brush with death"!

This is a mini assemblage for a friend. When I was in Mexico with Michael DeMeng for "the Day of the Dead "workshop, he talked about putting a skull on a brush and calling it, his brush with death! Well, that cracked me up!!!

So , taking his idea a few steps beyond, I decided to create this brush with death!

Helga's challenge!

Pick out a piece of art you love and be inspired to create your own art!

We got this painting in England 15 years ago. It has inspired many of my paintings.

2 1/2"x 2 1/2" canvas

Enchantedmercantile image

pastel underpainting

transparency

My First Official Picture Done With My New Apple!

I think I know How I did it...what's that blue line doing there?

out of order!!!

I am in the process of installing a new computer,printer,scanner. I took my harddrive down to apple and pick up my new apple on monday(supossedly with all my info from my old computer saved). My first lesson isn't until the 19th. I am working on my laptop for now. I expect the next few weeks will be challenging to say the least, since the tech words shine on me like a deer caught in headlights!!!! This was a scary zone for me to try, but my 6 year old workhorse dell was really not performing and I thought it might literally EXPLODE!
Wish me luck and hope you keep checking in to read/see the latest!~