Peace

Rusty

This is the first photo from my new camera. I wonder why I waited so long. Actually I know why...$.

Rusty is been with us for one year now and he is a "keeper".

Collage Workbook, Exercise 10, Decollage

You Rock!

A Happy Birthday to Phoebe!

A nod to Turkey Day.

Say It With Flowers!

Collage Workbook, Exercise 9, Squares and Rectangles

Hey You!...Wanna...?

Collage Workbook, Exercise 8, Reassemble 2

Collage Workbook, Exercise 8, Reassemble

Collage Workbook, Exercise 7...again.

Collage Workbook Exercise 7, Stripes

Summer is officially over...

I did these for the sixth exercise in the Collage Workbook by Randel Plowman. It called for pairing collages so I cut the driving scene in half and collages over both digitally.

Aditi Sculpture

Aditi Horse Head 

I have set up a little space to take pictures of some of my favorite things.

Gate

From our collection of metal gates.

Hinge

Photo of a hinge processed six ways.

Look What I Did!

We Think We Have Time

The hours are long and the days are short.

Wave Summer Goodbye...I wish...

I really love sunflowers and when they start to droop I feel the summer should be over. Unfortunately it is to be a 90 degree day. HHH. The sunflowers have faded., the kids have returned to school and fall will come. I love cycles.

Set the Pace

A friend just got a pacemaker so we are wishing a speedy recovery!

An Olympic Moment.

The Olympics are almost over. I have enjoyed them more than ever.

We want to see what is hidden...

Playing with animated Gifs...

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."

Plato is quoted as saying "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." 

Image from a German children's book 1845 "Der Struwwelpeter" by Heinrich Hoffmann, literally translated, Struwwel-Peter means Shaggy-Peter.  It comprises ten illustrated and rhymed stories, mostly about children. Each has a clear moral that demonstrates the disastrous consequences of misbehavior in an exaggerated way.

This image is from "The Dreadful Story of the Matches"

Collage Work Book Exercise 5, Color Plunge cont.

I started with my box of yellow Orange scraps.

Collage Work Book Exercise 5, Color Plunge cont.

I started with a collage of rust colored scraps, scanned it in and added graphics and texture.

Collage Work Book Exercise 5, Color Plunge cont.

Shell

for the original go here

Collage Work Book Exercise 5, Color Plunge

Summer
We are lucky to have our electricity again but many in the Wash DC metro area will be out for awhile and it is triple digit temperarues. I don't think that fan will help much.

Collage Work Book Exercise 4, Color Charge

An experiment with applying color to a collage primarily back and white.
I did the color with digital brushes.

Some more Black and White...

...at least it started that way.  Black and White and all the shades of mold between. This was a large sheet of moldy background paper. It gave me room for the Banyan Tree.

Collage Work Book Exercise 3, Black and White

Looking for Balance...

Obsevations of temperature

Collage Work Book Exercise 2, White Out

Great excuse to go through my piles of whites and get inspired with the flotsam. All pieces are 6x6 inches.

Collage Workbook Exercise 1

Memorial Day, 28 May 2012     

Do an exercise a week and see where it takes me.

The first prompt is for five... five minute collages. I ended up doing a collage a day.

My gel medium attempt was a disaster. I am way too impatient and I am hating cleaning up wet work. Certainly confirmed my choice of Fusion 4000 for my adhesive and using a "physical to digital" workflow.