Tattered Saints

Before and After...

Another digital collage.  I thought I would show the original image I used and the end result.

This is the picture I started with:

And after her makeover:

So much fun...

 

 

So Little Time...

I've been busy this week since company left and my time is once again my own...for now, anyway.  I finished painting the dental cabinet I won at an auction several weeks (months?) ago.  I wanted that cabinet for the downstairs bathroom in the carriage house, but now I'm not sure I'm happy with it there.  I'll leave it for now, but it may end up as a display slash storage cabinet in the studio eventually.  I've also been creating art...hard to believe, but true.  Yesterday, I got my WACOM tablet out and started making digital art, too.  I might as well have something that I can do at the computer for those times when we have endless company and I can't get out to the studio.  If I plan things right, I should be able to work in shifts...do studio things when no one is visiting, do digital work when someone is lodged out in the carriage house and do what I can in the studio annex in between.  Sounds like a plan to me...

I'm still thinking about getting set up to do enameling.  I really want to do it...I just need to justify it in my own mind I guess.  Only one more class in enameling, then it will be done.  I might take an advanced metalsmithing class next.  I took beginning metalsmithing some time back and was not crazy about it, but I did learn a few things.  I'll think about it.

Here are the two digital collages I did yesterday:

They are the beginning of my "WAIF" series of digital works.  As with all of my art, these images are owned by me and may not be copied or used for any purpose without my express written permission. 

Heavenly Digital...

I just finished a digital collage.  Haven't worked digitally for a looong time.  This one is probably destined for one of my journals eventually.

There will probably be more digital stuff to follow, since I'm still banished from my studio for the foreseeable future.    Drat. 

 

The Evolution Of A Journal...

I've been working in the sixteen page (Teesha Moore) journal that I made awhile back.  I'm finally "getting" this journaling thing, letting go and just using glue and paint and putting down images.  I've decided that I quite like using my own digital collages and pictures of my dolls.  This may turn out to be an enjoyable experience after all:

After more work:

We're having some fun, now.

The Time Thing...

The time change is kicking my hind end.  I got up late this morning and still feel groggy as all get out.  Whew.  It seems to take me weeks to adjust. 

Yesterday, I spent all morning out in the studio.  I did some cleaning but also moved furniture around.  I'd really like to paint the walls out there, but don't know if I can do it by myself.  The walls soar to 30 feet or so in some areas out there.  Too high for this gal...I also worked on a clay moon man art doll, which I'm pretty happy with so far.  I'll take a picture of him later and post it here. 

I've been working on some digital collages, too.  Just can't seem to stop doing that, for some reason.  I'm not going to post the images here, but if anyone is interested they are on Flickr and the link is RIGHT HERE.

I'm going to get cleaned up and go to the grocery store later, then probably back out to the studio.  I'm feeling really good about the stuff I've been creating...haven't felt good about my art for awhile, so I'm enjoying it!

Toodles...

The Muse...

I spent most of the day yesterday messing around with digital painting...finally starting to get the hang of my Wacom graphics tablet.   I hadn't done anything with it for a long time, and it was somewhat dust covered from the lack of attention.   My new doll has proved to inspire my creativity in the digital realm, and so I present...Demetria...the muse...

 

 

 

 

I'm going to work in the studio today on a Moon Man art doll. 

Happy weekend, everyone.

Paperweights...

I worked on the glass paperweights as promised, and here are the results.  Group shot:

 

One at a time:

 

This one is quite old, so it's a little murky but still nice:

 

 

 

I'm happy with the results.  I want to do more!!

 

It's Written In The Sky...

Created a new digital collage called "Written In The Sky".  Hence, the title of this post...heheheheh...Aren't I clever?

 

 

In other news, company coming tomorrow and our 'fridge out in the carriage house has bit the dust.  I'm not sure what we'll do...buy a new one...try to get it fixed?  Buy a mini fridge for now and figure out what else later?  I'm waiting to hear from hubby for his thoughts on the situation.  It's always something.

 

 

Must Be The Season Of The Witch...

My throat now feels like I've been screaming, only I haven't.  Screamed, that is.  I occasionally feel like screaming, but I try to control myself.  Anyway, lots going on today.  Company could still show up...I actually prefer that people come right out and say whether they are going to visit or not, and clearly state whether they are going to spend the night or not.  Being vague and coy does not set well with me when I'm the one who has to clean and get things ready for guests.  On top of that, our new granite kitchen island top is going to be installed today, instead of next Monday.  Our handyman might show up today, to work on one of the many little projects that await his attention. Add to THAT, the fact that I don't feel at the top of my game and you have a recipe for disaster...or at least a recipe for a minor scuffle.  I guess we'll see what happens. 

New digital collages:

 

 

Cheery pip.

Soul Splitter...

Another digital collage, here.   I'm still taking the online class with Suzi Blu but I'm pretty tired of mermaids, so I'm not doing another one.  I'm practicing drawing the folk art style faces, which I need to do because my shading and whatnot basically stinks.  The digital stuff is my first love, though so I'm creating those right, left and center. 

 

Another...

 

I see Typepad has monkeyed around with things again.  Why can't everyone just leave well enough alone?  The new Windows thing sucks too.  I hate the way my pictures are arranged...they show up in three different places and I don't know why...some pictures are HERE and some pictures are THERE and other pictures are NOWHERE.  Geez Louise.  I hate it.