My First ATC Exchange(O:

Creative Carmelina and dear blogging friend of mine has introduced me to the world of ATC's. We have just had our first exchange I I am delighted to show you her amazingly detailed and beautifully stitched ATC that arrived in my mailbox on Monday. She has been such an inspiration to me.
http://creativecarmelina.blogspot.com/
Thank you Carmelina!!

A Blog to Follow (and a give away too!)

Diane has given me so much advise on Art Shows as well as a boat load of inspiration. You must check out her blog she has really beautiful art work!!


http://dianesalter.blogspot.com

I'm so sorry everyone for some reason the link didn't appear this morning.

Sketxhbook Project 2011 (final 3 pages)

Ahhhhh, I can't believe I actually did it...wheew! That was a lot of fun. These are the final 3 pages of this sketchbook project 2011. I will be doing the cover soon but I'm still brainstorming about that part.

Sketchbook Project 2011 (pages 22, 23, 24 & 25)

Good morning(O:
I have a 4 page spread displayed here today. I tried a new technique from the rest of this book by cutting a hole in one of the pages. This was fun and I have just 3 pages left to go, this is a huge mile stone for me as I have never filled a sketchbook from cover to cover(O: Yea!! Have a great Monday everyone!

Sketchbook Project (pages 20 & 21)

I sit here on my patio this morning with one eye on my laptop and one eye on my tiny little Stella (12 wk old Beagle puppy just 5lbs) I worry because there have been the most enormous hawks swooping through our back yard and around our cul de sac lately. I am just terrified that one of them will pick up my baby on it's way through. Apparently that has been happening so I have to keep an extra eye on her at all times when she's outside.
I have posted a few photos today of my next two page spread. These are a little different. I chose not to pattern their faces on these, instead I used graphite for some light shadowing and left the patterns for the hair and background. There is something about the colors in these that I like. Ordinarily I wouldn't be using grays, whites and yellows but I quite like this color combo(O: Have a great Sunday everyone!!

Sketchbook Project 2011 (pages 18 & 19)

Thanks again everyone for all the feedback on my sketchbook. I'm telling you it's what's keeping me going here. Normally I would be ready to start something new by now but I'm almost finished. I have so many upcoming projects I am going to need to focus on starting in August and then the kids are back in school so I really must finish this first.
This two page spread has been done with sharpie paint pens, archival ink and then I made their snazzy wigs with collage paper. I think they look like they're from the 70's. There are 3 faces to find today. I'm planning to make a few things with some of the images from this sketchbook like hairbrushes, pendants and possibly a few wall mirrors. With this being a sketchbook I will be giving away when it's complete I'm going to do a photo collage using all these images. Imaging finding all the faces in the crowd then(O:

Sketchbook Project 2011 (pages 16 & 17)

Good morning, it's FRIDAY!!!!!!
Here are pages 16 & 17 for this morning. I decided to use watercolors on the faces of these two and then I used acrylic paints in similar more bold colors on the outer pattern. I was pleased with these ones because I really wanted to have a softer look on their faces.