Take a Word Challenge - Wings on Things

This week at Take a Word the theme is WINGS ON THINGS. The body suit clad ladies are from e-vint.com (no longer selling) but I have coloured them from the original black and white and added some modesty.  The layered background pieces are all from Lorie Davison at Scrapbookgraphpics and the butterfly was Googled.

Digital Whisper Challenge -New Year 2017

This week at Digital Whisper the theme is 2017.  I wonder what it holds for us.  I have taken the painter's arms from a Renaissance painting (Wikimedia Commons) and added Googled easel and table.  The plaque, bottles and background are by Lorie Davison at Scrapbookgraphics.
We've had a great, successful year at Take a Word and The Three Muses with some new members joining us and topnotch artwork by EVERYONE.  We really appreciate your participation.
I take this opportunity to wish one and all a happy New Year and a great 2017.

The Three Muses Challenge - TWO

I have this photo in a family album.  The couple are the grandparents I never knew.  I had some fun adding colour and textures and a few splotches here and there.

Take a Word Challenge - LIGHTS

This week at Take a Word the theme is LIGHTS.  I have added lighting effects to highlight Mona's face.  Face Mona Lisa altered a tad, body from e-vint.com no longer selling and background by Lorie Davison at Scrapbookgraphics.

The Three Muses Challenge - Frame

This week at the Muses the challenge theme is FRAMES.  The image is from e-vint.com (no longer selling),  I have coloured it, including the stockings!  The background is from an Itkupilli collection.

Take a Word Challenge - HOME

This week at Take a Word the theme is HOME.  I have used pieces collected over many years and have lost credits except for the wings which come from Createwings Designs.

The Three Muses Challenge - NUMBERS

This week at TM the theme is NUMBERS.  The dolls and cup were found in Google Images.  The background and books are from Lorie Davison at Scrapbookgraphics.

Take a Word Challenge - RED AND GREEN

This week at Take a Word the theme is RED AND GREEN.  I have taken a vintage image from an Itkupilli collection and completely re-dressed her using Googled papers and over painting in my digital painting program, Artrage.  The background was scanned from an old dictionary and coloured.

The Three Muses Challenge - TIMEPIECES

This week at the Three Muses our theme is TIMEPIECES.  I painted the lady in ArtRage digital painting software and added cut and paste pieces for her hat, hair and dress.  The clocks are from Kubivet (no longer selling).  Clockwork pieces from JenU Designs.

Sunday Postcard Art - WINTER

This week the theme at SPA is WINTER - not in my part of the world where it is summertime.

Digital Whisper Challenge - Snowman

I painted Mr and Mrs Snowman three years ago and have dusted them off to appear in Patti's challenge.  All my own work (painting in ArtRage digital software) except for the background which comes from Createwings Designs.  As I live in a part of the world where snow never falls I had to use my imagination.

This week at Take a Word the theme is ANGEL.  I painted the background and also the dress and shoes.  The face and arms come from an image by Lorie Davison.  I had the wings in my collection and I'm not sure where they came from.

The Three Muses Challenge - Lace

This week at the Muses the theme is LACE.  The image is one I've had in my collection for a long time and the laces are from JenU Designs and Lauren Bavin.

Take a Word Challenge - SILHOUETTE

This week at Take a Word the challenge theme is SILHOUETTES.  My silhouette was found at Graphics Fairy.  I made the background from an old dictionary page, altered and tinted.  The lovely flowers are from Anna Aspnes at Oscraps.

The Three Muses Challenge - ZETTI

This week at the Three Muses the theme is Zetti Art.  What is Zetti Art?  My way of looking at it is add a crown and maybe wings and some stripes and squiggles and call it Zetti.  Zetti is fun but for some reason isn't as fashionable as it used to be.
Background and black and white squiggle from Fiddlette.  Googled face, altered. Body, bird and crown painted by me. Stacked hearts and heart balloons from Createwingsdesigns.

Take a Word Challenge - Fish

This week at Take a Word the theme is FISH.  The background is from Holliewood at Mischief Circus.  Everything else Googled.  The boy has been coloured and altered.

The Three Muses Challenge - PLANTS AND/OR INSECTS

This week at the Muses the theme is PLANTS AND/OR INSECTS.  I chose to feature the bee. The "Queen Bee" was made from an altered face, the body of a ballerina (overpainted in ArtRage), a bee from Graphics Fairy and the blackboard and flourishes from Fiddlette.

Digital Whisper Challenge - LUGGAGE

This week at Digital Whisper the theme is LUGGAGE.  This picture was made with old pieces of ephemera for which I have no information as to origin.

Sunday Postcard Art - GRATITUDE

This week at SPA the theme is GRATITUDE.  The image is from an old magazine and the balloon is by Anna Aspnes.

Take a Word Challenge - LOVE

This week at Take a Word the theme is LOVE.  The background was made from an old dictionary page, altered and coloured. The images come from an old Maya collection at Scrapbookgraphics.

The Three Muses Challenge - Bubbles

This week at the Three Muses the theme is BUBBLES. The image is from Wikimedia Commons. The Background is from Rosey Posey at Scrapbookgraphics, the pipe was Googled and the bubbles are "particles" from my digital software.

Take a Word Challenge - Vintage Fashion

This week at Take a Word the theme is VINTAGE FASHION.  The background and flowers are from Lauren Bavin.  The image has been in my stash for a long time and I don't know the source.

Fleur de Lys for Sunday Postcard Art

The French saying is easy to understand - "Life is simple but it is the world that is complicated". I painted the face and added, paper doll style, cuts of Googled papers (using my cutting tool as a pen).  The background brushes are from Anna Aspnes.

Digital Whisper Challenge - BATH TIME.

This week the theme at Digital Whisper is BATH TIME.  The lady is from a collection by e-vint.com (no longer selling).  The backgrounds and flowers from Itkupilli and the bath and back brush were Googled.

The Three Muses Challenge - EYES

This week at the Muses the challenge theme is EYES. I call this piece "The night has a thousand eyes". Image from Hidden Vintage Design (no longer selling), the background is from Lorie Davison and the eye was Googled.

Take a Word Challenge - Mail Art

I have chosen to create a (very) old fashioned envelope. Yes, I know Italy as a country did not exist in Roman times!  Image is from e-vint.com (now defunct). The stamp image was Googled as was the texty background.  The scroll upper left is from Irene Alexeeva (no longer designing). Banner Itkupilli.

Sunday Postcard Art Challenge - Shimmer, Glimmer and Shine

This week at SPA the challenge is SHIMMER, GLIMMER AND SHINE.  I have used tricks of my digital painting software to try to achieve shimmering and glimmering effects, especially the "metallic" and hopfully iridescent greens. The image is from a collection by e-vint.com (no longer in business).

The Three Muses Challenge - Shades of Blue

This week at The Three Muses challenge the theme is SHADES OF BLUE.  Googled image and suitcase, cloud effects and shadowing from software.

Take a Word Challenge - Music

This week at Take a Word the theme is music.  The musician is from a painting found at Wikimedia Commons. All other bits and pieces Googled or from my collection.

Digital Whisper Challenge - Scare me Silly

This week at DW the theme is "Scare Me Silly".  A zombie-like woman, a menacing blackbird, some bats, a cobweb and a wooden casket - hope that's scary enough!

The Three Muses Challenge - Apples (after Magritte)

This week at the Muses the theme is APPLES.  Apologies to Monsieur Magritte.  The couple are from Hidden Vintage Designs (no longer selling).  The apple and pipe were Googled.

Sunday Postcard Art - SKULL

This week the theme at SPA is SKULL.  "Alas, poor Yorick.  I knew him well".  The photo of Lord Laurence Olivier with skull was Googled.  Ephemera from Pinterest.

Digital Whisper Challenge - GHOSTS

This week at Digital Whisper the challenge theme is GHOSTS.  Photo of tunnel Googled, cobweb from Irene Alexeeva and images from Hidden Vintage designs.

Take a Word Challenge - MASCULINE

This week at Take a Word the theme is MASCULINE.  I have chosen Abraham Lincoln.  I Googled a black and white photo, changed it into a Photoshop semi-transparent brush and altered the colour to brown.  The bow tie was Googled and the word overlay is from Creative Wings Designs.

The Three Muses Challenge - Windows and/or Doors

Eleanor Rigby, picks up the rice

In the church where a wedding has been.

Lives in a dream.

Waits at the window

Wearing a face that she keeps in a jar by the door

Who is it for?

All the lonely people, where do they all come from?

All the lonely people, where they do they all belong?

Lyrics from the beautiful and thoughtful Beatles song "Eleanor Rigby"

Window (altered) and all other elements from Lorie Davison at Scrapbookgraphics (very old kit).  Image is a Photoshop semi-transparent brush.

Digital Whisper Challenge - Witch

This week at Digital Whisper the theme is WITCH.  The Renaissance portrait was googled, the hat is from Irene Alexeeva.  Insects Googled.

Take a Word Challenge - Orange and Black

This week at Take a Word the theme is ORANGE AND BLACK.  The image is from Wikimedia Commons.  It has been altered to add a new costume from background papers by Itkupilli.  The background and bowl of fruit hat are also from Itkupilli.

The Three Muses Challenge - CELESTIAL

"Well, it's a marvellous night for a moondance, with the stars up above in your eyes." (Song sung by Van Morrison).  It often helps creating artwork to think of the lyrics of a song and try to illustrate them.
The moon and stars and background are from Lorie Davison at Scrapbookgraphics.  The dancer is from a collection by e-vint.com (no longer selling).  It has been altered and coloured from the original black and white.

Digital Whisper Challenge - Paint Brush

This week at Digital Whisper the challenge theme is PAINTBRUSH.  Images (head and body) from e-vint.com (no longer selling).

Take a Word Challenge - ABOUT ART

This week at Take a Word the theme is ABOUT ART.  My artpiece is a question mark (an original Ozstuff abstract,  painted digitally) and it asks the question "What is art?"

The Three Muses Challenge - BUTTERFLIES

This week at the Muses the theme is BUTTERFLIES.  I painted the face, the butterfly is from Irena Alexeeva (no longer selling) and the background is by Lorie Davison at Scrapbook graphics with text overlay from Createwings Designs.

Take a Word Challenge - HEADGEAR

This week at Take a Word the theme is HEADGEAR.  The image and flowers are free-to-use from Graphics Fairy.  Background and frame by Lorie Davison at Scrapbookgraphics.

Three Muses Challenge - SIMPLY SEPIA

This week at the Muses the theme is SIMPLY SEPIA.  The image is from an e-vint.com collection (no longer selling).  The dictionary page background is my own.

Take a Word Challenge - FEATHERED FRIENDS

This week at Take a Word the theme is FEATHERED FRIENDS. 

Sunday Postcard Art - Harvest Moon

This week Deann has challenged us to create a postcard with a harvest moon theme.  I might have been drinking too much pumpkin wine.  Image from Finecrafted design, Googled moon, pumpkins from Irene Alexeeva.

Cheeky Challenge - Boat

This week at Cheeky Challenge the theme is BOAT.  Boat from Lorie Davison, birds and butterflies Googled.

The Three Muses Challenge - Autumn Colours

This week at the Muses the theme is AUTUMN COLOURS.  Some elements from Rosey Posey at Scrapbookgraphics.

Digital Whisper Challenge - Twin Towers

Patti has asked us to remember the anniversary of the attack on the Twin Towers.  Although I live on the other side of the world I vividly remember the night (my time) when the news of the attack reached our TV's and radios.  It seemed unreal and it took some time for it sank in.

Sunday Postcard Art - Circus

Life is a circus and no circus is complete without a clown. (Image painted by me)

Take a Word Challenge - FRUIT

This coming week at Take a Word the theme is FRUIT.  Googled items, altered and coloured.