Tuesday, October 31, 2017

The Three Muses Challenge - TIME

This week at the Muses the theme is Time Flies.  The clock face is from Lauren Bavin and the image was originally an old black and white which I've coloured and altered.

Sunday, October 29, 2017

Take a Word Challenge - FAMILY ALBUMS

This week at Take a Word the theme is FAMILY ALBUMS.  This is a picture of my mother, Lucy, aged 12 with her giant dog Major. Background and framing from Lorie Davison at SBG.

Saturday, October 28, 2017

Sunday Postcard Art - pink, yellow, orange.


This week at SPA there is a colour challenge - pink, yellow, orange.  Image coloured and altered from e.vint.com (no longer selling).  Chair and background by Irene Alexeeva (also retired).

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

The Three Muses Challenge - ORANGE

This week at the Muses the theme is ORANGE.  Image (coloured and altered) from a collection sold by e-vint.com (no longer selling).  Cat by me.  Assorted PS brushes.

Sunday, October 22, 2017

Sunday Postcard Art - Apothecary Labels

This week at Sunday Postcard Art the theme is APOTHECARY LABELS.  The lady comes from Wikimedia Commons and the labels were Googled.

Take a Word Challenge - Turquoise

Image, coloured and altered from an e.vint.com collection (no longer available online).  The poster was Googled as was the butterfly.

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

The Three Muses Challenge - CANDLE

This week at the Muses the theme is CANDLE.  The lady is a mishmash of elements - a Botticelli face and dozens of elements put together to make the body.  Candle and boots were Googled.

Monday, October 16, 2017

Digital Whisper Challenge - Witch

This week at Digital Whisper the theme is WITCH.  Mine is an Ozstuffe Originale.

Sunday, October 15, 2017

Take a Word Challenge - Stripes

This week at Take a Word the theme is STRIPES.  Stripes Googled, metallic butterflies and background Irene Alexeeva.  Image from an old collection, coloured and overpainted.

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

The Three Muses Challenge - The Printed Word

This week at the Muses the theme is THE PRINTED WORD.  I Googled a black and white photo, converted it into a Photoshop brush and placed it over a chopped up dictionary page I made.   Water colour paint was added.

Sunday, October 8, 2017

Digital Whisper Challenge - PIANO

I have used the well known image of my Uncle Paul (by marriage) for this picture (colour and alterations added).  The piano was Googled.  As far as I know Uncle Paul didn't play the piano but IF HE DID he would have been his own best audience as superiority was his middle name,

Take a Word Challenge - NUMBERS


This week at Take a Word the theme is NUMBERS.  I made the numbered background.  The identical twins are from e-vint.com (no longer selling).  Image extracted from black and white photo and coloured a little.

Saturday, October 7, 2017

Sunday Postcard Art - Hats

This week at SPA the theme is HATS.  I used some of my own photos of flowers in making the hat.

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

The Three Muses Challenge - FLORAL

This week at Take a Word the theme is FLORAL.  The image is from my huge collection from the now defunct website e-vint.com. (Image coloured from original black and white and re-dressed, collage style).  Background Rosey Posey formerly of Scrapbook Graphics.

Sunday, October 1, 2017

Take a Word Challenge - RED

This week at Take a Word the theme is the colour RED.  The image is from e-vint.com (no longer selling).  I have coloured it and added the puppeteer's strings.  The background is from Itkupilli.