The Three Muses Challenge - FLORAL

This week at the Three Muses the theme is FLORAL.  The "model" is Botticelli's Venus transformed into Dorothy.  Flowers and background bits and pieces from Rosey Posey.

Sunday Postcard Art - ALTERING MONA

This week at SPA the theme is "altering Mona" (thanks to Deann).

Take a Word Challenge - SILHOUETTES

This week at Take a Word the theme is SILHOUETTES.  The silhouettes are from Graphics Fairy, the paper trees from Birgit Kerr and the background and text from Createwings Designs.

The Three Muses Challenge - A little bit of grunge

I have grunged up a portrait of my grandparents, altering, coloring and running amok with splatter brushes and various filters. They look ghostly as well they might because they died, in their twenties, within six weeks of each other, leaving two very young children - my father and his younger sister/

Take a Word Challenge - MOON

This week at Take a Word the theme is MOON.  My take on it is inspired by the Van Morrison song, "Moondance". The image (coloured and altered) is from e-vint.com (no longer selling).  Other bits and pieces including moon and stars are from Lorie Davison at Scrapbookgraphics.

Digital Whisper Challenge - LOVE

This week at Digital Whisper the theme is LOVE.  Sorry for taking a cynical view of St Valentine's day.  Meet Moaner and Lisa.

The Three Muses Challenge - Song Lyrics

I have chosen the beautiful Beatles song, "Eleanor Rigby".  It paints a word picture that is sad and touching and memorable.

Ah, look at all the lonely people

Ah, look at all the lonely people.

Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice

In the church where a wedding has been.

Lives in a dream.

Waits at the window, wearing the face

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 do they all belong?  

Sunday Postcard Art - AIR MAIL

This week at SPA the theme is AIRMAIL.  Thanks for the great challenge.

Take a Word Challenge - BIRD

This week at Take a Word the theme is BIRD.  This is an Ozstuffe Originale digitally painted using mouse and the digital painting software ARTRAGE.

The Three Muses Challenge - UMBRELLAS

This week at the Muses the theme is UMBRELLA.  Image from Wikimedia Commons, backgrounds from Itkupilli, umbrella Googled.

Take a Word Challenge - TIME

This week's theme at Take a Word is TIME.  Image from e-vint.com (no longer selling). Coloured and altered.  Background from Lorie Davison.  Clock and chair Googled.

The Three Muses Challenge - Turquoise and Red

This week at the Muses the theme is TURQUOISE AND RED.  The image is from Wikimedia Commons (altered and coloured).  The "hat" is a vintage rose from Graphics Fairy.

Take a Word Challenge - JUST AN OLD FASHIONED GIRL

This week at Take a Word the theme is JUST AN OLD FASHIONED GIRL.  Image from Hidden Vintage Designs (no longer selling).  Background pieces made from scanned pages.  Muslin tree by me.

The Three Muses Challenge - WINDOW

This week at the Muses the theme is WINDOW.  The image (altered and coloured) is from e-vint.com no longer selling.  Window frame, bird and background from Createwings Designs.

Take a Word - MUSIC

This week at Take a Word the theme is MUSIC.  Keyboard and musical notes Googled.  Images from e-vint.com no longer selling.  Background from Lorie Davison at Scrapbookgraphics.

The Three Muses Challenge - INCREDIBLE HAT

This week at the Muses the theme is "incredible hats".  My take on it is a little bit fishy.

Take a Word Challenge - Blackbird

Googled blackbird and keyboard, background from Itkupilli and words from the Beatles' song "Blackbird".

The Three Muses Challenge - ZETTI ART

There is no clear definition of Zetti art but we can do our own thing and have fun with it.  Elements here are hearts from Createwings Designs, background by Fiddlette, Zetti lady partly painted and using a Googled face (altered).

Take a Word Challenge - FISH - "Stained glass fishies"

My contribution is abstract fish, painted in digital program, Artrage, to look like stained glass.

The Three Muses Challenge - Welcome the New Year 2018

May there be "Truth, Love, Peace and Justice" in 2018.  A very happy New Year to all our fellow Blogsters who have supported us so beautifully and so loyally in all the other years that have passed since we discovered the joys of art blogging.  We have a saying in Australia which says "Your blood's worth bottling" which means you are truly appreciated.