I Dream In Flowers

This is my "honey" piece of art for this week (see Monday's post). It definitely makes me smile when I look at it. It's peaceful and soft; you can almost smell the flowers. I have a lot of doll images I like to use in my art. This is one of my favorite dolls. She just looks like a dream to me.

The other part of the challenge was to make note of your feelings as you made your "honey" and "vinegar" pieces of art. I found myself smiling a lot while putting this one together. Blues and purples are showing up in my art again. I love everything about this one.

I've blocked off the last two weeks of this month to work on my Baker's Dozen Collages. You have to create 13 collages (8" x 10"). You'll get 13 back from all over the world. As soon as they are completed I am shipping them off. These will be sent to New Zealand where they will be displayed in an art museum that has set aside room for a special exhibit just for this exchange. They have to arrive in N.Z. by mid-March so the sooner I ship them, the better.

Model Behaviour

This collage is called, "Model Behaviour". I made it in response to the Artist's Happiness Challenge course I am taking. The challenge for this week: create two pieces of art: one that shows negativity and one that shows positive energy. The lesson this week was called, "Vinegar and Honey" referring to names for negative and positive emotions, respectively.

So this is my "vinegar" collage, if you will. I'm working on a series of collages around a fashion theme for the Baker's Dozen collage exchange. This is the prototype for one that I have in mind. It shows a model in silhouette whose perfection is always on her mind. People are watching her, she's always got to be perfect and she's backed into a wall here.

I like working with the silhouettes for many reasons; mainly because I can't draw. I'll post my "honey" image when I finish with it. By the way, the brick in the background is one of the many cool images I found at this fantastic site. It has tons of free Photoshop brushes for download. Here is the link: http://www.obsidiandawn.com/

At The Threshold: A Study In Blue

I've been experimenting with using different colors than I normally work with. Today, it's blue. Also, I have enjoyed finding new Photoshop brushes on the web. They add that mystic feeling I was going for in this piece.

Enchanted Dream

This is another digital collage I put together in response to the Artist's Happiness Challenge course I am taking. The challenge for this week: make a piece of gratitude art. Think of someone you are thankful for and make a piece of art in honor of them. Of course I chose my mother. I've been dreaming a lot about her lately and this is in honor of her. I'm thankful she was always there to hold me hand and guide me through anything. I do miss her so much!

Breaking Through

This is a digital collage I made in response to a course I'm taking called the Artist's Happiness Challenge. The little girl at the window is part of an old photo of me as a child. It was wrinkled and in bad shape but was actually the look I was going for here.

I'm looking out of a literal and metaphorical blue window in my soul and finding there is happiness and possibility out there. Working through dark times opens the gate to brighter days. The sun is just starting to peek through the dark clouds that have been around me for too long.

Beginning To Shine

This is a digital collage I made in response to a course I am taking called the Artist's Happiness Challenge. The first challenge is to name three things you are grateful for and incorporate those into your art. I named: the color yellow, music and my health. After taking the first three lessons of this course, this is how I feel!