When I posted about the house my brother is restoring it was one of my most popular posts ever! So, I thought you’d like an update on this home in rural Virginia. It’s called Mountain Glen, was built around 1860, and is located on a farm my brother bought. Initially he repaired just the basics,…
Do you ever hit a creative stumbling block? Or just don’t have the mental stamina to take on something major? How about a quick little collage with magazine pages. I especially like doing this with calendar images. Since the images already relate to one another, it makes for easier going. Here’s one I did with…
You can’t work with a bunch of pieces of colored paper without seeing some design possibilities! As part of my online class with Jane Davies, I was arranging, and rearranging, and rearranging again a wide array of colors and shapes. Our first assignment was to make a largish collage with multiple pieces. Mine missed the…
My son is moving out! On July 4th. His Independence Day! I’m so excited for him. And I also admit to a little joy at the prospect of reclaiming his bedroom for my own purposes! Yahoo! I got to use his room a few years ago and it was so great. Once again, I have…
Inspired by the work of Derek Gores, I decided to make a glued collage with magazine pages. I’ve done this before on a small scale. This time I moved up to a whopping 16 x 20. This was my inspiration photo. It’s a combination of 3 photos which I manipulated and merged on my computer….
A few months ago I was playing around with paint quite a bit and using a lot of palette paper. You’re probably familiar with it. It’s sorta waxy, so it can handle a lot of moisture. Often, the paint dried in interesting ways, so I decided to save the papers. (Yep, I did it again:…
Back in October, I wrote about creating torn paper collages in order to loosen up and to work more abstractly. Like this: Original photo Torn paper collage Because the paper is torn, you can’t be too accurate, so you HAVE to focus on the largest shapes. The fabric interpretation, Ti Party. One of my readers, Suzanne…
I have a white “silk” orchid that was very realistic looking when I purchased it several years ago. Over time, however, it has yellowed badly. I considered several ideas about how to best revamp these pretty petals. Eventually, I decided just to paint them, with ordinary acrylic paint. This worked well. I left the fiddly…
Here are some interesting links for your enjoyment. First, a gallery of wonderful quilts made by the Front Range Contemporary Quilters. You’ll love them! Next, check out the beautiful and subtle work of Cas Holmes. Finally, something a little different: painted pebbles. I was intrigued by these because some of them looked almost like they…
After seeing some angel ornaments for sale I got the idea of making something similar as gifts. But my idea was to add the faces of the recipients to their respective angels. Doesn’t that sound like fun? I painted the bodies red and added a little shading on the sides. As you can see, these primitive…