Making jewelry is one of the hobbies I enjoy. When people ask me what kind of art I do on my own, I have a hard time saying what I do… I love photography, jewelry making, collages, drawing, watercolor, clay. I dabble in a little bit of everything. So, my mother-in-law and I went to a craft show in Madison this weekend and we want to start selling some crafts. She is thinking about sewing some kids’ capes for boys … Read more…
We went to the Wisconsin Dells the other weekend and of course, I took about 300 pictures. My theory is that if you take 300 pictures, one of them is bound to look great! Playing around with photo editing online yielded these photos. Next, I’m going to try to do some hand painting on photos.
Duck Collage #2, 2009 I thought I would post some pictures of collages I made a year ago for my soon to be born baby girl, Daria. We were trying to think of a theme for the baby’s room and I wanted something slightly neutral in case we ever had another kid and it turned out to be a boy. Or, in case these ultrasounds were wrong and it turned out we were having a boy. One of my coworkers … Read more…
While reading Mini Matisse’s Blog I learned about this really cool online drawing program that allows you to draw with different types of marks: fur, webbed, squares, ribbon, sketchy and others. I’m in love with how it looks! I have an idea to draw using this program, then print them out, add color with paints or colored pencils and then incorporate them into a mixed media collage. The only thing I don’t like about it is that it appears once … Read more…
Obey the Impulse, July 2010
Balloons in Madison, July 2010
Wagon of Sunflowers, July 2010 This photograph I took at the Farmer’s Market in Madison. This wagon was just sitting there unattended while the owner went to go purchase some more vegetables. It just is a nice symbol of Madison.
I purchased Carla Sonheim’s drawing book, because I’m always interested in looking at new drawing books or new mixed media art books and this is a combination of both. She has a lot of drawing exercises on her blog also. As an art teacher who avidly researches all sorts of art lesson plans, I have seen some of these drawing exercises before, but Carla puts her own unique spin on everything. I really like how the book is laid out, … Read more…
Collage July 2010, July 2010, mixed media, photographs
07-10 Collage, made in July 2010, mixed media, collage, photo and fibers July 10 is my husband’s birthday.. 7/2010 is also when I made this collage… don’t you see? so many layers to the numbers… amazingly enough, my daughter’s birthday is 10/7. Easy to remember, which is great because I am terrible with dates.
A beautiful tie dye stand at the Farmer’s Market.
I LOVE the Farmers Market in Madison. So much prettiness and delicious vegetables. Here is a photo I took today!
Layered Giraffe Collage for a child’s room
What to do with all those family photos? Want to make a special gift for a holiday or occasion? These family photo collages are so fun to make. Using scrapbook paper, ribbons, photos and other bits and pieces of ephemera, make a montage incorporating a family photo or two. Add paint on top to tie the whole piece together.Lucy, 2008Too bad for the glare.. This is a photo collage I made for my niece. Sonia, 2008 My other niece, Sonia.
