First attempt with Photoshop

This is my first attempt using Photoshop as an art form. The individual pieces were created in a Fabric Art Workshop. I took all the pictures from the same distance so I could maintain the proper ratio of each piece, one to the others. This is the final collage piece for the class. The intent was to use a lot of the work we had created over the last few months. I think there are 20 different images in the piece.

Locking Zentangles

I finished this one the other day while I was waiting for a class to begin. I carry a book with drawn circles in it. It keeps me sane when I have to wait.

I am so lucky!!!

I WON ! ! !

Seth Apter of The Altered Page at http://thealteredpage.blogspot.com/ has had over 100,000 hits on his blog so he celebrated by doing a give a way. I am so excited to be one of three winners. I love the textures and colors that he uses in his art. He said I will receive a package of goodies. I wonder what will be in it. ANTICIPATION !!!

THANKS SETH

A time to remember

Today is a time to remember those who sacrificed so much for us. To contemplate what was given, what we have received, and how we live now because of their service. Our country is such a wonderful place to live and we owe it's survival to the brave men and women who fought and cared for it.

Remembering my grandfather, father, and uncles who have now passed. Also the people who worked in the factories as my grandmother did to help with the war efforts.

Even though it is Memorial Day it is important to remember those who still live and those who still serve today. Thanks to my brother John, my sister Kay, and my nephew Tony.

Brain pieces everywhere!

I feel like my head is going to explode. I started a class on Adobe Photoshop at our local college. I hate realizing my limitations!!! I will learn this stuff. I love the Photoshop part, but I am so inept with my computer knowledge. It probably is taking me four times as long as the other students to do my assignments. But in a few weeks I should be able to start posting some of my collages (I hope).


One good thing is that my friend, Ella, took my gears to clean and rust so that she could use them. Thank you Ella! I do not anticipate that I will be working with them for at least a month.



I have taken over a thousand photos in the last ten days. One day at the Bio Park here in Albuquerque. I spent that wonderful day with my daughter Lisa just browsing and doing macro photography. A walk in the neighborhood with an artist friend gave me more. And then a day at Fiber Arts Fiesta gave me lots of inspiration and targets for my camera.

Trip to a junkyard

Went to a junkyard the other day with some girlfriends (I so wish I had a camera with me). It was a fun adventure and we found some really cool gears, springs, and odd things to rust up. If they won't rust I will paint them or some such thing.