EraserQueen Studios

Sal (Amerasu), Ann (AnnD) and I are working on a new Art of Collage workshop!  We're having a blast filming video and creating workbooks that will teach you the core skills, layer building, tips, and techniques for creating successful and satisfying collage art!


This Gothic Arch is 5x7.5 inches and is created with digitally and hand manipulated clipart, acrylic paint, stencils, twinkling H2O paints, Korean Newspaper, foreign text (Norwegian?), watercolor, inks, paint pens and scrap papers.  It's signed and dated, and the back is also hand finished with decorative paper, stenciling and stamps.


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• For Three whole chances to win, 1) reply to this post and 2) click here and friend me on Facebook: and 3) post a link to this blog post to your facebook feed!

Good Luck!  Drawing will be held February 27th!  The starting date of Art of Collage II

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Hey All!

I would like to start blogging about other great artsy people I know but something that has prevented me from doing so has been copyright.

Essentially it is wrong to take photos from another person's blog and publish them in your posts without their permission.   If you want to promote them or share their work with others, you need to contact them and ask for permission.

This is a bit of a drag of you are an impulsive blogger and want your post published immediately.  Most people are "Omg, serioulsy, just use my photo and link back!"  But there are a few people who are very wary of their work being posted anywhere.

I am all for it of any of you want to take one of my images and post it on your blog.  But you need to link back to my blog and make it obvious that it's my work.  Say my name a few times, say why you're posting my image and don't lead people to believe you made the art or took the photo.  That's fairly well understood etiquette.  But onn the other hand, I don't want your enthusiasim to dampen because you have to wait 48 hours before I reply with a go-ahead.

SO  I have made some handy little buttons.  You can place these on your blog if you want to encourage others to mention you or your work and give you credit without emailing you first.

If you want to use these feel free to save them and load them onto your blog.  You must link back to this post though so others will know where to find them and what they mean!

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Hello folks! It's that time again! I'm releasing a new workshop on September 26th, and to celebrate I'm having a contest!

All you have to do to is comment to this post! For more changes to win, place one of the banners below with a link to this post on your Blog, Forum Signature, Facebook, or Twitter, and get a chance to win. The more places you put it, the more chances you have to win! Jus let me know where you put it (and a link would be nice! I love visiting people's blogs and twitter pages!)


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Instructor: Andrea Melione
Art Level: Women of India is a workshop for beginner and intermediate students.
Start Date: September 26, 2011
Contents: 1 module program
Fee: $24 US per person
Questions? Please view our Online Workshop FAQ
This Workshop Includes:

• Basic Styles of Indian dress
  • The Sari
  • The Salwar Kameeze
  • Bollywood! Mixing India and the West
• Indian Jewelry
• Indian Hair Styles
• Color and Pattern in Indian Clothing
• Inspirational Resources
• Indian Woman Paper doll: Designing your own outfits
• Project: 8x10 Canvas

Cancellation Policy: A full refund, less $10 administration fee will be given for cancellations up the day prior (September 25, 2011) to the start date of the workshop. There will be no refunds on the day of or after the start date of the program (September 26, 2011).

I'm in the very final stages of completion for the Indian Woman Workshop!  The Videos are all filmed and edited, and now I am putting the final touches on the workbook. Above is the cover!  When I see it, the colors make me think of spices and colorful saris.

The layout of the workbook is the most exciting part for me.  After spending so much time drawing, painting, designing, scanning, photographing and writing, I get to put it all together and see it as a whole - which is thrilling!  Graphic design is making sure it flows to makes sense AND look good, so it's fun to use that other section of my brain.  I hope those of you who are joining the class enjoy it as much as I did putting it together!  Don't hesitate to ask me questions if you have any.

I have seen instructions for making these "holders" at AFA and on blogs and such and have gotten them from folks in my swaps, but couldn't find a video, and so made one.




If any of you are hosting right now and want to encourage your swap participants to "Go Green", please feel free to use the link!

The URL is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX8qskGFMVQ