Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Color journal week nine






Hi all!

Here is the Color journaling challenge for week nine!

I don't know about you all, but I am getting super antsy for Christmas and it's not even technically Fall yet! So to get a taste of the Christmas cheer without that blatant holiday commercial color palette, let's use a red and green scheme that doesn't look traditionally Christmas.

The work above is at its heart red and green, but the green behind the angel is more of an aqua color with cool blue undertones (colors always appear different on the monitor - what kind of green do YOU see? I am curious! And the dress of the angel is really a spring green - not a color you often see in the winter if you live where I do - in New York, USA! So try your hand at various shades of red and green and see what non-Christmas combinations you can come up with!

For more info in the Color Journaling project, click the image below:

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Building Theme


Theme Thursday has a Building challenge going on right now, and here is an altered book pagee I made with the Eiffel tower. The book is a collaborative project between myself and a friend.

Friday, August 13, 2010

Color Journal Week Eight!


Hi All!

Here is the Rose white and gold challenge! I may do more with this and post later on in the week! Maybe I'll make a Gothic Arch, I've been making a LOT of those!

Mozart has been playing in the background as I've made this - fpor some reason his music makes me think of lighthearted opulence, perfect for the rose, white and gold combination - music is a great inspiration and can really give the feeling of colors. I sometimes wished I was on of those people who could "hear" colors. Or "See" music!

The gold did NOT scan well in my painting LOL, but the background is in fact a really nice metallic gold! I Promise :D

And yet ANOTHER arch


This one was made for Wendy! Again, same techniques as before.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Purple Gothic Arch


And here's a purple Gothic Arch, same techniques as the last two!

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Yet another Gotic Arch....




I can't stop making these obviously!

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Crown Gothic Arch



Well, I needed to relax and create an arch for the Gothic Arch challenge! Some issues have come up and so much has had to be out on the back burner, but we all need to set things aside sometimes and give ourselves a break! I used two of my favorite colors here - aqua and yellow. The figure is a composite of three seprate images I made in photoshop. Printed it out and then painted the rest with acrylic paint.