Theme Thursday - Chalks

Theme Thursday's challenge this week is chalks. I used a swirly stamp for the background (on top of the french dictionary page) and my Versamark stamp pad. A couple of different colors of chalks were swiped over that. The girl image is from Digital Collage Sheets.

Gothic Arch - Friends

This week's theme for the Gothic Arch Challenge is "friends". I used watercolors to paint the sky/ocean, and I used mulberry paper for the sand. The shells along the bottom are from a LunaGirl collage sheet, and the image is from a magazine.

ATC Postal

This is a quick ATC I did today. I used a leftover piece of the background I created for Theme Thursday tag below. I call this ATC "postal". :)

Image from DigitalCollageSheets.

Theme Thursday - One

Theme Thursday's challenge this week was "one". The only rule was that the art piece had to have the number one on it somewhere. I really enjoy this challenge site because you can make any size art you want - ATC, 4x4, 1x1, tag - whatever!

Image from DigitalCollageSheets. Coat check stub and black German scrap crown from CollageStuff.

Gothic Arch - Birds

This week's Gothic Arch challenge theme is bird(s). The bird image is a rubber stamp from Asta Arts. The image of the girl is from the 'net, but I can't recall the site although it was a free source. The background is a page from an old book I got at the thrift store. I drew all the other elements by hand, except for the word "bluebird" which was stamped. I used watercolors to color in the background elements, and I used gouache on the girl's dress and pink acrylic paint for the dress details. I was looking for a storybook feel for the piece. I'm just barely getting brave enough to post my work that contains hand-drawn elements.

Altered Journal Pages - Ocean Theme

I haven't had a chance to do much art lately. I had a busy week, so my art time suffered. These are pages I did for an altered journal RR I'm in. The pages will be front (top photo) and back (bottom) and will mount with two holes punched in the top of the pages. The image of the girl in the top photo is from a fruit crate label that I got out of one of my Dover books. I used gouache paints to change the color of her bathing suit to blue because that the color theme for this journal was ocean blues/green/white. The woman in the bottom photo is from a free source on the net (can't recall the site) and the fish is Victorian scrap from CollageStuff. I'm not a big fan of ocean-themes it turns out. I hope Michelle likes them.