My mom used to wrap in newspaper funnies. Maybe that’s a cliche, but we loved the packages at Christmas. We didn’t have much money, and my mom was resourceful! I usually buy large tablets of newsprint and use acrylic paints to make personalized ‘paintings’ on the paper before wrapping a gift. I used to get [...]
Posts Tagged ‘art’
Art: How to uniquely wrap? Make your doggy print paper!
Posted in art, design, patterns, tagged art, design, dog pattern, paper, pattern, print on December 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Art patterns for paper or collage application
Posted in How to see, art, collage, design, patterns, tagged art, collage, design, paper, pattern, print on December 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The patterns you make can enliven your desktop, backgrounds and cut-outs for collages.Once you start making patterns, it gets addictive, so watch out!
Art: hibiscus pattern design preview
Posted in How to see, art, design, flower, patterns, tagged art, design, flower, hibiscus, pattern on December 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Art: Two magnolias
Posted in art, collage, flower, tagged art, collage, Hawaii, magnolia on December 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What do you think of this frame selection? I hope it works well. Several other options look good, too.Magnolias smell so good. A friend bought one of these prints and actually placed it in her newly remodeled fancy bathroom! I guess most artists aren’t fond of having their work displayed in bathrooms. But I think, [...]
Art: “Eggs from heaven” collage: rural: chickens
Posted in Bird Art, art, bird, collage, tagged , art, bird, Bird Art, collage on December 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Collage history. I like very much the hens who range freely at the ranch. Their feathers are incredibly gorgeous, especially in sunlight. The hens have a comfortable house, lots of delicious organic table scraps and feed every day. In return for their superb care, they give delicious eggs. The white and ‘Ameriaraucanas’ give blue [...]
Art:Hawaii collage with mask and cockateil and more
Posted in Bird Art, art, bird, collage, tagged , art, bird, Bird Art, collage, Hawaii on December 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Collage history. This is one of my favs. As you can see, the blog head reflects design echoes. I was in Hawaii. I met a wonderful little bird. He lived with a mask, placed on his wall. I named the piece ‘wave dancer’ or, in Hawaiian, “nalu olapa”. Imagined Myth: Nalu Olapa is a guardian to native island birds, [...]
Art : we can pretend
Posted in How to see, tagged art, drawing, see on December 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What do you see? a napping cat? a nice warm hat? a cake, pat- pat? We pretend, that’s where it’s at. [TRForsman2007]
Art and vitamins
Posted in How to see, Uncategorized, tagged art, drawing, How to see, Journal on December 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This may sound strange to you. What do you think about the idea that if you take B complex, your vision improves?I think it’s true. It’s like upping the saturation on your art. I swear it works.
Magpie Star Rider Collage art print
Posted in Bird Art, tagged art, bird, collage, magpie on December 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
