encaustic class

this month i had 2 extra encaustic classes

which worked out great for me

i've had all this extra creativity

and the full moon has really helped

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above , one of my photos,

over an old book page

layers of wax, corrugated cardboard

wall paper, cheesecloth

and a crocheted doily

a similar project

using the same materials and

another one of my photos

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and below

i finished by adding the rusted metal

and changed one of the photo transfers

creativity howls

There are nights when

the wolves are silent

and only the moon howls.

~George Carlin~

encaustic class

all this week

i've had a creative surge

it must be the full moon coming

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above, the second of a series i started a few weeks ago

layers of blue, green and ochre

a photo transfer of one of my many trees

some branches and rusted metal

this one was inspired by

donna watson

one of my recent followers

who has this wonderful style with collage

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layers of old book pages, paper, wax

corrugated cardboard, cork , tree branches

little bit of rusted metal

and a sketch i scanned and used as a photo transfer
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this sunday i have an all day class

i hope the moon is still full!!

one world, one heart

well today is the day

where bloggers get to meet new friends

get inspired and feel the love!

so to all my new friends

thanks for stopping by

and i hope you enjoy

please add a comment below

with your link so i can visit you

last year i made 200 cards

(50 of the ones above)

plus 50 mini collages

and gave away 5 necklaces

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the photo was taken in owen sound

and has inspired me everyday

i've created this necklace

with owoh in mind

this is the prize to drawn on feb.15th

so please leave a comment

to enter the draw

i will add a new prize for every 100 comments

so far i've made these three
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anyone who becomes a follower
will receive
a R.A.K. gift
you must e-mail me privately
at
nancy_allpulpedout(at)yahoo(dot)com

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link back to my main page

link to my photos

link to my encaustic

link to my jewelry

flee market finds

my latest

flee market finds

when i first got to the market i found a kodak camera

the vendor was asking $110

and i thought if i don't find anything else

i will get it on the way out

well......

i ended up finding lots of things

for the same amount of money

a kodak camera for $25

a brownie bull's-eye for $15

(the first in my collection of 7)

some old documents and receipts $15

and lots of hardware$55

door handles and plates

hinges and window clasps

and an old lock

all in all

it was a great time spent at the market!!!

i love texture

it's amazing

a few simple photos combined

can make a great project in photoshop

i took a photo of some queen anne lace

overlooking the bluffs near my house

plain and simple

this photo of a lamp base in nyc

i think i take more photos of texture, grunge ,billboards,

metal, stone, the street etc............

than anything else

i cropped the photo
made it black and white
i'm sure i will use this texture again
and again





some text, inverted

and some stitches

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i layered the queen anne lace ontop of the lamp base texture

used the "hard light" blending mode

i gave the photo some texture but it wasn't enough

so i added the text, it got lost , so i inverted it,

a little too harsh, so i use my eraser at 50% opacity

and it lighted some of the text

and for the finishing touch i added the stitches
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simple but effective

nothing fancy

just layers and blending modes

and a little eraser

i've been working with ps for 5 years now

the first few years i just played with

the enhancements and filters

but once i found "layers" and the "blending modes"

i was hooked!!!!

like anything the more you "play"

the more you learn!!

that

and a little help from my friends

lennie and marie

i've slowly been learning

"tips and tricks"

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someone asked me recently

"where do you get your ideas?"

well.....

they just happen

really

i promised myself a few years ago that

i would make it a routine to sit every day

for 15 minutes at the computer

and if you know me --that's a long time for me to sit!!!

but i did, everyday

not knowing what to do

i just open a photo and play

and the next thing you know

something is created

sometimes it's good and sometimes

well, lets just say i learn from my mistakes!

but mostly it just evolves!

so....... take some time to play!

encaustic class

today i worked on a piece for one of my clients

she was kind enough to give me a whole book

of charts and cruising guides

over 120 pages, 12 x 16

great for backgrounds

which i used above

it shows their yacht club

and a photo i had taken of the "bluffs"

last year while on a boat trip from the same club

i used clear wax

cheese cloth

and rubbed in sienna oil paint

to highlight the texture

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i hope she likes it!

countdown to OWOH

it's that time of year again

next monday is the start of owoh
an event started a few years ago in the blog world
by lisa swifka
and was featured in artful blogger
it a great way to meet other bloggers and
there are prizes!
i will have a great giveaway posted on the 25th
all you will have to do is leave a comment to enter the draw
and the winner will be drawn on feb. 15th
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last year i was overwhelmed by the response

i thought maybe a 100 or so people would participate

well to my surprise, over 900 did

and i received

492 comments

i gave away 150 handmade cards

55 mini collages

and the main giveaway

i made 5 necklaces

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i hope you will stop by

hint, hint

my prizes, yes, there will be more than one

my prizes will be wearable art

shadow shot sunday

saturday nite

get together at heather's
lots of photos for
shadow shot sunday

too pretty

encaustic class

usually i work with micro crystalline wax

but for the above work i switched to bees wax

which has a natural yellow hue

i think it works well with the color palette

not sure if i noticed any other differences

but i'm sure i will try using it again

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above, one of my photos

transferred onto the wax

several layers of ochre, green and blue

and a few sesame seeds to add a little texture

i'm not finished with it yet

not sure what to add down the left side

maybe some gold leaf?

post card from spring

i miss you!

playing with backgrounds

after re-discovering my

backgrounds folder

(experimental collages i made 2 years ago)

i decided to see what they would look

like as layers in some photoshop projects

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above a photo taken on new years day

(converted it to a b/w photo)

one of my backgrounds (middle, below)

some text and a ttv found on flickr

i used "hard light" and" color burn"

blending modes on the different layers

on the left alternating layers of

magazines strips and masking tape

in the middle random shapes of magazine pages

and masking tape with a layer of gesso on top

and on the right ,

layers of masking tape colored with walnut ink

very simple to create

i scanned and saved for future use

then just forgot about them

until last week

i altered them in ps

converting to black and white,

inverting and adding different filters

just to see what they would look like

the used same original photo as above

and added the dry brush filter

i used the background on the left

and converted it to b/w

then used the overlay blending mode

again the same photo

the background on the right

which i inverted and got the blue tone

added a ttv and used the linear burn blending mode

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i came up with dozens of alternatives

i posted the ones i like so far

it's been fun discovering different looks to just one photo

using three of my backgrounds
i'm so glad i found this folder!

dreaming.....

i like to hibernate

stay inside

clean out my studio

purge my closets

organize my taxes
read a lot

watch old movies

and day dream...............

how many more days 'til spring??

i can't wait to get out there

i love the feel of the dirt in my hands

the winter gives me a chance to rest up,

plan a new layout for part of my garden

it gives me something to focus on

which gets me through the next few months

that

and i'm forced to sit at the computer

the rest of the year i always have an excuse

to be outside

but now i find myself sitting every few hours

playing with my photos

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above, one it took up north while

visiting some friends

layered over some texture

the original photo

cropped and added the poster edge filter


a background i made of old book pages and sheet music
covered with gesso
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once i layered the two in photoshop
it was fun to try out all the blending modes

encaustic class

after a few months off

it felt great to get back into working with wax

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inspired by the "winter white"

and a painting by susan wallis

it was nice to work in a monochromatic

colour scheme

the nest needs a little more work

but i'm happy with it so far

details from the corners

finally, some snow!

a little snow is nice

everything looks so pretty and white

something very serene about it

wondering through my backyard

the birds are singing

it's not too cold

snow is light and fluffy

i like how it stacks up on the smallest of things

i wish it could stay like this

but back to reality--the front yard

have to shovel the walk and driveway

listening to the commuters

the white blanket turning to black

when i done i will definitely go through the backyard again!

a night at the museum

this week at the royal ontario museum
they featured late nites and half price admission
my friend ron and i
braved the cold
and stood in line to see the
vanity fair exhibit (above a photo taken outside the rom)

portrait photographers included
Helmut Newton, Nan Goldin, Herb Ritts,
Harry Benson, Mario Testino, Bruce Weber
and Annie Leibovitz


walkways through the r.o.m.


on our way out
we wondered through
the natural history gallery
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i thought this shot would be great for
shadow shot sunday

the giant japanese spider crab

they have a leg span of 3 to 7 meters!!!

how much butter would i need?