snow much fun

as the snow melts in the city, i had fun if the country with sidney

he loves the snow!!!

and i love watching him trying to find the ball

i'm back

and exhausted!!!!

i had a great time

learned some great techniques

met the most talented people

took lots of photos

did the most shopping in my life

(thanks to my friend ludgera)

and had a fabulous time

i'm so tired, i can't even think about unpacking

i just spent 15 hours on the road, with all the pits stops

i have to go to bed

but promise to show you

my art and photos tomorrow

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above a collage of my photo of the park plaza

fabric, paper, gel tar and lots of stitching

done in a dj pettett class a few years ago

fun with clip art

i love the blog world

my friend ludgera sent me this link

saray-viola

there are so many links to different sites

for free vintage clip art

somewhere is this dragonfly image

( i will find it again)

i played with it in ps

added some paper images,

some text from an old post card,

a postage stamp and a photo frame

found on flickriver

found art in the country!

while up in the country this weekend

we attended an outdoor party

at "western smoke out town"

owner "earnie" hosts this great party

3 bands , food and byob plus a huge bomb fire

the first thing i noticed was charlie's bike!!!

WOW a collage artists dream

i couldn't stop taking pictures

the was so much "stuff" on this bike

i love the "mad max" feel

my favorite is the " brownie hawkeye" camera on the back

crown royal bag, crystal door knobs,

mouse trap, egg beater, change maker,

hand cuffs, oil can, spur, horns, lunch box,

marlboro ashtray and bicks and smuckes gas covers

i'm sure i could design my own helmet

that would go perfect with this!!


i'm getting inspired

more found grunge art

you can't walk very far

without finding postered walls, graffiti

or some kind of advertisement

as much as i like a clean city

i'm fascinated by the layers

torn, riped, weathered papers

revealing whats hidden

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above 8 layers of photos

with various blending modes

full moon

i just had to take this challenge

from inspire me thursday

i'm so ruled by the moon

it's a great source of creatively for me when it is full

the photo was taken last fall during the harvest moon

through the trees just outside my front door

a few weeks ago i was bored and

made some simple paper backgrounds

i added some gesso on to to diffuse the text

a blue wash of paint

then added the "paper moon"

and transfered a copy of the photo with gel medium

i'd like to try this in my encaustic class

maybe next week!

wishful thinking

only 28 more days 'til spring

happy valentine's day

i feel the love!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFSJh9sJilU&feature=related

one of those days!

have you ever had one of those days

where nothing goes right

i was so excited to get to class today

i had several "works in progress"and

a few new ideas to start

well, it just didn't happen

3 hours of getting frustrated

and just feeling like all my ideas

were not working out as i dreamed

so i have nothing to show for today

hopefully next week i will get my groove back

i think i used up all my creative "juices" yesterday

working on my mini collages for owoh

i finished a series of "angels"

seen above

wallpaper, one of photos, and

a transparency of an iron gate

more collage

it's been fun looking through all my paper

i should really do this more often

it has sparked alot of creativity

i even got out the my sewing machine

which i haven't used in over a year
i found a stash of mini canvas boards and

have using them to make these collages

above are a few photos

from a country road trip to port perry

and i found a huge container of "oriental" papers

so far i've made 40 "heart ", 18 collage and

40 photo cards plus 20 mini canvas collages

what's in a name?

i've been visiting hundreds of blogs since the start of owoh

and have noticed many people wondering about

how their blog got it's name

most of my regular bloggers are friends ,

so they know the answer or i've never asked

my website is all pulped out

i've always loved paper and started making

papier mache in the early '90's

i was making a lot of home decor items and

was enjoying it very much

i made my own pulp, sculpted each item, added wire ,

painted or decoupage

by '96 i was attending a huge craft show

and needed to make a ton

so i invited all my girlfriends to my house for a "margarita" party

and asked them each to bring a blender

well before you knew it, drinks and pulp where flying everywhere

at the end of the nite i was taking a break

and one of my friends said

"hey, get back to work" and i replied "i'm all pulped out"

and she said "that's it! that's your name!"

since then my art has evolved , working on collage,

mixed media ,assemblage and jewelry

i've taken many classes, here in toronto, at

art and soul , and art unraveled

so when i started my blog i called it

the evolution of nancy

lately i've been concentrating on my digital work and encaustic

i promised on my owoh giveaway that i would make 150 art cards

and something special for all my followers

well, out came the paper and i started to collage again

i'm so happy to be knee deep in paper and covered with glue!

the above is one of a series called "countries roads"

one world, big heart!

yesterday i posted for owoh

went out all day

came home and checked my blog

and i had over 60 comments

WOW

that was the first day

it took me all night to go through every one!

then visit their blogs and i haven't

been to owoh links list yet!

everyone has been so kind with their comments

i will be blessed with some wonderful friends

i'd better get to work

i promised everyone at least an art card!

(i decided to add a limit of 150 only after i did the math)

(i my have to enlist the help of my friends)
thank goodness i have 3 weeks

it will help get me through this crazy winter!