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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at
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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!