Once again my two favorite challenges have meshed in their themes.
Artists Playroom (the 29th week!) hosted by Jenn at
Just Add Water Silly is encouraging us to do something botanical. Over at
Inspiration Avenue, the theme is rose. W-e-l-l......first I did something digital with one of my bazillion rose photos (layers, brushes, splotches, color, cutting & pasting):
I used this photo and a separate one of just leaves as the starting point:
If you like roses, here are a few more of my fave shots:
Okay, enough of that - but then I realized that wasn't enough so I printed a couple more pics and decided to see what I could do with collage.
These smaller two collages I started with scraped paint backgrounds made at Jane's class at Art and Soul; the top one is on a large Michaels sale postcard, gessoed and stamped/painted, etc.
Hope you'll join in when you can - Inspiration Avenue (IA) and Artist Playroom (APR) are welcoming, encouraging communities of creative folks who want to support your artistic efforts. So come play with us!
