tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71299038972004662162024-03-05T05:35:53.209-06:00Deborah's ArtI spend much of my time creating art. These are some of my creations. My blog started out as a digital art blog, but now I am focusing on my physical art. Deborah Verhoevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129903897200466216.post-65790411359789514902018-07-29T16:44:00.002-05:002018-07-29T16:44:28.333-05:00Save the Bees!I was thinking about bees today. I love bees. My name means "a bee". I worry about my buzzy little sisters and their plight. I thought I should make a card for them.<br />
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It's awkward and a little messy, but I'm thinking about making something bigger, and not as messy.Deborah Verhoevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129903897200466216.post-30224933529574447092018-07-22T15:43:00.002-05:002018-07-22T15:43:44.341-05:00Oceans of StarsI'm not particularly happy with this one, but I like the idea, and I'll probably use it again on something else. I have always loved magnetic poetry tiles, and I've been typing up random words in larger fonts and cutting them out. I'm not much with captions and quotes, so this makes it interesting.<br />
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I also don't consider myself particularly skilled with stylized faces and such, so I drew and painted her on some tracing paper, and then glued her down. That way I wouldn't have to can the whole card. Cheap paints and cheap brushes do not help. There are glittery stars which did not scan well, and it's a little lumpy. Oh well, all in a day's work.Deborah Verhoevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129903897200466216.post-73492293184985796252018-07-20T09:55:00.001-05:002018-07-20T09:57:22.498-05:00MagnificatThis is a 4x6 card made from watercolor paper, which I cut up with my Exacto knife. I think I need heavier paper, because they are all curling up, despite my efforts to flatten them with my blowdryer.<br />
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I had done a watercolor painting of my cat Chip (1988-2004) some years back. I scanned it and reduced it to fit an index card. Isn't scanning a wonderful tool? I can go through old artwork and use it to collage with without ruining the original.<br />
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Chip was a Hong Kong rescue cat that I brought to Colorado, and then a few years later to Florida where he lived out his days. He loved kittens, and raised several of them throughout his life. The above was his favorite sleeping position, and I often thought he looked like he was flying. We lost him in 2004 after we were displaced by a terrible hurricane. He simply wandered from my parents' property and never came back.<br />
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I'm submitting it to the Cat Challenge over at <a href="https://sundaypostcardart.wordpress.com/2018/07/14/cats-4/" target="_blank">Sunday Postcard Art</a>.Deborah Verhoevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129903897200466216.post-29284082805694019062018-07-12T16:48:00.001-05:002018-07-12T16:48:49.502-05:00Puzzled<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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This one is for the Puzzle challenge at <a href="https://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/07/three-muses-puzzle_11.html" target="_blank">Three Muses</a>. It’s been a long time since I did a challenge. It’s also part of my Index Card Series that I started a few days ago. (I must remember to decorate the box) It is on a 6”x4” “index card” that I cut from watercolor paper.<br />
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So I found a random drawing in an old sketchbook of mine from the eighties. She had the direct look in her eye that I was seeking. I scanned her and printed her on regular copy paper. Then I found a puzzle pattern online, which I printed on transparency paper. A warning here—I had a few major paperjams doing this part.<br />
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Then I started layering the different parts, and toning the whites down.<br />
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I wanted her eyes to stand out, so I carefully tore that part of the puzzle layer out. I had printed the text, since I’m equally bad at hand printing and stamping.I added some puzzle pieces and some torn colored paper to balance it. Voila! My puzzled lady is complete.<br />
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<br />Deborah Verhoevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129903897200466216.post-78550425294475823982018-07-10T20:51:00.002-05:002018-07-10T20:51:40.370-05:00Index Card ArtI can’t say if what I’m doing now qualifies as index card art, because I didn’t use any actual index cards. I found they don’t take paint and glue so well—they tend to curl up. So first I bought the box, and then I determined the size of the cards I wanted to make. I decided on 6”x4”. Then I pre-painted a couple of large sheets of watercolor paper, and measured them out.<br />
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A little background info on my skills: When I was in high school my art teacher taught us how to cut our own matts. Later on in life, I became a paste-up artist and a typesetter. This was all during the Dark Ages before computers. We literally cut and pasted in those days. So I am not at all shy around an Exacto knife.<br />
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I wound up with eight perfect cards, ready to decorate.<br />
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I managed to decorate two cards today. I’m not very good with stamping, but I did want to do some words.<br />
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I tore bits and pieces and modpodged the whole thing down. I ironed it twice because curly makes me crazy.<br />
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Here I found stumbled upon a picture of yours truly that I had photoshopped for a forgotten project. It was the perfect size.<br />
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So there. My first two index cards, and a third is on its way.<br />
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<br />Deborah Verhoevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129903897200466216.post-60551611870481868502018-07-09T08:14:00.000-05:002018-07-09T08:14:17.096-05:00Tender HeartsThis was a fun project I did in my art group. I cut words from a child's book (bigger text) and glued them down to a sheet of watercolor paper, which I had painted, pasted patterned tissue onto, stamped, and stenciled.<br />
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I carried it home and mounted it onto a board that I painted. (Leftover wood from Hubby's project.) I really enjoyed doing this. I always liked those magnetic poetry words, and considering these came from a Hansel and Gretel book, not bad.<br />
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If you look hard, you can see my Goddess. That and the big leaf stamp were carved from this amazing stamping sheet, which is easier to work with than old-fashioned linoleum block, and much cheaper. It's made by Speedball, and it's called Speedy Carve Block.<br />
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I mount lots of paper projects either on canvas or on wood, since I'm too lazy to go out and have things framed.<br />
<br />Deborah Verhoevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129903897200466216.post-9641349506916385362018-07-08T08:31:00.001-05:002018-07-08T08:31:54.325-05:00Muslin and LeavesI’ve been obsessed with leaves recently. Also obsessed with fabric. So I have been experimenting with painting on muslin and playing with leaves. I also love the rough edges of torn fabric. So I slapped some paint on a piece of material, and set it on a canvas that had been previously painted.<br />
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I had also been playing around with “tie-dye” with inks and alcohol. So I grabbed a few of those and arranged them on the canvas. The leaf was the fun part. I disovered that you can iron leaves flat. If they are old dried curling-up leaves, you can actually use steam. On a fresh leaf, you can iron it with a dry iron. I did this several times. I painted the leaf and and used a fine brush dipped in alcohol ink to bring out the veins.<br />
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I used Mod Podge to glue al the items to the canvas. This darkened all the colors, and I went back over with paint to give it better contrast.<br />
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<br />Deborah Verhoevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129903897200466216.post-23701357809701144782018-07-07T08:13:00.000-05:002018-07-07T11:30:46.063-05:00I’m Back!I’ve decided to revive this blog, even though I’ve moved on from digital art. In the past few years I’ve “unplugged” myself, and have been getting my hands dirty. So I’ve been painting and gluing, and generally making messes.<br />
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Deborah Verhoevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129903897200466216.post-54236209457574200402014-01-22T18:12:00.000-06:002014-01-22T18:12:44.609-06:00The Word Is LoveThis one is for the <a href="http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/2014/01/choose-word.html">Choose A Word</a> challenge at <a href="http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Three Muses</a>.<br />
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The challenge was to pick a word and illustrate it in journal form, so I made up a scene where I am pasting into a fictitious journal.Deborah Verhoevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129903897200466216.post-48924170558926764672014-01-19T11:24:00.001-06:002014-01-19T11:24:06.840-06:00High NoonOkay, I'm back! For those of you who suspected I may have fallen of the edge of the world, I'm back again. 2013 was a tumultuous year for me, with a whirlwind of challenging events. Halfway through my Dad died, and also two dear aunts followed in quick succession. <br />
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I got a newer Mac recently, but to my disappointment found that my old version of Photoshop is not compatible, tried out the monthly subscription to the Adobe cloud version, but I wasn't really impressed. I have the latest version of Photoshop Elements, but it is lacking some of the cool features that even my ancient version of regular Photoshop offers. So, I'm chugging along on my old Mac in the back to create my digital art and then surfing at high speeds on my new pooter.<br />
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Well, here is my first challenge in months, which is the <a href="http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/">Three Muses</a> challenge, <a href="http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/2014/01/three-muses-challenge-still-life.html">Still Life</a>.<br />
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Naturally, I couldn't be content with fruit in a bowl and a bouquet of roses for a still life.<br />
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<br />Deborah Verhoevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129903897200466216.post-62017468154333009502013-04-18T20:25:00.001-05:002013-04-18T20:25:08.491-05:00Go Fly A KiteThis is for the <a href="http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/2013/04/three-muses-kite.html">Kite</a> challenge at <a href="http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/">Three Muses</a>.<br />
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Deborah Verhoevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129903897200466216.post-58574293145245466712013-04-09T16:39:00.004-05:002013-04-09T16:39:59.305-05:00Ball of ConfusionThis is for the Written Word challenge at <a href="http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/">Three Muses</a>.<br />
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I went from thoughts of newspaper clippings to news in general, and pondered how we get over-saturated by bad news these days. I don't have newspapers lying around the house, so I started collecting terrible news headlines online and kept dropping them into layers (after a bit of formatting). Then I spherized them (spell-check doesn't like that word) and laid them over a globe. Then I did some swirly things behind it.<br />
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All the while, I had the old Temptations song "Ball of Confusion" running through my head. (You youngsters should look it up in YouTube--great song.) We were pretty pessimistic about the state of the world in those days. People still carry on as if the world is about to end. Did I mention we banned the news channels in our household about a year ago?Deborah Verhoevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129903897200466216.post-57098010031018969012013-04-08T14:34:00.001-05:002013-04-08T14:34:55.066-05:00BotanicalThis is for the <a href="http://takeaword.blogspot.com/2013/04/take-word-challenge-botanical.html">Botanical</a> challenge at <a href="http://takeaword.blogspot.com/">Take a Word</a>.<br />
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The word botanical makes me think of those detailed drawings of leaves and plants. I was going for a somewhat whimsical look here. I wanted a leaf that still looked like a leaf, but also so you could see what I see when I look closely at a leaf--a little tree.<br />
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I picked a leaf and scanned the back of it where all the veins can be seen. Then I did magical things to it using probably five layers where I carefully separated the veins to color them brown and did some fancy footwork with noise and pixel effects to give them texture and a hint of leaves, and added a shadow to give them depth. I gave each tree a cast shadow, that was set at around 45% transparency. There are probably more than twenty layers in my working copy.<br />
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I used a photo I took this morning of a large lawn and played around with it to make it look a little more like a painting.<br />
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<br />Deborah Verhoevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129903897200466216.post-57358914825589277632013-04-04T21:01:00.004-05:002013-04-04T21:01:45.927-05:00April Come She WillThis is for the <a href="http://inspiration-avenue-team.blogspot.com/2013/04/inspiration-avenue-challenge-april.html">April</a> challenge at <a href="http://inspiration-avenue-team.blogspot.com/">Inspiration Avenue</a>.<br />
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Deborah Verhoevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129903897200466216.post-7181992865841145022013-04-02T20:26:00.000-05:002013-04-02T21:07:21.598-05:00Yellow Moon on the RiseThis is for the <a href="http://takeaword.blogspot.com/2013/03/take-word-challenge-moon.html">Moon</a> challenge at <a href="http://takeaword.blogspot.com/">Take a Word</a>.<br />
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The globes and stones were digitally created and finished up in Photoshop. The moon is from my brush.<br />
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<br />Deborah Verhoevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129903897200466216.post-40702339039465840642013-04-02T07:59:00.000-05:002013-04-02T07:59:20.062-05:00Making a Moon BrushI think Photoshop is one of those programs that even if you have used it for years, there is always something new to learn. I started using Photoshop at the start of the millennium, but it was only last year that I discovered the magic of brushes. My version of Photoshop is the very ancient CS2 for Mac, but I'm sure most everyone can follow along with me.<br />
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Brushes are very handy for anything monotone that you use a lot, or for something that repeats on your work. I've created brushes for the moon, trees, stars, shells, pearls, and one I use to trim my clouds. (Yes, you can use brushes with the eraser too.)<br />
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So, here's how I did the moon:<br />
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First of all, I found a picture of the moon at the NASA site and I trimmed away the black space and left the background transparent. Then I reversed the image. Since the moon is white against a dark background, this is a necessary step, unless you want your brush to come out as a negative moon. I also lightened it, because the outer space pictures have more contrast than what we see here on earth.<br />
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The next step was to choose <b>define brush preset </b>which is located in the <b>edit</b> menu.<br />
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It will ask you to name the brush, and then the brush is created. It appear with your preset brushes. Now you can stamp away with your new brush. You can make it bigger, smaller, colored, or change the transparency. To toggle the size quickly, use the <b>[</b> and the <b>]</b> keys.<br />
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There are numerous tutorials on the web that also teach about brushes. Just google away and you will find them.Deborah Verhoevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129903897200466216.post-90717660492275366432013-03-30T09:40:00.000-05:002013-03-30T09:40:22.973-05:00Seeds of WisdomThis one is for the Seeds challenge at <a href="http://inspiration-avenue-team.blogspot.com/">Inspiration Avenue</a>.<br />
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For this one I created the seeds and the sprouts in Illustrator first. I thought about sprouting some real seeds, but I didn't want to wait that long. The moon is a brush that I created. The cloud is from a photo. The statue is from a very old photo of a statue in an art museum. The yellow flowers were growing in my garden.<br />
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<br />Deborah Verhoevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129903897200466216.post-89349736080645960652013-03-27T18:10:00.000-05:002013-03-27T18:10:55.334-05:00PainterlyThis is for the <a href="http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/2013/03/three-muses-out-of-bounds.html">Out of Bounds</a> challenge at <a href="http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/">Three Muses</a>.<br />
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The frames were created in Photoshop. The painting on the right is an old photo that I applied artistic filters too. The wallpaper was created in Adobe Illustrator. I also created the palette in Illustrator and finished it up in Photoshop.Deborah Verhoevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129903897200466216.post-23722418764801490242013-03-25T22:20:00.000-05:002013-03-25T22:20:23.886-05:00It Looks Like RainThis is for the <a href="http://takeaword.blogspot.com/2013/03/take-word-challenge-umbrella.html">Umbrella</a> challenge at <a href="http://takeaword.blogspot.com/">Take a Word</a>.<br />
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I took my black umbrella outside to photograph it, but between the crazy wind and the fact that it was partially broken anyhow, I realized I had to make one from scratch. I did so in my trusty old Macromedia Freehand. I should be using Illustrator, but I'm faster in Freehand. The clouds, and scenery are from my photos. The moon is a brush I created, and the rain drops are recycled from a photo I took of a clear marble. Yes, that's my dainty little hand.Deborah Verhoevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129903897200466216.post-66303183672169158112013-03-24T21:47:00.006-05:002013-03-24T21:47:56.192-05:00Butterflies Are FreeThis is for the <a href="http://sundaypostcardart.wordpress.com/2013/03/23/butterflies-2/">Butterflies</a> challenge at <a href="http://sundaypostcardart.wordpress.com/">Sunday Postcard Art</a>.
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<br />Deborah Verhoevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129903897200466216.post-56201667757785221432013-03-23T19:13:00.002-05:002013-03-23T19:13:34.676-05:00Making MountainsLast summer I created a piece called <a href="http://deborahsart.blogspot.com/2012/07/paper-mountains-majesty.html">Paper Mountains Majesty</a>. I thought the making of this one might be fun to share.<br />
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I love mountains, but I live in Florida. I have a few pictures of mountains from my travels, but I only have so many and often I can't find just the right one. So, with that in mind, I began to play and to explore ways to make mountains in Photoshop. The idea hit me that if I crumpled pieces of tissue paper, I could make craggy mountains and color them any way I wanted. I realized that it didn't even matter what color the paper was, because in Photoshop, we have full control of colors and how bright or dull or dark we make them.<br />
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I took several pictures of the tissue paper mountains. Below are but a few. It was windy that day. If you look carefully, you can see where I had to set down objects to keep it from blowing away.<br />
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The other items I included were a flat sheet of crumpled paper for the foreground, a photo of some clouds, and some nice juicy strawberries. Note that I set the strawberries on white paper towels so I could trim them easily later.<br />
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The trees on the mountains were all created from a brush that I made from a photo of a pine tree. I dotted them throughout the mountains and varied the sizes. One of my favorite keyboard shortcuts for the brush (and also the eraser) is the use of the two bracket keys to toggle it bigger and smaller.<br />
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I added little shadows by all the trees to give them depth.<br />
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I wound up with numerous layers for this--more than I am showing below. The snowcaps of the mountains are copies that I bleached out and then trimmed.<br />
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It all sounds like a lot of work, but when you are on a creative roll, you hardly notice.Deborah Verhoevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129903897200466216.post-13897289534612443832013-03-19T08:16:00.000-05:002013-03-19T08:16:40.822-05:00Up, Up and AwayThis is for the Balloons challenge at <a href="http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/">Three Muses</a>. I'm a little early, but I thought it would take longer to create this piece.<br />
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It all flowed from the squirrel and the balloon. I really wanted a mouse, but I didn't have a picture of a mouse, or a mouse to pose for me. I have a picture of a rat (we had a rat problem in the neighborhood for a while), but a rat would have taken everything in a different direction.<br />
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I created the balloons in Adobe Illustrator. The wallpaper, clock, and mirror were also created in Illustrator. The curtains were created in Photoshop using gradients. The rest was patched together from photos, including the squirrel, who was kind enough to pose on the bird feeder. The tabby is my cat Nigel.Deborah Verhoevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129903897200466216.post-1204619517977158442013-03-16T19:17:00.001-05:002013-03-16T19:17:37.138-05:00A Penny for Your ThoughtsI was playing today. I've developed a recent fascination for wallpaper, which in this picture I created in Adobe Illustrator and imported to Photoshop.<br />
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The mirror was created in Photoshop, when I was playing with the possibility of creating a frame from scratch. The clock is also a digital creation. The rest of the elements are from photos. I had fun with this one. I think I might do more similar pictures.Deborah Verhoevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129903897200466216.post-13513864237052460002013-03-15T10:05:00.002-05:002013-03-17T08:42:57.596-05:00Always After Me Lucky Charms...This one is for the <a href="http://takeaword.blogspot.com/">Green</a> challenge at <a href="http://takeaword.blogspot.com/2013/03/take-word-challenge-green.html">Take a Word</a>.<br />
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The shamrocks I used are oxalis, which grows rampantly wild here. (I don't mind because it gets pretty pink flowers.) I read somewhere that shamrocks <u>are</u> a type of oxalis, so shamrocks they be. The hills in the background were actually photographed in Scotland. (Close enough, LOL!) I flattened the highlands a bit and pumped up the green for the Irish effect. I used four separate "shamrock" shots to make sure it didn't look like I was just duplicating the same image over and over again.<br />
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I'm still working on effective ways to make rainbows. This time I made gigantic circle in Illustrator with the whole spectrum as a radial gradient, then exported it to Photoshop and chopped it in half. I think I need to find a tutorial to see if there is an easier way.<br />
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<b>NOTE:</b> I've also just submitted this to <a href="http://sundaypostcardart.wordpress.com/">Sunday Postcard Art</a>.Deborah Verhoevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09298856186154757906noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129903897200466216.post-36652359980035726632013-03-14T11:55:00.002-05:002013-03-14T15:29:08.029-05:00Along Came a SpiderThis is for the challenge at <a href="http://collageobsessionchallenge.blogspot.com/">Collage Obsession</a> called <a href="http://collageobsessionchallenge.blogspot.com/2013/03/inspired-by-fairy-tales-andor-childrens_10.html">Inspired by Fairytales and Children's Literature</a>. I hope nursery rhymes count, as I'm sure this one has been published somewhere in a children's book.<br />
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I had some fun with this. The spider is from my garden, but the original was a bit blurry, so it became a black spider. The curds and whey were a pile of white beans that I mangled until I felt it resembled curds and whey. I created the wallpaper in Macromedia Freehand, because I still have it on my computer and I'm still better with that program than I am with Adobe Illustrator.<br />
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Yeah, I'd leave the spider to finish off my bowl. Of course, I don't like cottage cheese anyhow.<br />
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<b>Update:</b><br />
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I found a few flaws in the above picture that I couldn't live with, even though I told myself no one else will see them. I could see them! So, here it is again, corrected to my satisfaction. Can you spot the changes?<br />
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