80 Followers, and a Freebie!

It's hard to believe I've reached 80 followers! Thanks to all of you. You have no idea how much this means to me. I follow as many of your blogs as I can. If I'm missing anyone, please let me know.

To celebrate, here's a freebie image for you. It's an aboriginal-style pattern I created for an Artful Journaling class assignment. As always, you may use it in your own art, but only for your personal use and not to sell. Please credit my blog if you can. And please don't distribute it as is to others. Enjoy!

Three Muses Challenge: Newspaper

Our challenge was to use newsprint or newspaper in some form in our piece. Here's mine!

"BLACK, WHITE, AND RED ALL OVER"

 

 

 

Image credits upon request.

Inspiration Avenue: Beach Treasures

A theme very dear to my heart! I created this digital piece using photos we took of the ocean at the Outer Banks of North Carolina (where they're now recovering from the hurricane); and some shells we've collected from there. Border is from Hero Arts.

Collage Obsession: Complementary Colors

Altered photo of lilies given to me by my son one Mother's Day. Other credits: Kim Klassen texture.

According to this week's Collage Obsession challenge: "Research has shown that different combinations of complementary colors become balanced when used in different proportions. 3:1 for yellow to violet… 2:1 for blue to orange… 1:1 for red to green." We were challenged to use complementary colors in these proportions (see below).

Take A Word: Time

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I was honored to be asked by Marie to provide the sample for this week's Take a Word challenge. Image credits: joessistah, sherrie jd, rubyblossom, dover, frannie60.

Your interpretations of my piece are welcome! I almost gave it a title, but decided to leave it up to each viewer to form their own impression.

So-Artful Challenge: Bathing Beauties

Image credits: rubyblossom, dover, jeff kubina, digital collage studio, google images.

Sunday Postcard Art: Animal Kingdom

Image credits: graphicsfairy, divas d'este.