Quotography: New Year

A new art challenge!!!! This one is called Quotography, hosted by Kaylene on her blog, My Whisperings. The idea is that every week a theme will be posted, and participants will submit a photo they've taken and a quote to accompany it. The photo may be altered digitally, but not so the original photo is unrecognizeable.

This reminds me that a good New Year's resolution for me would be to take more photos. Currently, I take pictures mostly when we're traveling, so I'll be using those as much as I can at first. But I hope to expand my horizons and start taking more pictures in my daily (non-traveling) life.

Here's my submission for this week's challenge. I took the photo in a small art museum in Tel Aviv, Israel, about a year ago. The books were displayed in the artist's studio, as he left it when he died.

Thanks for this wonderful idea, Kaylene!

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Take a Word: Purple and Turquoise

One of my favorite color combinations, and a fittingly festive color scheme for a New Year's celebration! The bird image is from Dover Designs; all patterns were created by me, by hand and/or Photoshop Elements.

Collage Obsession: Doors

It's my turn to host the Collage Obsession challenge this week, and I've chosen the theme of "Doors", to represent the end of 2012 and the beginning of 2013. I wish everyone a happy, healthy, and peaceful New Year!

Image credits: wikimedia commons, allfreedownload.com, milla, deviant scrap.

Sunday Postcard Art: "Anything Goes!"

I chose a New Year's theme for my digital collage this week. Image credits: Face by me; other elements by deviant scrap, milla, holliewood, allfreedownload.com.

I wish everyone a healthy, happy, safe, and peaceful New Year!

Three Muses: Queen of Hearts

Image credits: holliewood, graphicsfairy, cemerony, google images.

Collage Obsession: Solstice

Image credits: graphicsfairy, allfreedownloads, anna corba, dover designs, last door down the hall.

Take a Word: MOO

This theme has nothing to do with cows. A Moo is a tiny card with a template measuring 1.10 inches x 2.80 inches (or 2.79 x 7.11 centimeters). I created 3 Moos using my drawing of a woman's face, with Photoshop Elements filters and effects applied. Fun!