Suzabelle's Art Journal

blind contour drawings

2011-12-10T11:28:00.000-05:00

drawing of my students without looking at the paper ... watercolor added later

Hannah, oil pastels on canvas board

2010-11-13T12:17:00.000-05:00

self-portrait in mirror, oil pastels on canvas

2010-11-13T10:11:00.003-05:00

young woman, India; oil pastels on Canson paper

2010-11-13T10:11:00.001-05:00

stylized Venus, oil pastels

2010-11-13T10:10:00.001-05:00

Woman from Nepal, oil pastels

2010-11-13T10:09:00.001-05:00

Man with muffin hat ... oil pastels

2010-11-07T09:00:00.000-05:00

Antler Basket

2010-06-18T12:59:00.002-04:00

The basket in progress. I'll need to add more ribs.

Antler Basket

2010-06-18T12:56:00.002-04:00

I used a waxed linen thread to begin the basket, then I switched to a thin purple reed.

Antler Basket

2010-06-18T12:48:00.003-04:00

I bought two naturally shed white-tailed deer antlers on Ebay. I bought the reed and braided sea grass from The Basket Makers Catalog in Kentucky.

Cezanne style painting

2010-06-18T12:18:00.003-04:00

I painted this one in my Drawing & Painting class along with my students. We kept the still life up for weeks. I was very happy with the students' paintings.

Aleski

2009-07-19T11:26:00.002-04:00

colored pencil

Lilly

2009-07-19T11:25:00.000-04:00

colored pencil

"Woodruff"

2009-07-19T11:24:00.001-04:00

colored pencil

"Wainright"

2009-07-19T11:23:00.000-04:00

colored pencil

Hanging around the House

2009-07-19T11:22:00.000-04:00

ink, colored pencil

Rumi

2009-07-19T11:21:00.000-04:00

ink, watercolor, colored pencils

Triskeliona

2009-07-19T11:18:00.001-04:00

pastel pencils

Mandala Universe

2009-07-19T11:13:00.000-04:00

watercolor, ink, colored pencil .... 14x14"

Menemsha Marsh

2009-07-19T11:11:00.002-04:00

Guache on cardboard .... Martha's Vineyard

Snow Storm

2008-01-19T10:27:00.000-05:00

I took this picture from my car window on my way to school this week. The snow storm made everything into a fairyland.
See the pretty snowflakes
Falling from the sky;
On the wall and housetops
Soft and thick they lie.
On the window ledges,
On the branches bare;
Now how fast they gather,
Filling all the air.
Look into the garden,
Where the grass was green;
Covered by the snowflakes,
Not a blade is seen.
Now the bare black bushes
All look soft and white,
Every twig is laden, --
What a pretty sight!

Icicle #2

2007-11-27T12:02:00.001-05:00

This one looks a bit better I think. I printed out "you were never ordinary" on photo paper and inserted it into an organza sleeve. I had received a little card with that written on it when I bought a little something on eBay. It was so sweet and quirky - it's now posted on my fridge.

Icicle doll?

2007-11-27T08:53:00.000-05:00

My friend, Angela posted some of her beautiful "icicle" dolls to our artists' website.
She had gotten the pattern from Belinda at Bel's Nook.
I love them! I tried making my first one over the weekend . For some reason mine looks a bit carroty. I'll try making another today.

2007-06-15T09:21:00.001-04:00

Altered Postcards

2007-02-24T18:22:00.000-05:00

These are my first altered postcards - I have such a large collection of old postcards! It's great to find something creative to do with them. I'll be trading these out at Paper Traders. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Paper_Traders/

Mandalas

2007-02-16T11:37:00.000-05:00

I finally learned to create a mandala using Photoshop. I took a photo I had taken in Jamaica and used a section of it over and over. I made some color adjustments and used a filter on the finished piece.

Mandalas

2007-02-16T11:33:00.000-05:00

I used a photograph I took of a Dale Chihuly glass sculpture . In Photoshop, I rotated and flipped a section of the photo and then applied filters and lighting effects.

2007-02-16T11:31:00.000-05:00

This one is created using a Clare Goodwin pattern I downloaded from her site. It was in the Virtual Coloring Books, Volume I.

http://www.abgoodwin.com/mandala/mandala-store.shtml#coloring-book
I used the template to insert pictures I took on our trip to London and the Cotswolds.

Journal Spread

2007-01-15T19:08:00.000-05:00

This is for Nick's gorgeous journal about all things old. The quote is from Shakespeare's As You Like It.
" And I mine. I remember, when I was in love, I broke my
sword upon a stone, and bid him take that for coming a-night to
Jane Smile: and I remember the kissing of her batlet, and the
cow's dugs that her pretty chapp'd hands had milk'd: and I
remember the wooing of a peascod instead of her; from whom I took
two cods, and giving her them again, said with weeping tears,
'Wear these for my sake.' We that are true lovers run into
strange capers; but as all is mortal in nature, so is all nature
in love mortal in folly."

Recent Journal spreads

2007-01-15T17:51:00.000-05:00

This one is for Janine - her journal is about Our Muses. I used the quote by Delacroix because my anti-muse is perfectionism, lol. I guess my muse says "just do it, you fool".

Recent Journal spreads

2007-01-15T17:44:00.000-05:00

This one is for my neice Molly's Journal about song lyrics.
This one is based on REM's "nightswimming", one of my favorite songs.

Card Catalog Challenge

2006-12-14T19:33:00.000-05:00

My friend Cynthia hosted a swap where we were all challenged to create original works of art based on discarded catalog cards from a library. Cynthia sent us each 20 cards. I noticed mine were mostly about psychiatry (was that a hint?). It was a fun callenge and I'd do it again in a second.

Card Catalog Challenge

2006-12-14T19:30:00.000-05:00

My second entry.

Wendy's Calendar Project

2006-12-11T14:22:00.000-05:00

These are my two calendar pages for my friend Wendy's calendar project. Six artists created two months and made duplicates for each participant. This is December.

Wendy's Calendar Project

2006-12-11T14:20:00.000-05:00

January

Rust

2006-09-24T10:33:00.000-04:00

This is a photo I took in Vermont. I just love the peeling paint around the rusty latch. My daughter and I were exploring an abandoned site ... it was an old amusement village called "Santa's Land". The new one was across the street.

Altered cabinet card

2006-09-05T18:59:00.000-04:00

I've collected vintage photos for years, but this is the first time I've altered one. I hope the woman in the photograph doesn't mind. I tried to keep her dignity :-)

New Journal: In My Next Life

2006-08-23T14:58:00.000-04:00

I'm currently working on a round robin journal project with my family (sisters and nieces)
This is the cover. I tried a bit of sewing with this one.

In my next life ...

2006-08-23T14:54:00.000-04:00

Inside front cover

In my next life ...

2006-08-23T14:45:00.000-04:00

collage and stamps

In my next life ...

2006-08-23T14:41:00.000-04:00

collage, paint, digital additions

Stained Glass

2006-08-07T20:52:00.000-04:00

I just finished this stained glass piece. I've been taking stained glass classes for a while, but this is the first time I've been able to combine collage images with the glass.I used clear glass backed with thin copper sheeting to sandwich the collages and various stained glass for the colored blocks. The center is an old vintage mirror with lots of crazing and it scanned much darker than it is. The piece is about 16x7"

Dulcie's Journal

2006-07-04T17:53:00.000-04:00

This is the spread I created for Dulcie's wee little journal. It's only 5x5" and I loved working in the small format. I hope she likes it :)
We were to choose a photo from our past. I'm the ballerina on the left with the elephant ears, lol.

Reputation de Teint

2006-07-04T17:44:00.000-04:00

This is a journal spread I've just completed in Keron's art journal title "Reputation de Teint. We are each asked to use paint swatches with their color names visible. I chose some Laura Ashley paints called "Deep Cowslip". The botanical drawing is of the cowslip in bloom.

Artistamps

2006-06-29T18:25:00.000-04:00

I spent the afternoon today learning to make postage stamps in Photoshop. I found a clearly written tutorial online at Depiction.net http://www.depiction.net/tutorials/photoshop/postagestamp.php I've been teaching Graphic Design for 6 years using Photoshop and I had never used some of these tools. Specifically, the Brush Shape Dynamics and the Eraser on a Stroke Path. I'll probably incorporate making faux stamps into my curriculum this fall. I think the kids would love it! The stamps above picture an ATC (artist trading card) I made recently.

Artistamps

2006-06-29T18:22:00.000-04:00

This is from an old ATC I made when I first started making artist trading cards. I used a black background for these.

Journal spread for Sharon

2006-05-20T13:46:00.000-04:00

Has it really been that long since I posted an entry? Foot surgery has a way of slowing one down, I guess.
I've recently finished a journal spread for Sharon,
the tattooed goddess :-)
Her theme is Rust and I'm the first guest artist to work in it. She's an incredible artist and I'm honored to have the opportunity. Can't wait to have her work in mine!

More Virtues

2006-03-26T18:11:00.000-05:00

Goodness - which really should be a virtue I think, lol.

More Virtues

2006-03-26T18:04:00.000-05:00

Using prints of Islamic tiles, textiles, and vintage quilts.

Virtue Cards

2006-03-25T17:06:00.000-05:00

The little paper arch at the top of this card came from an old incense package I've had forever. I found it on the floor where it had fallen behind my work table. It reminded me of an archway. I decided to put this picture of the doll head in the archway. The sides of the card are three-dimensional, creating a niche for the head. I liked the way the snippet of measuring tape acts as a label for the piece. I continued making these little niches (see below) and decided to use "virtues" as the theme. I think there are 52 virtues! I read that somewhere.

Virtues

2006-03-25T17:04:00.000-05:00

The number "30" was on a scrap from the incense package. I used it to fill in the area above the doll head.

Virtues

2006-03-25T16:59:00.000-05:00

I like this center image with all the lines across the face.

Family Swap

2006-03-20T18:57:00.000-05:00

These are ATC's I made for Lenna Andrews' Family swap. I made copies of old family photos on my father's side and layered them with paper, paint, and images. Then I used rubber stamps to print "family" on each one. My father would have gotten a kick out of them :-)

Family

2006-03-20T18:54:00.000-05:00

My grandfather, John Sward, my grandmother, Grace Sward, and my Aunt Gloria, circa 1927.

Family

2006-03-20T18:50:00.000-05:00

This is my grandmother, Grace and my grandfather, John at Gaspee Point.

2006-03-09T16:44:00.000-05:00

I created a business card for my new venture, "Suzabelle's". I hope to sell collage pieces, ACEO's, and decoupage art. I'd also like to start teaching, maybe some workshops on ATC's and collage art.

For Betty

2006-02-12T14:04:00.000-05:00

I made these cards in memory of Betty Friedan, my hero. Where would we be without her discussion of "the problem that has no name" ... The Feminine Mystique changed everything.
Thank You, Betty!

2006-01-29T18:00:00.000-05:00

This page is the backside of the artists' signature page. I didn't realize my sewing machine was going crazy back here, making all sorts of kinky loops. I left it as part of the page design.

Art Journal ...

2006-01-29T17:58:00.000-05:00

Artists' signature page

2006-01-27T18:25:00.000-05:00

First page of the journal - Kundalini, the origin of the Spark

Art Journal ...

2006-01-27T16:41:00.000-05:00

Back end sheet:

“I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.” ~ Jack London

Paper Traders

2006-01-26T15:57:00.000-05:00

A digital ATC I created for the Paper Traders' homepage challenge.

2006-01-26T15:54:00.000-05:00

This is the original Fillmore poster I based my design on.

Folie A Deux ...

2006-01-21T20:34:00.000-05:00

Another set of ATC's which form a pair ... this one of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo

Art Stamp

2006-01-21T20:09:00.000-05:00

I finally had a rubber stamp made. It's 2.5 x 2.5", just right for ATC's. I had it made through Staples. I submitted the artwork on a CD and it only took one week. They sent it out to be done. The only drawback: I didn't know it was a self-inking stamp.
That means I'm stuck with the black ink it came with - oh well.

2006-01-17T17:28:00.000-05:00

Another page from the traveling art journal.
Those are Georgia O'Keefe's hands.

“And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the creative spark, the seed of the flower they themselves never hoped to see -- or like a sealed letter they could not plainly read.” Alice Walker

Traveling Art Journal

2006-01-16T13:34:00.000-05:00

Front End Sheet

Traveling Art Journal

2006-01-16T12:03:00.000-05:00

This is the cover for my art journal for the "Traveling Art Journal" project, brainchild of Sharon at the Aussie Art Garage. The theme is "spark" and refers to the creative spark, that little jolt of pure electricity where all matter and ideas are conceived.

Altered Books and Such ...

2006-01-16T08:58:00.000-05:00

Last August, I started an altered book, my first. I was new to ATC's, new to collage, but enthralled by the altered book concept. I chose a record album to alter because it had a cool, worn, red cover, and it came apart with screws. The book is themed "inspiration" and will be filled with all the places I get my inspiration: travel, dreams, art ... this is the cover. I put it aside and now I've taken it back out to assess. I think I need to remove the "unbelievable feats" tag, and perhaps work on the lettering in the title. I do like the painted extension of the image, though.

Altered Books and such ...

2006-01-16T08:45:00.000-05:00

This is a two page spread from the album. I wanted to express how inspired I get while traveleing. The small painting at the left is a copy of a landscape I painted while on Martha's Vineyard last summer. The hand at the right projects out from the book's pages.

2006-01-03T13:01:00.000-05:00

I haven't done much work with rubber stamps. I usually just add them at the end if I feel a piece needs more. But I bought a sheet of stamps from the Zettiology people and I thought this one was great. It was fun to color it in with various paints and colored pencils. I felt like I did when I was a kid and I got a new coloring book, LOL.
I always have a dilemna when I try to add text to a piece .... print it out? transparency? handwritten? alphabet stamps? I tried something different this time. I typed out the alphabet over and over with different fonts and printed out a couple of sheets. Then I used hole punches to clip the letters out. Time consuming, but fun.

Digital Collage

2006-01-02T20:08:00.000-05:00

A member of our group, Paper Traders, created a rich, evocative collage using Photoshop. She so inspired me (thanks, Cynthia!) that I decided to try my hand. This is my first effort to create a traditional "collage" digitally. I tried to create the look of pasted paper and photos. It's really quite wonderful, having an infinite amount of images, patterns, photos, and "stamps" to use. I could get spoiled!

2006-01-02T13:06:00.000-05:00

I created a new banner for my picture trail. I wish my collage work was as vibrant as my digital work. What do I need to do to accomplish that? Brighter papers, more intense paints, and sharper rubber stamping, perhaps?
Looks like I'll be going to the crafts store soon ;-)

2006-01-01T16:55:00.000-05:00

The All American Pin Up
I cut up old "Modern Mechanics" magazines, circa 1934 and layered a sheet over the pin up girls. Then I cut an opening and folded back the corners. A bit of stamping and a kiss with lipstick completed the card.

Writer's Block ....

2005-12-18T13:02:00.000-05:00

"I think writer's block is simply the dread that you are going to write something horrible. But as a writer, I believe that if you sit down at the keys long enough, sooner or later something will come out."
~ Roy Blount, Jr.

Artists have writer's block too. I guess we should call it artist's block. I tried four times to create cards for an Alice in Wonderland swap. I went down dark alleys and returned to where I started each time. I started to feel stuffed up - nothing was flowing. It helped to share my frustration on the board group. What d'ya know? Others were having problems too. That actually made me feel better. I plodded on, took a couple of more wrong turns. And then I went back to the first set of cards I had started. They looked a bit different to me. I began to think, "what if I added more color? maybe some pen and ink ....". I went back to those cards and the spark returned. I felt the energy and excitement of creating. Such a fresh, green feeling. Like sap running in my veins.

2005-12-18T10:11:00.000-05:00

`Oh, there's no use in talking to him,' said Alice desperately: `he's perfectly idiotic!' And she opened the door and went in.

The door led right into a large kitchen, which was full of smoke from one end to the other: the Duchess was sitting on a three-legged stool in the middle, nursing a baby; the cook was leaning over the fire, stirring a large cauldron which seemed to be full of soup.

She says yes ....

2005-12-14T06:30:00.000-05:00

yes to joy, yes to adventure, yes to pleasure
YES to life when life asks "may I have this dance?"

Susan needs ...

2005-12-13T07:33:00.000-05:00

Okay, Julie D. - I'll give it a try, lol. Julie says to type in your name followed by the word "needs" and list the top 10 listings. I tried "Suze needs" and I only got the same blurb over and over again about Suze Orman needing to go back to the drawing board. Must have been a bad review of her latest book! So we'll try it with "Susan needs".
Here goes:
1. Susan needs opportunities to practice literate speech
2. Susan needs to understand that she needs
3. Susan needs a tray, six inserts, center bowl and metal spinning rack
4. Susan needs a change
5. Susan needs to succeed in the face of and despite this madness
6. Susan needs your help now to prepare for election day
7. Susan needs an automatic gearbox
8. Susan needs to hear from YOU!!
9. Susan needs a lip, otherwise small things disappear forever...
10. Susan needs some new jewels

... I love it, it's so random!

The coronation ...

2005-12-10T09:00:00.000-05:00

... what makes an artist an artist? Is it intent? acknowledgement? recognition? talent? or is it a decision ... to be an artist.

Mother and daughter

2005-12-03T11:51:00.000-05:00

Niels and I bought a dusty old photograph at an antique shop in Woodstock last weekend. It's quite large and has a wide ornate tarnished gold frame around it. We got it home and my daughters said "another creepy portrait to hang in the house!".
I didn't see it as creepy at all.
I decided to scan it and perhaps use it in some collage work. It was too big to fit in my scanner, so I had to scan one side and then the other. When I opened the scans in photoshop, I thought it was so poignent, having mother and daughter in separate frames. I added some text and a background color. I may use these images in the Folie a deux swap.

2005-12-01T15:10:00.000-05:00

It's funny, I started using "Suze" because there were so many Susans on one ATC group I belong to that it was the only way to tell us apart. I've always introduced myself as Susan. But Suze is starting to feel comfortable. Suze is the artist. Susan is the teacher. And Suzie is what my really close friends call me. LOL

New Business Cards

2005-12-01T15:07:00.000-05:00

Good Art /Bad Art

2005-11-29T18:54:00.000-05:00

What makes a card "good" or "bad"? I mean here I have two similar cards, same elements: Waterhouse images printed onto transparencies, English chintz papers from the Victoria & Albert Museum, dabs of Brass Lumiere paint, and bits of other papers. The one on the left is horrid, or at least nothing to be proud of. The one on the right is gads better. Why? I need to analyze this if I'm to improve my artwork. Let's see, the one on the left has rigid straight lines. That's probably not a bad thing unto itself, but it seems to be fighting the soft curved lined of the chintz and woman's dress. The one on the left also has a clear separation between figure and background. Almost like she's 'caged'. I've even exaggerated that line with a gold metallic paint pen. So what are some positives about the one on the right? I like the diagonal of the woman's bent head and neck. Diagonals are dynamic. I think I like the size of the figure too, the other seems too small for the card. The flowers are a nice touch too. They add "flow" to the compostition.
The funny thing is that the card on the left took me quite a bit longer to create. And it has more stuff on it.
So today's lesson: More is not always better. Good art doesn't always take longer. Unify all elements. Scale matters (not size, lol). Look for the flow.

2005-11-29T13:10:00.000-05:00

Business card design. I used an atc card (left) and filled the rest of the space with overlapping elements of other cards I've made ...

2005-11-28T19:25:00.000-05:00

Well, I realized today that even partial transfers are attractive. Wendy is right - why would we want a complete, whole, perfect transfer; wouldn't that just look like a cut out image pasted on ... just a bit transluscent? I like the decaying look of the partial transfers. I made some cards out of my experiments. This is one. C'est la vie ...

Closer!

2005-11-27T15:23:00.000-05:00

Experiment #5:
Image: (left) printed on Staples premium double sided matte paper using an HP inkjet printer
Medium: I use Speedball gloss medium, brushed four coats onto printed image, letting it dry in between coats and three coats onto card, letting it dry.
Transfer method: I flipped the image onto painted card, rubbed first with my fingers and then with a bone folder.
Results: I'm very happy with this one. It's just about what I want. You can see on the edges where the image is still sticking to the photo paper, but the most important part of the image has transferred.
Comments: I shouldn't brush the medium all the way to the edges of the image on the photo paper. It tears, and besides, I need to only apply it to what I want to transfer over.

Detail of experiment #4

2005-11-27T15:20:00.000-05:00

You can actually see the image lifting from the print paper here. The texture is rubbery and stretchy

Transfer experiments continued

2005-11-27T15:14:00.000-05:00

Experiment #4:
Image: (left) printed on Staples premium double sided matte paper using an HP inkjet printer
Medium: I used Speedball gloss medium, brushed three coats onto printed image, letting it dry in between coats. I used two coats on the card, letting it dry between coats.
Transfer method: I flipped the image onto painted card, rubbed first with my fingers and then with the back of a spoon and then with a bone folder very roughly.. I noticed when I rubbed it hard, the paper began to move around a but - I think it was releasing from the card.
Results: The finished card almost got the whole image, but some didn't come over :(
Comments: I think I need more coats of medium and much more aggressive rubbing.

Transfer experiments

2005-11-27T14:57:00.000-05:00

Experiment #3:
Image: (left) printed on Staples premium double sided matte paper using an HP inkjet printer
Medium: I use Speedball gloss medium, brushed two coat onto printed image, letting it dry ater the first coat, but leaving the second coat wet-ish. Then I put two coats onto the card, leaving the last coat wet.
Transfer method: I flipped the image onto painted card, rubbed first with my fingers and then with the back of a spoon and then with a bone folder. I lifted the photo paper off from the corner. I could see that the image had become elastic-y and stretchy. I could see it sticking onto the card, but it wouldn't all transfer over.
Results: Some of the transferred image looks great, but there is an are in the center where the image didn't come off.
Comments: I think I need to let the medium dry completely on the printed image and then put a wet coat onto the card to draw it over.

Transfer Experiments

2005-11-27T14:45:00.000-05:00

Experiment #2:

Image: (left) printed on Staples premium double sided matte paper using an HP inkjet printer
Medium: I use Speedball gloss medium, brushed two coat onto printed image, letting it dry in between coats
Transfer method: I flipped the image onto painted card, rubbed first with my fingers and then with the back of a spoon and then with a bone folder. I lifted the photo paper off from the corner. It wasn't done, I rubbed more.
Results: The finished card came out better this time - the image is almost complete, but I'm still seeing the grain of the paper.
Comments: Maybe I need to coat the painted card with medium also to discourage the grain from appearing?

Transfer Experiments

2005-11-27T14:33:00.000-05:00

Experiment #1:
Image: (left) printed on Staples premium double sided matte paper using an HP inkjet printer
Medium: I use Speedball gloss medium, brushed one coat onto printed image
Transfer method: I flipped the image onto painted card, rubbed first with my fingers and then with the back of a spoon. I lifted the photo paper off from the corner.
Results: The finished card has a pattern where the transferred image didn't adhere - it looks like the grain of the watercolor paper, perhaps.
Comments: Next time I will try two coats on the printed image and rub harder.

Transfers - step 1

2005-11-27T13:54:00.000-05:00

6 cards, 140 lb. cold press water color paper, coated on both sides with gesso.
Then I use Speedball gloss medium mixed with several Golden fluid acrylics to paint
background. I added various stamped images.

Experiment #1 - Transfers

2005-11-27T13:42:00.000-05:00

Today I'll begin my experiments
.... bwa ha ha bwa ha ha ha ha ....

Old photograph

2005-11-27T12:40:00.000-05:00

I have such a tender spot in my heart when it comes to old family photographs. My heart just turns to butter. I don't buy these photos, I adopt the people in them. I take them home with me and treasure them. I look at them for a long time after I get them home. And I wonder .... "who were these people, what are their relationships? ... were they happy? Did they have hardships? Were they loved? ..."

2005-11-26T20:58:00.000-05:00

I found this image while looking for images for a "Folie a deux" challenge. I think I searched for 'vintage twins' ....

2005-11-22T20:12:00.000-05:00

ATC's with a "fishy" theme. My take was an homage to Rene Magritte. I used colorful scraps for background and then manipulated them with permanent markers, vivid acrylics, stamps and scratches. The bottom left one is the least manipulated. I like the juxtapositioning of the man and fish. Just like Rene ...

2005-11-21T20:10:00.000-05:00

My baby has wings (top)
My baby over Paris
.... I love the scary yet attractive quality of these severed doll heads

2005-11-21T20:06:00.000-05:00

"My Baby Has Strange Inner Power" ATC

2005-11-20T10:55:00.000-05:00

I attempted a mandala in ATC size. It was very restricting. I made 3 or 4 for a challenge. Maybe I should try to make a large one and cut it up later, like a mosaic. But then that would be counter to what mandalas are all about - WHOLENESS ... lol

Suzabelle's Art Journal

blind contour drawings

Hannah, oil pastels on canvas board

self-portrait in mirror, oil pastels on canvas

young woman, India; oil pastels on Canson paper

stylized Venus, oil pastels

Woman from Nepal, oil pastels

Man with muffin hat ... oil pastels

Antler Basket

Antler Basket

Antler Basket

Cezanne style painting

Aleski

Lilly

"Woodruff"

"Wainright"

Hanging around the House

Rumi

Triskeliona

Mandala Universe

Menemsha Marsh

Snow Storm

Icicle #2

Icicle doll?

More Altered Postcards

Altered Postcards

Mandalas

Mandalas

Journal Spread

Recent Journal spreads

Recent Journal spreads

Card Catalog Challenge

Card Catalog Challenge

Wendy's Calendar Project

Wendy's Calendar Project

Rust

Altered cabinet card

New Journal: In My Next Life

In my next life ...

In my next life ...

In my next life ...

Stained Glass

Dulcie's Journal

Reputation de Teint

Artistamps

Artistamps

Journal spread for Sharon

More Virtues

More Virtues

Virtue Cards

Virtues

Virtues

Family Swap

Family

Family

For Betty

Art Journal ...

Art Journal ...

Paper Traders

Folie A Deux ...

Art Stamp

Traveling Art Journal

Traveling Art Journal

Altered Books and Such ...

Altered Books and such ...

Digital Collage

Writer's Block ....

She says yes ....

Susan needs ...

The coronation ...

Mother and daughter

New Business Cards

Good Art /Bad Art

Closer!

Detail of experiment #4

Transfer experiments continued

Transfer experiments

Transfer Experiments

Transfer Experiments

Transfers - step 1