A Festival of Light
A Festival of Light for a Challenge on Art Creations Friday
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Two Dogs in Sepia
Soartful Man's Best Friend Challenge I chose to enhance the dogs rather that ornament them.
Billy Can & Can't
Done for the 'Pairs' challenge on Three Muses challenge The Plaster-of-Paris figurines, showing a pair of boys on a chamber pots, date from the 1908 or earlier. They used to sit in my Aunt Gertie's washroom. Knowing that her health was failing she asked us each to pick a favourite item from her ornaments. Passing by the Royal Doulton's I chose "Billy Can and Can't. They are Billikens With their pointy little heads, grinning faces, slitty eyes, round bellies and hands tightly pressed against the sides of their naked bodies, billikens were a craze. From about 1908 to 1911, Americans gave them as good luck charms in the form of tiny statues, postcards, coins and banks. My Billikens were probably given out as Carnival prizes.
In a Mirror - A ghost of time gone by
Challenge #47 - In a Mirror - A ghost of time gone by Done for a Art Creations Friday
Day of the Dead Remembrance Altar
An altar in remembrance of My Aunt Gertie Done for the Day of the Dead Challenge on Art on the Darkside I remember my Aunt Gertie well. She had standards. Her standards were the standards of her day and she applied them firmly and with an air of righteousness. When she grew up and married my dad, my mother used to dread Gertie’s coming to visit the house. Gertie would check for dust and looked under things, She sought imperfections and found them! She would call these imperfections to my mother's attention. “Now, Phyllis, perhaps you didn't notice but there are dust bunnies under the couch...” etc. There must have been an orgy of housekeeping before she came to call or, God forbid, if there was an unexpected visit, despair. Gertie, however, was not given to unexpected visits. Her premise was “Let them do their best. I'll still find something wrong!” She was a widow with no children. Her apartment was perfect. In the dining room there was an oak dining table and a glass-
Rooster Booster
Now, the story of Rooster Booster, my mother kept chickens and had a Victory Garden. It was part of the war effort to grow your own food. She started out with Bantam chickens which are very small. She had hens and a rooster and the hens laid tiny eggs. Later, she got some Leghorn chicks and they guaranteed that these chicks were all female but one of them slipped under the radar and and he was male, very much so. When those little chicks were growing up Rooster Booster, the Bantam, used to pick on that Leghorn rooster chick. He gave him such a hard time. Of course the Leghorn chicks got bigger. The Leghorn rooster started to get tall and lanky. As an adolescent he was still scared of the Bantam rooster who would chase him around. This little Bantie rooster chasing around this big old Leghorn was quite a funny sight to see. One fine day the Leghorn rooster realized that he was bigger! He turned on the Bantam and, well, that was the end of Rooster Booster. You could say that it was the e
Hungry Ghosts
Done for a Halloween Challenge on Art on the Darkside The figure is that of Catrina from the Mexican "Day of the Dead"
Challenge 44
Challenge 44 http://artcreationsfriday.blogspot.com/ Texture by http://www.flickr.com/photos/34053291@N05/ Texture for Layers
Soartful Saturday - Midsummer Night's Dream
Click to Enlarge "Where the bee sups there sup I, In a cowslip's bell I lie..." Soartful "Midsummer Night's Dream" Challenge on http://artfreebies.blogspot.com/
When Adam Delved and Eve span
"When Adam delved and Eve span Who was then the gentleman... John Ball Challenge41 on http://artcreationsfriday.blogspot.com/
"Live Oaks" Challenge
Click to Enlarge Soartful "Live Oaks" Challenge on http://artfreebies.blogspot.com/
Pocketful of Fairies
Pocketful of Fairies Done for Challenge on http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com The images are clips from a scrapbook kit.
Medicine Buddha with Rainbows
Medicine Buddha with Rainbows (c) Ani Thubten Jamyang Donma aka Catherine A. Brock & Associates This is the work of my daughter who is a Buddhist and a stained glass designer. Soartful Challenge on http://artfreebies.blogspot.com/
Lurking in the Shadows of a Memory
For the 'Lurking in the Shadows' Challenge on Art on the Darkside
Red Riding Hood
I used royalty-free clipart for the wolf, added some asters with a watercolour filter and a tree in the background with a gradient applied with soft light. The Riding Hood was filled with flowers using Edit/Fill/Pattern in Photoshop with red touches painted in. The hardest part was cutting the figure of the girl out from the murky background. I used the Photoshop Levels adjustment to add some colour to the girl and her dress is a softened gradient. The frame is from Filters Unlimited Challenge 39 on http://artcreationsfriday.blogspot.com/
Hands of Glory
Early Halloween and Hands of Glory entry Done for Challenge on http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
T he Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea In a beautiful pea green boat, They took some honey, and plenty of money, Wrapped up in a five pound note. The Owl looked up to the stars above, And sang to a small guitar…. (Guitar 1950 Gibson ES5 from the collection of Danny Marks ) Cat is from my own sketch of Bitsy, my New York cat. Challenge on http://artfreebies.blogspot.com/
INSPIRATIONAL PEOPLE
Depp because he makes me believe the fantastic Inspirational People Challenge on http://thethreemuseschallenge.blogspot.com/
