Three Muses Challenge - Photo Play

Wow! The Great Oz! Oh wait. That's me. :-)

"Last" Week Of Art Journal Caravan

I've participated in the The Art Journal Caravan by Tangie Baxter for the past four years. She actually ran it for five years, but I didn't find out about it until the second year. This week is the last week of Tangie's art journaling caravans. Wow! It's going to be strange not having her weekly prompts and her AJC digital kits to work with. This is my last digital collage for it.

Thanks for a fun, creative four years, Tangie!

Effy Wild: Love and Glitter

Effy Wild is having a giveaway for Bloom True, a painting course given by Flora Bowley. Please visit Effy's site to get the details: http://effywild.com/ She offers her own wonderful art journaling e-courses that I'm sure you'll want to check out. She even has her own art tribe! Go Effy!

Dreaming of Paris - Again!

Original photo:

Some Digital Fun!

Digital Whisper Blog Challenge - Gypsy Soul

First Issue of The Purple Moose E-zine Available Now!

Yay! The first issue of The Purple Moose E-zine is now available at my Purple Moose Heart Art site.

If you would like to get the details, please click on the link below:

http://www.purplemooseheartart.com/#!purplemoosezine/c30m

Digital Whisper Dark Whisper Challenge - I Can't See

Original photo by Dorothea Lange.

Busy, Busy, Busy

I probably won't be posting as much of my digital art here for a couple of weeks. I'm busy working on 3 projects that I hope all of you will end up enjoying. I won't tell you what they are, since, as my favorite doctor Dr. River Song would say, "Spoilers!" Enjoy the cold days ahead! (Well, if you're in the United States, that is. I'd gladly pass on winter all together, but unfortunately, we aren't given that choice.)

Take A Word Challenge - Organic

Organic beauty!

Art Journal Caravan 2014 Week 47 - Gratitude Quote

I wanted to give some color to a winter scene. :-)

Being Nuts and Other Things

Character by Rebecca McMeen.

 

Elements from Nov. '14 kit by Tangie Baxter.

Cat by me. Yay!

Three Muses Challenge - A Quote About Time

Tree from Holliewood's kit "Void." Photos googled.

Digital Whisper Challenge - Stranded

I understand there is a fine line between insanity and genius. Original picture -

The Colossus - by Francisco Goya.

Take A Word Challenge - Altering Mona

I decided she needed a little more color. :-)

Marney Makridakis' New Book - Hop, Skip, Jump

    

I have the privilege to be reading Marney's new book Hop, Skip, Jump. I have to be honest. I haven't finished it yet. The book is so inspiring and so full of "playful" ideas, that I have to stop every couple of pages and create something. It's everything you would expect from the author of Creating Time. Marney shows us the way to accomplish our goals using "play" in order to be productive and "manifest whatever you desire." It is a book about hope, a way to turn any dreaded task into a joyful experience where play leads the way forward to success. Every person who wants to live a creatively abundant and fulfilling life needs to read this book! You will discover if your personal style is "hop," "skip" or "jump." Once you understand what each of these styles mean, Marney leads you on a creative journey to learn how to add the other styles and their strengths so you can "playfully manifest a meaningful life." Don't miss this wonderful new book!

Below are a couple of examples of digital art I've created so far. The first two are from just the introduction:

 

You will find out what "soul and whale" refer to by reading the introduction.

Readers are encouraged to pick their own two words, and I chose the first two that jumped into my head. That's what Hop, Skip, Jump is all about. Learning to be successful through play!

 

I'll leave you with one more. I created this for Chapter 6. The chapter is titled "Got Confidence?"

If you have confidence, then you "can" succeed in doing anything you want.

 

Any time I begin doubting myself, I'll look at my "can can" and know that I can do it.

I hope you will order your copy of Marney's wonderful book right away! Your creative self will thank you for it! If you want a little more information about the book, then take the free Hop, Skip, Jump quiz and find out which one describes you. Just click the link below.

Free Hop, Skip, Jump Quiz

Busy Creating This Week

Digital Whisper Black/White Challenge

Some secrets of the forest may never be seen.

Three Muses Challenge - White Space

Keanu Reeves Googled.

Multi-Dimensional Dreams

Some elements from the kit "The Doctor" by Tangie Baxter. Man by Marta Van Eck. My brain is always in outer space.

The Show Must Go On!

Whoa! I must have been feeling colorful.

Take A Word Challenge - Think Pink

Ballet dancers Googled.

Hey! This Tuesday, Nov. 11, is the release of my friend Marney's new book Hop, Skip, Jump. If you order Hop, Skip, Jump on Nov. 11, you can get an instant $15 Artella eGift Certificate for each copy purchased, which is even more than the price of the book. Go to http://www.artellaland.com/affiliates/jrox.php?id=1236_1_tlid_87 to order your copy and take a fun quiz to find out if you Hop, Skip, or Jump! She mentions me and my purple moose on page 74. Yahoo!  :-)

Abstract Gentry

Just for fun -

Original photo -

Paris Dreams

Beginning Photoshop layer was a beautiful painted background by Seth Apter of The Altered Page that he gave me permission to use.

Digital Whisper Challenge - Helter Skelter

I never wanted to see the movie, as the events of the story were too terrible. I used helter skelter here to mean kind of a crazy, dark mess.

I blended several overlays from the collection in a Photoshop Grunge class.

Take A Word Challenge - Movie Star

Images googled.

 

Frida wasn't a movie star, but many movie stars wanted to play her in the movie about her life. Salma Hayek won the role. 

Art Journal Caravan October Week 4

 

Most elements are from kits by Tangie Baxter and Rebecca McMeen.

Hop, Skip or Jump?

I'm reading Marney K. Makridakis new book Hop, Skip, Jump. I love it! How can you have more fun and get more done? Take this quiz to find our your productivity style: http://artellaland.com/play.html

I took the quiz, and I tied even with "hop" and "skip." Now I have to finish reading the book to find out what that means! I've even created two digital collages after only reading the introduction. Here's one of them:  (you'll need to read the introduction to find out what it means)

Take A Word Challenge - Vintage

I'm afraid I'm old enough to remember vinyl records. :-(

Digital Whisper Challenge - Webs

Photo of Ricky Ubeda googled.

You Gotta Have Friends!

Celebrate My Craziness

My family doesn't celebrate Halloween, but I do love odd characters! Digital elements by Rebecca McMeen. Ugg Love texture by Kim Klaussen.

Road To Discovery

Texture by Kim Klassen called Ugg Love. I don't know who drew the character, but I love it. I don't claim any rights to it.

Three Muses Challenge - Shades of Blue

Take A Word Challenge - Masculine

Original photo of Yul Brenner Googled.

Love And Acceptance

This is what came out of my inner self tonight. I didn't have any idea of what I wanted to make when I opened up Photoshop.