tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4111834844191581412024-03-13T22:45:22.850-07:00Timeless Treasures of LeastLinda Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02014180270392639198noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411183484419158141.post-2102210264104666602010-10-30T18:14:00.000-07:002010-10-30T18:15:52.361-07:00Press Release for Wild Haired Ladies Coloring Book<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/TMzDN0HrRbI/AAAAAAAAA_8/vcJlYQpd1fI/s1600/WHL_press+release2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 309px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534012684228052402" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/TMzDN0HrRbI/AAAAAAAAA_8/vcJlYQpd1fI/s400/WHL_press+release2.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div>Linda Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02014180270392639198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411183484419158141.post-69136131774885905202010-10-30T18:10:00.001-07:002010-10-30T18:11:44.491-07:00Press Release for "Wild Haired Ladies"<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/TMzCO4aICdI/AAAAAAAAA_0/B0CFLtywX54/s1600/WHL_press+release2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 309px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534011603047418322" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/TMzCO4aICdI/AAAAAAAAA_0/B0CFLtywX54/s400/WHL_press+release2.jpg" /></a>Linda Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02014180270392639198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411183484419158141.post-37178664574528313912010-10-18T05:26:00.000-07:002010-10-18T05:41:31.767-07:00Do you love to color?It appears that the post below worked. All-righty-then.<br /><br />I have always loved to color, ever since I was big enough to hold a crayola...I still love to color and a lot of my friends told me that they still love to color, but they couldn't find anything out there to color...wala! the "Wild Haired Ladies" coloring book..."A Creative Experience for Adults" was created. I drew the pictures and found the most wonderful Publisher ever...Falling Star Publications...Donna Dove is the best editor and publisher you could ever want...We hope to start working on the #2 coloring book in 2011.<br /><br />MY coloring book for adults "Wild Haired Ladies" is available on a pre-published sale over on my website www.lindaeast.com the sale price is $10.95 + S&H, this price is good until October 30, the launch date is November 1 and the price will be $12.95 + S&H. So if you would like to take advantage of the sale, just go to my website click on the box that says coloring books and you will find the "Wild Haired Ladies" and a shopping cart. Easy Peasy...lolLinda Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02014180270392639198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411183484419158141.post-35457099726934107842010-10-18T05:12:00.000-07:002010-10-18T05:19:53.042-07:00Wild Haired Ladies coloring book<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/TLw7PgsoJvI/AAAAAAAAA_U/X8_zpzkj-VY/s1600/Cover+Wild+Haired+Ladies.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/TLw7PgsoJvI/AAAAAAAAA_U/X8_zpzkj-VY/s400/Cover+Wild+Haired+Ladies.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529359580165318386" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/TLw7PEDjYaI/AAAAAAAAA_M/b2KLCwNCHsE/s1600/Front+Cover+WHL.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/TLw7PEDjYaI/AAAAAAAAA_M/b2KLCwNCHsE/s400/Front+Cover+WHL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529359572476846498" /></a><br />I am going to try and make this blog entry thing work one more time...I guess if it doesn't I will delete this blog and create another one with a differt program than this one...this is really frustrating.Linda Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02014180270392639198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411183484419158141.post-55699957727422471272010-05-26T06:58:00.000-07:002010-05-26T07:08:46.476-07:00What is going on?I have not been posting to this blog very much because I have a new website and the fact is Google has "jacked" with the choices of how the posting is made, and it is so much easier to post to my website and to my FaceBook Fan Page that I just don't take the time to post here...I hope if you are a follower of this blog you will visit my website and my FaceBook pages. Hopefully you have my Etsy shop as a favorite and you can see my jewelry there. I am not closing this blog because hopefully Google will make some changes that are more user friendly in the future and I will post here more often. <br /><br />Hopefully you will visit me on my website <a href="http://www.lindaeast.com"></a> and my Etsy Shop <a href="http://leasttreasures.etsy.com"></a> You will be able to get to my FaceBook page from either of these links...<br /><br />Creat & Share<br />Linda (Okla)Linda Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02014180270392639198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411183484419158141.post-45423195582005598642010-03-15T07:02:00.000-07:002010-03-15T07:38:15.262-07:00New Web Site<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/S54-inrGxiI/AAAAAAAAA-U/DFB4CW9AKh0/s1600-h/mock+web+page.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 336px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/S54-inrGxiI/AAAAAAAAA-U/DFB4CW9AKh0/s400/mock+web+page.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448861363651135010" /></a><br /><br />This is the home page of my new web site...I am so excited to get it launched...thanks to my friend and computer Guru...Christy Sobolewski...she is the most awesome web designer on the planet.<br /><br />Hopefully you will check it out and let us know what you think...it even has a contact page so feel free to send a comment. For some reason Blogger is not letting me enter a link so if you would just type in www.lindaeast.com in your address line it will take you to the site.<br /><br />We are adding art work and new stuff everyday...so it is a labor of love and a work in progress. I guess you can tell I am really excited about this, and of course you can still find my jewelry on Etsy (New Spring Line is being photographed this week) should be up next week.Linda Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02014180270392639198noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411183484419158141.post-48969111420344477052010-02-27T08:56:00.000-08:002010-02-27T09:04:17.291-08:00OWOH 2010 WinnersWell better late than never I guess...sorry for taking so long to post the winners of the Steampunk Heart Necklace drawing for OWOH...this yearly adventure is so much fun and we all get to meet new art friends. I really was surprised to see how many people don't have their "REAL" names on their blogs. But I just used the names that came up in the random drawing...????<br /><br />So without further ado here are the 3 winners:<br />Kathy Sprinkle from California<br />Melissa from Pannsylvania<br />Shaka from Washington <br /><br />Congradulations ladies...the necklaces will be in the mail as soon as I hear from you with your mailing addresses...awesome...:)Linda Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02014180270392639198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411183484419158141.post-58809914865721080032010-01-25T10:23:00.000-08:002010-01-26T16:44:45.434-08:00One World One Heart<span style="color:#ff99ff;">I will be giving away 3 of my "one of a kind" steampunck heart necklaces... Besure and leave your email/contact information when you post a note for the give away....</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">This Steampuck heart wis made with pink and silver polymer clay and is embelished with a small heartshaped lock and key charm....it is hung on a silver chain.</span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/S13keiuC1sI/AAAAAAAAA-M/f-utdN9tIW4/s1600-h/Key+to+my+heart+%236.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 284px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430747939045824194" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/S13keiuC1sI/AAAAAAAAA-M/f-utdN9tIW4/s400/Key+to+my+heart+%236.JPG" /></a><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">This is a black and red swirl polymer free formed heart...it is embelished with small watch gearts, cogs, watch hands and a piece of vintage prayer beads...</span></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/S13kea2X8rI/AAAAAAAAA-E/Qt17jDvRr-U/s1600-h/Red+%26+Black+Prayer+Beads+%2311.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 287px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430747936933278386" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/S13kea2X8rI/AAAAAAAAA-E/Qt17jDvRr-U/s400/Red+%26+Black+Prayer+Beads+%2311.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#c0c0c0;">This darling Steampunk Heart is made from purple an silver polymer clay. It is embelished with a small heart shaped lock and key.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/S13kdyOtpbI/AAAAAAAAA98/oWxRCfNl3YE/s1600-h/Lock+%26+Key+closeup+%234.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 306px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430747926029510066" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/S13kdyOtpbI/AAAAAAAAA98/oWxRCfNl3YE/s400/Lock+%26+Key+closeup+%234.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/S13kc4DaDGI/AAAAAAAAA90/8mpbms1oR8A/s1600-h/Lock+%26+Key+%234.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430747910412831842" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/S13kc4DaDGI/AAAAAAAAA90/8mpbms1oR8A/s400/Lock+%26+Key+%234.JPG" /></a><br /><span style="color:#33cc00;">Here we go again for another fun networking adventure...please join us.</span></div><div><span style="color:#33cc00;"></span><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Linda Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02014180270392639198noreply@blogger.com185tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411183484419158141.post-12314751271878018002010-01-20T05:09:00.000-08:002010-01-20T05:31:02.098-08:00A new collage...<span style="color:#33ccff;"></span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/S1cBJuEwwgI/AAAAAAAAA9s/dS5qvSQt2qM/s1600-h/IMG_0808.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428809142316876290" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/S1cBJuEwwgI/AAAAAAAAA9s/dS5qvSQt2qM/s400/IMG_0808.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#33ccff;">This week is the 1st week of Lent and the assistant pastor has ask different people in the church to create a piece of art that represents the chosen Bible text for that week, so I went first (because I am so shy you know?lol) my Bible verses were Matthew 26:36-46....this is when Jesus went to the Garden of Gethsemane...so this is my interpretation of that scripture. </span><br /><span style="color:#33ccff;">The canvas is 18"x24"...I used Perfect Paper for texture and then did layers of color using Golden Glazes... I had printed transparencies of the images that I wanted to use, and I trimmed them to fit in the areas that I had chosen...I applied more Perfect Paper around the edges of the transparencies so that it didn't look like I had just "glued" them on...I wanted their to be areas of texture and areas of smoothness...I used some glaze over the transparencies...then I used a Qtip to remove some of the glaze so it made more dramatic high lights...after applying 3 lays of glaze, I wrote the quotes from Jesus prayers on top of the last layer and then I then added the leaves and flowers for a real 3-D garden effect...I think it turned out pretty well. A lot of people at church liked it...:)</span><br /><p> </p>Linda Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02014180270392639198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411183484419158141.post-61605417748288696902010-01-03T10:03:00.000-08:002010-01-03T10:14:09.420-08:00Ohmygoodness! I have been bad!<span style="color:#ffcc66;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">OMGoodness</span>! I have really been bad about posting to my blog...but I have been so busy with creating new jewelry and the holidays and yes I have become so addicted to Face Book....I have reconnected with so many of my former art students and class mates and made so many new art friends...it really is addicting + it is so easy to post too. So I am <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">apologizing</span> to all of my followers here. But I do see and talk to a lot of you over THERE! <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">LOL</span> I also have a Fan Page on <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">FB</span>, and would love to have you join. </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc66;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffcc66;"><span style="font-size:130%;">I am so excited to tell you that I will soon have a new Website created by the incredible "Computer Guru" and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">bestest</span> friend <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Christy</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sobolewski</span>...I can hardly wait...we have been thinking of all kinds of things to put on the site...You will be able to see all of my art work and be able to purchase right from the web site with this awesome shopping cart that <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Christy</span> created. I will still have my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">etsy</span> shop where you can purchase my jewelry, but I will have special things that will only be available on the new website...it really is all very exciting</span>...</span>Linda Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02014180270392639198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411183484419158141.post-14228852921786803142009-08-17T13:01:00.000-07:002009-08-17T13:08:24.702-07:00#5 in Expression Series is Finished<span style="color:#33ccff;">This is the finished piece: #5 in my series of faces that I call "Expressions". This is a mixed media process of drawing, inking and coloring with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Prisma</span> Pencils and water color. If you read the post below it goes into the process a little more in detail.</span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/Som3hTy2vLI/AAAAAAAAA9Y/9GSSf5hMkrk/s1600-h/Finished+%235.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 280px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371025813493169330" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/Som3hTy2vLI/AAAAAAAAA9Y/9GSSf5hMkrk/s400/Finished+%235.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#33ccff;">I thought this was going to be the last in this series...but!...I have already started #6..so I guess there will be one more...</span><br /><p><span style="color:#33ccff;">This is a close up section of #5...</span></p><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/Som3g4H_2bI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/TsG5-qiRQI8/s1600-h/Closeup+%235.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371025806065654194" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/Som3g4H_2bI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/TsG5-qiRQI8/s400/Closeup+%235.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div></div>Linda Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02014180270392639198noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411183484419158141.post-42126806850302665442009-08-13T18:13:00.001-07:002009-08-13T18:30:53.770-07:00#5 in Expression Series<span style="color:#cc66cc;">This is the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">completed</span> drawing and the beginning of the inking process...not sure why it is turned vertically...but sometimes Blogger has a mind of its own?????</span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SoS66AFN8QI/AAAAAAAAA9I/6XMBJxqpCWQ/s1600-h/Drawing+complete.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369622161349538050" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SoS66AFN8QI/AAAAAAAAA9I/6XMBJxqpCWQ/s400/Drawing+complete.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#cc66cc;">This is the finished <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">drawing</span> and it has been completely inked. I have started the coloring process with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Prisma</span> Pencils.</span><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SoS6tNpfwVI/AAAAAAAAA9A/XwhutX-WVA8/s1600-h/Drawing+complete.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 302px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369621941653061970" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SoS6tNpfwVI/AAAAAAAAA9A/XwhutX-WVA8/s400/Drawing+complete.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#cc66cc;">Not quite finished with the face but I was really excited to start the water coloring so I will go back and finish the face when I get the watercolor part done...this is the first in the series to have watercolor on it. These seem to be getting more and more detailed and complicated...not sure why but I guess it doesn't matter. You know I was thinking that I have always loved to color in coloring books...now I just draw and ink my own drawings and color them...<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">hummmm</span>?</span><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SoS6sioxf2I/AAAAAAAAA84/AdFNHfmDy2M/s1600-h/Beginning+color.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 284px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369621930107305826" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SoS6sioxf2I/AAAAAAAAA84/AdFNHfmDy2M/s400/Beginning+color.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#33ccff;">I really like the "bubbles" I got some new pan watercolors that have glitter in the paint, so I used it to color the bubbles...I don't think you can tell in the photograph...but it is really cool. I am wondering if the glitter will still show once the piece is matted and framed with glass...If you click on the pics you can see them really big and get a better idea of the detail. This piece is 28"x30" on <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Strathmore</span> 180# watercolor paper. </span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SoS6sO0bKyI/AAAAAAAAA8w/Pj1evWhgqTA/s1600-h/Beginning+color+closeup.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369621924787464994" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SoS6sO0bKyI/AAAAAAAAA8w/Pj1evWhgqTA/s400/Beginning+color+closeup.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#33ccff;">This is a close up...so you can see the bubbles and the flowers. </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Linda Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02014180270392639198noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411183484419158141.post-11221426100953463292009-08-12T15:58:00.000-07:002009-08-18T06:37:49.169-07:00Exquisite Corpse Collaborative Published<span style="color:#66cccc;">Just found out that the "Exquisite Corpse" a book collaborative that I worked on with 10 other artists has been published in this September/October issue of Somerset Studio Magazine. One of the things that was so awesome about this collaborative project is that I made some life long friends while working on the book. There are some pages below that explain what "The Exquisite Corpse" is all about. </span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SoNLsTd7guI/AAAAAAAAA8g/UBTETtOIA-k/s1600-h/Somerset+Studio+mag_.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 307px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369218405267899106" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SoNLsTd7guI/AAAAAAAAA8g/UBTETtOIA-k/s400/Somerset+Studio+mag_.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#9999ff;">This is one of my pages...I used a "self portrait" of Vincent VanGogh which was only chest high and then using prisma pencils I complete the form, and added the brushes and the paint palette.</span><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SoNLBdBth6I/AAAAAAAAA8Y/mpYKxwgFamM/s1600-h/Vincent+with+words.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 291px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369217669099521954" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SoNLBdBth6I/AAAAAAAAA8Y/mpYKxwgFamM/s400/Vincent+with+words.jpg" /></a> <span style="color:#ffff33;">This is my second page...It is an original watercolor of a "Clown".</span><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SoNLA62osPI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/aXJVT1HyykI/s1600-h/Clown.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 228px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369217659926262002" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SoNLA62osPI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/aXJVT1HyykI/s400/Clown.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="color:#66ff99;">This is the explanation of the Exquisite Corpse that I got from Wikipedia. I did the words and Christy Sobolewsky did the digital back ground and <a href="http://ingridkijkers.blogspot.com/">Ingrid Dijkers </a>did the page background. If you click on it and blow it up you will be able to read the definition. You can reach Ingrid's web site by clicking on her name in the right hand column.</span></div><div><span style="color:#66ff99;"></span><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SoNLAafb_BI/AAAAAAAAA8I/91PptHXm9hc/s1600-h/back_cover_inside.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 216px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369217651239025682" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SoNLAafb_BI/AAAAAAAAA8I/91PptHXm9hc/s400/back_cover_inside.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="color:#ff9900;">This is the inside cover page...it has all of the artist's names and addresses on it.</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SoNJ-AsenrI/AAAAAAAAA8A/MY2f8yg5ZTY/s1600-h/inside_front_cover3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 217px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369216510443036338" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SoNJ-AsenrI/AAAAAAAAA8A/MY2f8yg5ZTY/s400/inside_front_cover3.jpg" /></a> <span style="color:#ffcc66;">This is the cover....done by Ingrid Dykers...Ingrid did all of the binding and organizing of the book...There were 2 extra books made, just in case something happened to a book when they were returned. Some of the artists live in Germany, Australia and all over the US so we wanted to make sure everyone got a copy of the book. </span><br /><br /></div><div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SoNJ98H6U6I/AAAAAAAAA74/J4NehboOg5U/s1600-h/front_cover8.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 216px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369216509215921058" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SoNJ98H6U6I/AAAAAAAAA74/J4NehboOg5U/s400/front_cover8.jpg" /></a> <span style="color:#33ccff;">This is a pic of the book when it was finished. The whole process took us months and was very tedious because every page had to fit perfect for the book to come out right. It wasn't a matter of being able to trim or adjust the pages when it was time for Ingrid to put them together. </span></div><span style="color:#33ccff;"></span></div><div></div><div><span style="color:#33ccff;">Some of the artist used clip art, some used original digital images, some did original drawings and some used original watercolors. So each page is very unique and expresses the style of each artist.</span></div><div><span style="color:#33ccff;"></span></div><div><span style="color:#33ccff;">It really is an incredible work of art.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SoNJ9P0yjqI/AAAAAAAAA7w/wZicUvdKsjk/s1600-h/front+cover.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369216497324560034" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SoNJ9P0yjqI/AAAAAAAAA7w/wZicUvdKsjk/s400/front+cover.jpg" /></a> <span style="color:#ff0000;">Since we were lucky enough for nothing to have gone wrong and all of the artist received their own books, the extra books are going to be auctioned off over on <a href="http://www.ingriddykers.com/">Ingrid Dykers </a>web site. So if you would like to see the rest of the book and join in the auction please just click on Ingrid Dykers above and it will take you to her web site.</span></div><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span></div><div></div><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">This is all so very exciting and I can't wait to talk to the other artists...WOWZZZZZZZEEEEEE!</span> <div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div>Linda Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02014180270392639198noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411183484419158141.post-17905101517314664552009-07-31T08:41:00.001-07:002009-07-31T08:49:11.902-07:00Finished #4 in the "Expressions" Series<span style="color:#ff99ff;">This is the finished piece in my series of "Expressions". </span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">I did a little something different in this piece...I used Gel Pens to color her jewelry...like the head piece and the earring...I really like it because it gave it a metalic shine...not sure how it will look once it is matted and framed behind glass. We will see if the shine still shows???? </span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">I really enjoy making the "Fairy Wings" because no one can ever say I never saw "wings" like that...lol</span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SnMQ5DC4kyI/AAAAAAAAA7o/-k3XB3hZKBs/s1600-h/Finished+%234.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 296px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364650153384383266" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SnMQ5DC4kyI/AAAAAAAAA7o/-k3XB3hZKBs/s400/Finished+%234.JPG" /></a><br /><div></div>Linda Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02014180270392639198noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411183484419158141.post-56504907440628015392009-07-31T07:52:00.000-07:002009-07-31T08:40:34.409-07:00Expressions Series #4 The drawing & Coloring<span style="color:#33ffff;">These are some of the steps in the creation of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Expressions</span> #4...of course you know how it is? I get into the process of drawing, inking and then the coloring and I forget to take pics. I tried to record the process...but sometimes I forget even though I have my camera right beside me. Oh well I think I did better on this one than I have the others, so maybe you can get the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">gist</span> of my progress. </span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SnMLGKA5yPI/AAAAAAAAA7g/zY2zpO-iQaI/s1600-h/Beginning+of+drawing+%234.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364643781523654898" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SnMLGKA5yPI/AAAAAAAAA7g/zY2zpO-iQaI/s400/Beginning+of+drawing+%234.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#33ffff;">First I do the drawing...and I even remembered to leave a boarder this time...it makes it so much easier to mat and frame if the finished piece has a boarder of 1" to 1 1/2"...I usually just use the width of the yard stick which is a little over an inch...I started with a piece of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Strathmore</span> drawing paper that is 18"x24"...that seems to be the size that I find the most comfortable to work on...or maybe it is comfortable because that was the size I had handy when I started...<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">lol</span>..</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">you know "roll with the flow" and what ever is handy...<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">lol</span></span><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SnMLF_SuleI/AAAAAAAAA7Y/mXfUya-otGM/s1600-h/Pencil+drawing+%234.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364643778645628386" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SnMLF_SuleI/AAAAAAAAA7Y/mXfUya-otGM/s400/Pencil+drawing+%234.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#33ffff;">A little more drawing...</span><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SnMKvQrFEtI/AAAAAAAAA7Q/EQuDWAUhxhk/s1600-h/Beginning+Inking+%234.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 278px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364643388174176978" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SnMKvQrFEtI/AAAAAAAAA7Q/EQuDWAUhxhk/s400/Beginning+Inking+%234.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#33ffff;">Once the drawing is completed then I begin the inking process...I used an extra fine Sharpie permanent marker...this process takes almost as long as the drawing...because I seem to make it so complicated and have to really watch to not cross over any lines...unlike pencil there is no erasing errors at this point.</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SnMKvEOq-EI/AAAAAAAAA7I/qAt1jJFEx6I/s1600-h/Beginning+color.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364643384833800258" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SnMKvEOq-EI/AAAAAAAAA7I/qAt1jJFEx6I/s400/Beginning+color.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#33ffff;">Now comes my favorite part...the coloring...this is when I think about being a little girl again and coloring in the multitude of coloring books that I colored when I was young. I use <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Prisma</span> Pencils,</span></div><div><span style="color:#33ffff;">my all time favorite colored pencils. </span></div><span style="color:#33ffff;"></span></div><div></div><div><span style="color:#33ffff;">The red poppies in the right hand corner are from a picture taken by my good friend Dawn Gold,</span></div><div><span style="color:#33ffff;">from the UK...she took the pic one day while walking her dog. The pic was awesome and she gave me permission to use the image as a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">reference</span> for my drawing. I like to us photos as <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">reference</span> material for my flower drawings. Most of the other images that are in the drawing are from my head. Sometimes I use magazine pics of girls to achieve different expressions and skin tones...but most of the ribbons, butterflies and of course the wild hair are just my imagination. And yes I do thank the "Big Guy" for my imagination. My mother says I was born with this imagination and she even has some drawings I did when I was 3 yrs old...I used to wonder why mothers save stuff like that until I had children and grand children of my own. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">LOL</span></span><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SnMKuix8k0I/AAAAAAAAA7A/8MJY0HBozwg/s1600-h/More+coloring+%234.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364643375854949186" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SnMKuix8k0I/AAAAAAAAA7A/8MJY0HBozwg/s400/More+coloring+%234.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#33ffff;">Some more coloring...I decided to make this a little risque...<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">lol</span>.</span> </div><div> </div><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">Don't forget to click on the pics to make them bigger if you want to see the details. :)</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Linda Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02014180270392639198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411183484419158141.post-33086326133773848112009-07-31T07:43:00.000-07:002009-07-31T07:51:39.304-07:00Here is the #1 Drawing in the series<span style="color:#ff99ff;">This is #1 in the series of drawings of girls with lots of hair...lol...the series is called "EXPRESSIONS"...several people said they didn't see #1 so I decided to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">repost</span> it before I post #4 (<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">which</span> I just finished last night).</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">This piece is 24"x30"...it is a mixed media (pencil/ink/<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Prisma</span> Pencil). </span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;"></span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SnMDZAa9UPI/AAAAAAAAA64/iA3jnESUTP8/s1600-h/IMG_1109.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364635309273075954" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SnMDZAa9UPI/AAAAAAAAA64/iA3jnESUTP8/s400/IMG_1109.JPG" /></a><br /><div></div>Linda Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02014180270392639198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411183484419158141.post-65956005020864977692009-07-20T10:32:00.000-07:002009-07-20T10:41:58.034-07:00#3 in the Mixed Media Drawings<span style="color:#cc66cc;">This is #3 in a series of mixed media drawings that I have completed. It is 18"x24". First I draw in pencil and then I ink the drawing with an extra fine point permanent marker, then I erase the whole thing and color in the parts that I want to be in color using Prisma Pencils. I like leaving the "Hair" in black and white with all of the embellishments in color. The drawings usual take be about 3 to 4 days. I started this one while we were in Santa Fe, NM. Then the inking takes about 8 to 10 hours. After inking I erase the entire drawing to remove the pencil marks, I don't like for the pencil marks to interfer with the Prisma Colors...because it tends to make the colors blurry or darker. Taking this one to be framed and am starting #4...It seems I am on a drawing "kick" never know how long it (the "kick" lol) will last...but I have a lot of fun while it does last...:)</span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SmSqgPHgVjI/AAAAAAAAA6w/I9GFk-hts4s/s1600-h/IMG_0160.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360596927268279858" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SmSqgPHgVjI/AAAAAAAAA6w/I9GFk-hts4s/s400/IMG_0160.JPG" /></a><br /><div></div>Linda Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02014180270392639198noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411183484419158141.post-2946792518179284972009-07-03T06:53:00.000-07:002009-07-03T07:03:53.732-07:00Altered Book Yahoo Group 10 Year Celebration<span style="color:#00cccc;">I belong to one of the oldest and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">longest</span> lasting Yahoo Groups on the web, Altered Books Yahoo Group, and it is the 10 Year Birthday of this group....there are over 7000 members...and to celebrate this occasion members were ask if they would like to create a page (4"x6") to be made into a book. So far about 200 members have signed up. That is really exciting. Each person that <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">participates</span> will get a coping of their own to keep. Wow!</span><br /><span style="color:#00cccc;">This is my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">contribution</span> to the book...this is an original hand carved lino stamp that I made. Then I embellished it with gel pens, and used my "chop" as my signature.</span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/Sk4NxZFb0lI/AAAAAAAAA6o/jmGXd88uBt0/s1600-h/AB+Group+10+year.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 278px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354232149188530770" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/Sk4NxZFb0lI/AAAAAAAAA6o/jmGXd88uBt0/s400/AB+Group+10+year.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div>Linda Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02014180270392639198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411183484419158141.post-49412323694949030772009-07-03T06:48:00.000-07:002009-07-03T06:52:52.747-07:00Drawing almost finished.<span style="color:#ff99ff;">All most finished. This is a Prisma Pencil/black marker drawing...I draw everything out in pencil, do the editing that I want and then go over the drawing with Fine Tip Sharpie, then color the parts that I want to be in color with Prisma Pencil.</span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/Sk4MafZ6s0I/AAAAAAAAA6g/rddTzB-s-bc/s1600-h/IMG_3872.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354230656236434242" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/Sk4MafZ6s0I/AAAAAAAAA6g/rddTzB-s-bc/s400/IMG_3872.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/Sk4MZyPbCoI/AAAAAAAAA6Y/WcsgeLzTxRY/s1600-h/IMG_3870.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354230644112820866" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/Sk4MZyPbCoI/AAAAAAAAA6Y/WcsgeLzTxRY/s400/IMG_3870.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>Linda Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02014180270392639198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411183484419158141.post-62786114323948158242009-07-03T06:28:00.000-07:002009-07-03T06:48:14.957-07:00New Drawing on the Table<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/Sk4IgxJu-yI/AAAAAAAAA6Q/lwnFvCIE36A/s1600-h/IMG_3867.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354226366033099554" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/Sk4IgxJu-yI/AAAAAAAAA6Q/lwnFvCIE36A/s400/IMG_3867.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#ffff00;">There is a new drawing on my drawing table. I haven't been drawing enough lately, when I say drawing I mean that I haven't started a drawing that is intended to be a completed piece of art work...I draw all the time sketches, drawing in a journal or an <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">embellishment</span> in an altered book.</span><br /><span style="color:#ffff00;">I really draw all of the time, but this is the first drawing that I have started as "just" a drawing.</span><br /><span style="color:#ffff00;">I am sure this sounds a little <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">redundant</span>...but you get the idea. I have been working in mixed media for quite a while and haven't drawn a piece to stand alone..</span><br /><span style="color:#ffff00;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffff00;">So these are a couple of "Progress" pics, I don't usually take pics of the progress o my paintings or drawings...simply because I am usually into doing the piece that I don't take the time to take the pics...but decided to use a little self <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">discipline</span> on this and see how they would look.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/Sk4Igp2UEtI/AAAAAAAAA6I/3Y8kZMMpGOM/s1600-h/IMG_3862.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354226364072596178" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/Sk4Igp2UEtI/AAAAAAAAA6I/3Y8kZMMpGOM/s400/IMG_3862.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div></div>Linda Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02014180270392639198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411183484419158141.post-74773460062121032562009-06-16T23:35:00.000-07:002009-06-17T00:00:07.616-07:00Color & Texture in Chrisy's AB<span style="color:#cc33cc;">This is an altered book belonging to my friend and cohort <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Christy</span>...we are involved in a Round Robin on ICE Yahoo Group and we are in the last month of the RR... This pic of the entire book.</span><br /><span style="color:#cc33cc;">It is awesome.</span><br /><span style="color:#cc33cc;"></span><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SjiPfWmqnPI/AAAAAAAAA6A/tdiCJdRvGNs/s1600-h/IMG_3856.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348182326308936946" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SjiPfWmqnPI/AAAAAAAAA6A/tdiCJdRvGNs/s400/IMG_3856.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#cc33cc;">This spread was made with Perfect Paper..then I added a large <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">embellished</span> butterfly on the left and a small metal butterfly on the right page (she really like butterflies) then I added some large sequin garland on the right hand edge. I used Golden Glaze for the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">color</span> and added a sheet of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">cellophane</span> that had silver stars(it came from a 1924 Central State University year <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">book </span>that I found in an antique store in Palestine, Texas...how cool is that?)</span><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SjiPY_dkPqI/AAAAAAAAA54/iDErmOwpldU/s1600-h/IMG_3855.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348182217017540258" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SjiPY_dkPqI/AAAAAAAAA54/iDErmOwpldU/s400/IMG_3855.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SjiPYkNH8cI/AAAAAAAAA5w/2ae-lkbRCGI/s1600-h/IMG_3854.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348182209700819394" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SjiPYkNH8cI/AAAAAAAAA5w/2ae-lkbRCGI/s400/IMG_3854.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#cc33cc;">This is the second spread that I did and it has Golden Gazes for the back ground color, then some foam triangles that I cut out with some <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">scalloped</span> scissors and wrote on with gel pens. Then I sewed some beaded garland that I got at World <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Bazaar</span> in San Jose California, they were having an after Christmas 90% of sale...love it...then I added some beaded fringe at the bottom.</span><br /><div> </div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SjiPLFfLUhI/AAAAAAAAA5o/Nehr_Zc1YsM/s1600-h/Christys+foam+%26+beads.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348181978116739602" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SjiPLFfLUhI/AAAAAAAAA5o/Nehr_Zc1YsM/s400/Christys+foam+%26+beads.JPG" /></a><span style="color:#cc33cc;">This is the third and final spread for Christy's book...what I did here is I used some paper that I altered by using strips of an old magazine that I tore up and glued down to some water color paper, then I added strips of masking tape (3/4") and some glue dribbling for texture. After the glue was dry I did some washes of blue and yellow allowing them to blend in the middle, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">hence</span> the green area, I stamped some <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">swirlies</span> on it and then just glued the page into the book. Then I added some alphabet beads to say "color" and "texture" and some little rhinestone <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">embellished</span> </span></div><div><span style="color:#cc33cc;">cross beads. Then I glued down some sequin and furry trim and added some little tiny safety pins that had purple heads to the trim...I hope <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Christy</span> likes how it turned out...</span><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SjiPK-YwPJI/AAAAAAAAA5g/xIqZWGQUp9c/s1600-h/Christys+letter+beads.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348181976210750610" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SjiPK-YwPJI/AAAAAAAAA5g/xIqZWGQUp9c/s400/Christys+letter+beads.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Linda Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02014180270392639198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411183484419158141.post-23960042990148036942009-06-05T21:08:00.000-07:002009-06-05T21:33:29.720-07:00Three Finished Catalogs, Killed by Me<span style="color:#cc66cc;">These are the three Catalogs that I have killed so far..you may have seen in previous posts how these catalogs looked after I soaked them in the bath tub and then how they look after they were scrunched and smashed and then dried...I really am amazed how they turned out...each one is so different. I just started adding some paint, some glazes and some stamping...then I added some fibers and some clay pieces that I had made and painted....these were quite a stretch for me, I usually lean more to the realistic side of art...but when I finished I was pleasently surprised. I am thinking about putting them on my Etsy shop.</span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SinsVnrCdpI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/SwxgmXQNFFw/s1600-h/%231+KC+Hidden+Faces.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 289px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344062289022711442" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SinsVnrCdpI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/SwxgmXQNFFw/s400/%231+KC+Hidden+Faces.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#33ffff;">This one has a lot of beads and pages that I rolled up while they were wet and let dry. It could be hung on the wall or place on an easel for display. I gessoed the back of this one but I left a lot of the printed material in the catalog show through the glazes...The green pearlized leaves are some pins that are like corsage pins that I got from Lisa at Collage Stuff. I just pushed the pins into the back of some of the rolled up pages. There is a little frame that was made by cutting a small square in the paper before it was dry. There is a piece of lace that I put on diagonally to create a little more texture and then the beads are from a store called World Bazar in San Jose.</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">You know after Christmas sales are awesome, you can get some really cool stuff at 90% off.</span><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SinsVZtUhMI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/RPKZYFOaDVA/s1600-h/%232+KC+Whimsy.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 254px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344062285274186946" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SinsVZtUhMI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/RPKZYFOaDVA/s400/%232+KC+Whimsy.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#cc66cc;">I call this one "I See You" because I found some "googly eyes" that are funky colors and they just happened to match the colors I was using...funny how that happens some times....I probably had these things for 20 years and I just knew I would use them someday...well this was the day...lol. This is the catalog that had some blue & yellow Easter egg dye on it, so I built on those colors...well you know how much I love my Golden Glazes and the burgandy is my favorite so I add some of that...then I wiped it with a rag while it was still wet...then I used some permanent markers to do some doodle thingys. I have about 2 million buttons so I went through them and found 3 green ones and I sewed those on to the center. When I started to do the doodles I began to see triangles and so I followed the folds of the paper and accented those triangles with a purple marker. This idea of the Catalog Killing came from a UK artist by the name of Maggie Grey...if you google her you can find a lot more of her awesome work. </span><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SinsVDKykDI/AAAAAAAAA5I/v3fUF-c7Vcs/s1600-h/IMG_3812.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344062279223775282" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SinsVDKykDI/AAAAAAAAA5I/v3fUF-c7Vcs/s400/IMG_3812.JPG" /></a> <span style="color:#33cc00;">Any way, there are more "unsolicited" cataloges being soaked, or dryed or squished as we speak, some other artists and I are going to do a collaboration using this media, it will be fun to see how different our styles will be when we finish....we will post the results some time at the end of the summer...hope you enjoyed clicking on these so you can see them bigger.</span><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Linda Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02014180270392639198noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411183484419158141.post-50817879356214587562009-06-05T19:54:00.001-07:002009-06-05T20:01:52.724-07:00I Wish I Was 18 Again<a href="http://bhsclassof1959.shutterfly.com/299?eid=115"><img src="http://www.motionbox.com/v2/ha/thumbnails/c/2/5/f/video-7a9fdbb01e14efc7f5-c25f76075f327954.js" width="200" height="200" /></a> <p><a href="http://bhsclassof1959.shutterfly.com/299?eid=115">Click here to view this video</a><img border="0" src="https://os.shutterfly.com/b/ss/sflyshareprod/1/H.15/111?pageName=sharekey&c1=video&c2=blogger" width="1" height="1" /></p><p><span style="color:#ffcc66;">This is a video from my 50 year class reunion that was held last month in Fort Worth Texas. It is really cool...what great memories.</span></p>Linda Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02014180270392639198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411183484419158141.post-16117178336305082522009-06-01T08:41:00.000-07:002009-06-01T10:04:38.072-07:00Garage Sale Finds-The pickin's were good!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SiQCtrui6eI/AAAAAAAAA5A/Li3B4eEAhvo/s1600-h/IMG_3842.JPG"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SiQCtrui6eI/AAAAAAAAA5A/Li3B4eEAhvo/s320/IMG_3842.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342398041823570402" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Yes you are right! These are very old "Roller Skates"...most likely from the 40's. But this is the awesome part...(of course you know me everything has a little story to it)<br />I found these skates at the same garage sale that I found the little <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">porcelain</span> dolls below, and it was what I thought to be my last stop, and I only had enough money for the dolls, so I talked to the lady and told her I was a mixed media artist and I made all kinds of things out of old "stuff" (understatement). She asked if I saw the old skates?<br />(9 of them to be exact) so I went and looked at them, and ask how much she wanted for them, and she said "Oh $1 I guess". I told her that I had given her the last of my money for the dolls. Well, you could have knocked me over with a feather when she said why don't you just take them and make them into something, and she went and got a brown grocery sack and loaded all (9) of them up and gave them to me...well let me tell you tears came into my eyes and I hugged her and gave her my blog <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">addy</span> so she could visit her "skates" when they got made into an art piece...(inspired by <a href="http://www.michaeldemeng.com">Michael <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">De Meng</span></a><a href="http://www.michaeldemeng.com"> </a>of course) You know this ole' world is all about communication (and money of course but that is another story)...I can't wait to get started with these skates.<br />I really have a great affection for these kind of skates because when I was about 4 or 5 years old my daddy made me the best scooter ever, he used a skate (like these) and an apple crate. It was awesome. I spent hours gliding down the street in front of our house in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Wichita</span> Falls Texas, until one day the Milk Man was delivering milk to our house (that was in 1946 when you could still get your milk delivered to your door) and I was coming down the hill pretty fast (at least it was fast to a 5 yr old...<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">lol</span>) and I could not stop and ran into the HUGE bummer of the milk truck...and yes it knocked me out and I saw stars and birdies flying around my head. When I woke up I was in my bed with an ice pack on my recently acquired "pop knot"...and bandages on both my knees and elbows...but let me tell you that is not what I think of when I remember all of this...what I remember was the terrific scooter that my daddy made me.<br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SiQCtekpwcI/AAAAAAAAA44/Y-mjlzptJA4/s1600-h/IMG_3840.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SiQCtekpwcI/AAAAAAAAA44/Y-mjlzptJA4/s320/IMG_3840.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342398038292414914" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">These are all of the skates. They are fantastic...can't wait to use them.</span></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SiP9SzSY7WI/AAAAAAAAA4w/ivJnhgRbMfg/s1600-h/tiny+dolls+2.JPG"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span></span></span></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SiP9SzSY7WI/AAAAAAAAA4w/ivJnhgRbMfg/s1600-h/tiny+dolls+2.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 305px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SiP9SzSY7WI/AAAAAAAAA4w/ivJnhgRbMfg/s320/tiny+dolls+2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342392082438352226" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">These are tiny little bisque fired <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">porcelain</span> dolls (sorry for the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">blurry</span>) I am going to make jewelry out of them, and the good part is I only paid $3 for them, I am here to tell you that I wouldn't have poured and cleaned them for $3. My friend Ingrid makes these kind of dolls all the time and I don't know how she does it. They are so tiny and precious...I photographed them in the palm of my hand so you could see how small they are.</span></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SiP9SgbZpJI/AAAAAAAAA4o/gsQ457-6EjA/s1600-h/tiny+dolls.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SiP9SgbZpJI/AAAAAAAAA4o/gsQ457-6EjA/s320/tiny+dolls.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342392077375874194" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Below are some other great finds (eat your heart out Michael <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">De Ming</span>,,,<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">lol</span>) I had set my self a $20 limit for my Garage Sale shopping spree...and I spent $22...opps...because I found a printer (brand new <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Lemarx</span>) for $3 dollars.</span></span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SiP2_z4H2zI/AAAAAAAAA4Y/qXi4FidNB7Y/s1600-h/Garage+Sale+Buttons.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SiP2_z4H2zI/AAAAAAAAA4Y/qXi4FidNB7Y/s400/Garage+Sale+Buttons.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342385159109335858" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">What we have above is a big bag of buttons for .50 and below some really cool stuff including a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">gauge</span>, a really old (old enough to be called antique, which is older than me...<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">lol</span>) light off of a Singer sewing machine, a metal flower, some wire, a grater and something that looks like an insulator but I am sure it is some kind of attachment for an electric juicer...OMG...how cool is that? That white thing with the gold brads is a bracelet...OK...the possibilities are endless here....what fun.</span></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SiP2_jMhNJI/AAAAAAAAA4Q/fL_B5E9v2f4/s1600-h/Garage+Sale+finds.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_shdBpB6jDJc/SiP2_jMhNJI/AAAAAAAAA4Q/fL_B5E9v2f4/s400/Garage+Sale+finds.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342385154631480466" border="0" /></a>Linda Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02014180270392639198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-411183484419158141.post-69105176043714638272009-05-31T08:56:00.000-07:002009-05-31T09:15:57.063-07:00Web Marketing SOS?<span style="color:#33ccff;">My friend and partner in crime, <a href="http://www.averageamericangirl.com/"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Christy</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Sobolewski</span></a> has a new online business. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Christy</span> is only the most artistic and creative web designer on the net and she has decided to offer her services to anyone needing a Web Design, a Banner for a blog, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Etsy</span> shop or personal web space. She has been a web designer for 10 years and has master level skills. She has taught classes on our <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ning</span> Network "Artistic <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Avantgarde</span>". Her new <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">endeavor</span> is called <a href="http://www.webmarketingsos.com/">Web Marketing SOS</a>. She offers a full service web marketing agency that can build custom <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">CMS</span> templates, find the right net works and they offer A La <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Carte</span> Services to meet your personal and business needs at a timely schedule and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">bugetable</span> price. She has a very knowledgeable full time staff. She is reliable and works in a timely manner to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">accommodate</span> your needs...how could anyone go wrong with that?</span>Linda Easthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02014180270392639198noreply@blogger.com0