This is Gail’s web site where she host a monthly art challenge. The image that she offered as the key to the design was so beautiful that I just had to create with it. Some or you have seen the acrylic skins that I learned about at Jerry’s Art in the Carolinas. I created a skin with acrylic ground for pastels and added gold mica flakes to the shin. Then I printed the design which I though turned out beautiful. Since Gail’s word prompt was “forever”, I looked for flowers that signified something similar in the language of flowers and came up with the purple/blue violet and the dandelion. The background was one of Gail’s beautiful digitally designed papers over mat board. It was lots of fun coming up with the idea and creating the design while I played with some new products and techniques.
If you like the design I created please vote for me on the Mind Wide Open web site. http://www.mind-wideopen.blogspot.com. If I win I’ll get interviewed and publicized on the web site.
Be sure to check out the links to Gail’s store, Shabby Cottage Studio, http://www.shabbycottagestudio.com/store/Default.asp and Creative Workshops where interesting creative classes are offered, http://creativeworkshops.ning.com. If you are interested in Photoshop design work, Gail has a great basic class offered.
I have the original design at the studio so please come by to see it. We might even make it a class at Artful Endeavors. Let me know if you would like to play with skins and printing designs.
