Victorian Inspired Silhouettes

I thought I would join the challenge at Inspiration Avenue - a Kodak Moment.

[My challenge to you is to create an artistic piece that captures your idea of a "Kodak Moment."]

What came to mind was early Victorian photography and the silhouettes they used to do. I've altered photos taken from the side and put them in frames from the Graphics Fairy. The butterflies background was also from there too.

Digital Photos and the Birds

The other day I blogged about a mixed media picture I had done for the sketchbook challenge - Into the woods. I uploaded it to my galaxy note tablet and changed the colours and also put on a flock of birds. The bird was created on the tablet a while ago.

I have also been messing about with a photo that I took through the car window of an interesting sky, although it didn't look so interesting on the photo. I used the pixlr-o-matic app for the effects.

Blue

Take a word - the challenge word this week is blue. I made my digital collage from pictures of my handmade rolling stamp samples.

I also altered this photo which was taken a few years ago in Spain. The original picture is below too.

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The Giant Egg [TAW] and Dog Collages

I did this digital collage with Easter in mind, but I've just seen the challenge on Take a Word which is 'eggs', so my giant egg picture will suit that too.

The images of the egg, rabbits, birds, butterfly, insect and nest were all from The Graphics Fairy. [the rabbit family is so cute]. The background is one of my photos taken in a local wood, there is a big hole under the tree amongst the roots.

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Below - collages - the backgrounds are painted with watercolours, the images were found.

Odd Bod [TM]

Odd Bod in the Land of Odd

for the Three Muses challenge - click here to see more entries

One of my drawings on one of my photos [altered of course]

Tis the Season [TM] and C&G Books/Quilts

Take your pick - I did two for The Three Muses challenge - Tis the season

Below is some old City & Guilds work. The top two images are books, for the top one I painted on fabric and covered a big file, the lower one is a handmade book.

The two images at the bottom are little quilts made with hand painted fabrics. All four items were inspired by tigers.

The Wrong Egg and Round [IF]

Above for Illustration Friday challenge - Round

Below - altered photograph taken at Beamish Museum

The rooster, egg and bird images are from the Graphics Fairy

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Skeleton Dance and Time

Still messing with skeletons.....

Below is my entry for Take a Word challenge  - time

My own photos with flower clock drawings. The song is an old one by the Bryds ['Turn, turn, turn' which was  from the Bible -Ecclisiates 3:1] although I remember the version by the Seekers more, but since doing it I keep thinking of the Freddie Mercury song 'Time waits for nobody'.

Weird Creatures

the weird creatures find a home

Girl with Roses and Knitted Blanket

For the Collage Obsession challenge - Sepia+pastel

I started with a sepia photo from my stash and introduced some pastel colour on the flowers and background.

Last week I also removed bags full of knitted swatches from my loft. These were not to throw out this time but to make into a blanket. My sister who was staying with me, helped sew the first one which she will keep for her own use. I've already made a few blankets a long time ago and given most of them away. If you're wondering why I have so many swatches  ... I used to design machine knitting patterns for home knitters, mainly motifs and these swatches are the practice runs.

Proof that my sister helped. She says she looks like she know what she is doing. The swatches are quite a challenge to stitch together as they are all different shapes and sizes and in some places they do look a little puckered.

Wall and Sculpture

For Brag Monday at Graphics Fairy -

The fan & postcard were from GF, the photos are my own. The background was made up from a photo of some stonework.

For Take a Word - Wall 

Made up from my own photos of 3 different walls and drawings of lizard and ladybirds.

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Moon

Digital collage from the Three Muses challenge - Moon

The face shape on the moon was from a penny black stamp, the vintage photo from my stash, the poem is one of Byron's.

I've got to hand it to you

I've used a photo I took at Hatfield House, I think it is Sir Walter Raleigh & Queen Elizabeth 1. He had a hand missing so I've replaced it with another complete with fan, and below the place is overrun with squirrels. The fan & squirrel images are from the Graphics Fairy.

Autumn & Mesmerizing

Three versions of Autumn for the Three Muses challenge

[altered photos, the interesting window in the version below was at Cragside House]

And for the "Illustration Friday" challenge - mesmerizing - I started off with a brush pen doodle and altered it in Paint.Net for a mesmerizing effect [well maybe it would be if you looked at it long enough]

Wall of Fire

Altered photograph-

the original below -  lovely wall near Alston