Sunday, January 23, 2011

Bs and Cs...

Still working on my new class "26 in 26",  26 alphabet letters in 26 weeks.

I've been working hard on my letters.  I can't tell you how much fun I'm having.



Here are my Cs...



The C is from the Chico's Sign.

This involved blending a chicken wire background, a bookeh background and an aqua background and going through blending modes after each addition.




This C is from a local restaurant.

I blended a photo of a ship with a photo of a mercury glass lamp and a photo of an oil painting background.  




C is for COOL!

This C is from the PF Chang's sign.

I blended it with a kindergarten watercolor from my 40 year old son.  (Who says I keep everything?)
  I really like this one.
Thanks, Jort.



And my Bs...

Only had one B to work with, so I had to make the best of it.  The weather isn't conducive to scouting for letters.  Hoping for an early spring, so I can get out there and get my gallery of letters going.



Not crazy for the plaid, but I loved the background.  It's a reflection of lattice fencing in a puddle on my patio  I'll probably use it again sometime but in a different manner.  Gotta lose the plaid.








I can't remember exactly how I did this one, but I know it involved a photo of hydrangea and some other backgrounds to produce the black background and going through the blending modes.





This one is a similar method to the one above, but used different backgrounds and blending modes.  



Gotta' run.  I'm off to find some Ds.


Monday, January 10, 2011

2011 - Happy New Year to All!

Ok, so the year didn't go out with a bag as I anticipated.  Still haven't gotten to do much with the new camera...HOWEVER...

I started a new class called "26 in 26"...26 letters of the alphabet in 26 weeks.  I really need to get motivated and if anyone can motivate me, it's Carol Leigh.  She's a wonderful instructor with tons of new techniques and kind critiques of your work.  I know this will get me going.  So here they are...after months of anticipation...

My A's


"Grundgy A" 


This is a photomontage of a red life preserver on a light ship.  I went in close to isolate the letter, then played with it with different backgrounds.  The honeycomb is actually a piece of dick tape that was on the preserver.  It took the texture from the life preserver.




 "Lichen A"

It reminds me of an A painted on the side of an old barn with the paint peeling, or a barn covered in lichen, hence the name.

The A came from a sign at the University where I work.  Then I played with different backgrounds and textures to get the effect.

OK, so now I'm looking for Beeeezzzzzzz! So if you see any interesting letters anywhere, shoot me an email.  I'm going to be on a scavenger hung for the next six months.  But I'm so up for it.


I wish you all the best New Year EVER!  Here's to new beginnings!