Inchies - Eggs

Finally, after too long a hiatus I have gotten back to focusing one what is really important - art! Here are some inchies for this week's challege - Eggs. Actually, two of them are "Twinchies" and one is an inchie, but I scanned them and reworked them digitally so that they were the same size. Enjoy.

Inchies - birds

I love to watch the birds outside my windows. I live next door to a forest and I get all sorts of birds during the year. In the winter, I put out suet for the woodpeckers to feed on. The nuthatches like the suet feeders too. In the summer, I put out seeds for the birds - mostly cardinals, finches, and chickadees to feed upon. About once a year, if I am lucky, I can see a hummingbird.

Crazy Amigos Challenge - Birds

This artwork was for the Crazy Amigos Challenge Blog. I wanted to try some new techniques on this challenge. So I used vintage papers and tissue paper. I transferred images onto the papers using a chartpak blender marker. I then glued them onto a piece of cardstock that was supported by some cardboard from a cereal box. I cut out and added a few more bird images that I had. Then I did some "scrumbling" which is using a filbert brush or a deerfoot brush to pounce paint around the area. In this case, I used gesso to hide the edges of the elements that were pasted and add some overall texture. I then added washes of Twinkling H20's using very subtle shades and working up to stronger colors.