Got New Goodies

I ran to Dick Blick's Art Supply to get some more stuff to experiment with. I bought some Digital Ground for Non-Porous materials, some thin metal sheeting, and some Lazertran water slide decals for ink jet printers. I can hardly wait to get home and play!

4x4 Friday - Masks

I decided to execute this assignment digitally. While I feel that learning the basics in art is paramount, it is also important to keep up with the new technology. I have recently purchased a copy of Photoshop Elements. I've also been buying a British Magazine called Photoshop Creative. The great thing about this mag is that it comes with a disk of extras (like brushes and patterns) plus it gives tutorials on how to work with the new tech. I originally purchase a copy because it is giving workshops on how to restore old images. I like to work with cabinet cards and CDVs, but they usually scan with all the noise, speckles, fades and spots that the years have worn onto them. So I originally purchased the magazine (which is a bit pricey at $15.50 an issue) to learn how to clean up some of my old pictures for future artwork. Of course, the freebies helped too.

So here is my homage to one of my favorite "masks" - Edgar Allen Poe's story, The Mask of the Read Death.

New Blog Banner

I have created a new blog banner for this site that will reflect a little more of my digital skills. Plus, I feel it suits the site a bit better. The name of this blog is Clara's Closet for a reason - because you will never know what you will find in her closet. It could be bugs or toys or games or whatever. Sometimes I find a cat in there. But it is symbolic of the creative process. We all have a closet in our brains where we dig around when we need an idea or where we store the ideas that we cannot work on right away. So this is the name of my closet.