Painting a day - Day 2 - digital offerings

Day 2 - digital offerings

These are the results of messing around with photoshop.  I like the image, and I like that I created all the elements- the paintings are all mine, the textures are 100% mine, even the book page snippets are mine.  I scanned/painted/digitally collaged everything.  Its a lot of work (!) not using prefab brushes/filters/textures/shapes.  I'm not sure where to take these, besides using the one as personal notepaper, but I made them.

Inspired by Anahata Katkin / Papaya!

Halo of Roses

Digital Painting/Collage

This is a photoshopped painting/collage of my paintings, except the labyrinth image, that came from Dover. I've had this girl half painted laying around and never knew how to finish her or what else I could do with her, so I scanned the painting and this is what I came up with. I borrowed a lot from Tattoo Nouveau- hair roses mandala background. The composition is inspired by the gorgeous work of Anahata Katkin.

Anahata is one of my artist/designer crushes. When I grow up I'd like to have a freakin' awesome inspiring art bizz like Papaya! I'm always wowed by everything the Papaya team does, especially anything paper. I'm a wrapping paper & stationary & office supplies nut-especially when its pretty-pretty.




detail view: layers texture layers color layers!

New Work: Pink Rainbow Carousel

Pink Rainbow Carousel
Color study
Acrylics and photoshop

I painted the girl on her horse with golden fluid acrylics then I scanned and edited the background and added the frame in photoshop. I love playing with layers and colors trying to keep the same luminosity digitally that I create with paint. This is a fun study for a finished painting, I really like the framed piece, it would be even more awesome with a gold leaf frame on a wood plaque.

A Lolita Valentine

Love Birds
Acrylic on paper
9"x12"

I do these cutsey little girl paintings when I am testing out a technique. They are sweet and smaller than the pieces that I have been working on, and so quick to do... comparatively. Whenever I get stuck or too into a painting to 'mess it up' I step back and paint something pretty and frivolous and silly and fun. Usually I'm nailing an idea or a technique or I'm experimenting with color and its safe, and I don't feel like I am going to ruin a larger piece I've been working on for months. Which is a silly notion anyway.
I also like them because I can share them. At 9x12" these pieces on paper fit almost perfectly on my scanner, where as the 18x24 pieces need to be photographed and I can't share them.
This one just turned into what it is now. It started out as a girl, then there were birds, then there was pink and hearts and lace and now its completely different. Its super pink lolita valentine. I like it.