Minding My Beeswax

A lot of us take workshops through

the years and they usually are

expensive and far away .

Soooo, you are thrilled when they

are really worth all the time

and $$. This one was, as Claudine

is a marvelous teacher...here she has

dipped some material in the

melted wax to demonstrate draping

on a collage for added depth texture.

She and Danny Gregory

illustrated A Writers Paris book....

This is a lightly colored

spread.... for a change of color pace

in the Moleskine,

as one looks through it. My original

intent was for the girl's head to be

very large so I could emphasize the

colorful ribbons braided in her hair

on top---but changes happen...this

should say Topsfield, Mass----

big difference!

Scanned and Ready for Color

This is the first time I scanned (HP Scanjet 537OC)

a journal spread that is inked and ready to add color.

It did lie flatter then propping it up and

it did need adjusting in PSP 7 of the

edges and adding a black border...I see

it is sharp and will use this method to get

better results then I was. The book I just

finished making, did not have scanned work

and looks good--but scanning would have

made it better. Live and learn!

E D M Challenge 205 Draw A Soda Can

I did not intend to use the candle

holder with the can but that's what

developed out of some ideas I had.

I like Pepsi better as it seems less

sweet and in two of those blind

official taste tests, I did pick Pepsi--I have

about 10 Coke cans left over from Christmas

Eve and must find homes for them...

Morning Moon

I'm busy doing my Artist's Journal

but thought I'd post something I

found beautiful---this is 7:20 in the

am and you're seeing a morning moon.

When I notice one of these up there I

think I am seeing things at first...

I mean the sun has been up awhile

and here's the moon--and for the

camera to pick it up is a bonus.

SENTIMANTAL SUPPLY CUPS

Left click the photo to see the words better

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Another EDM challenge done....these cups

were sketched while they sat in front of me

as I use them pretty much daily. I added the

coffee cup stains to perk up that

area--they did bleed through

but just a bit. I can count, in my head,

12 more cups being used in a similar

manner throughout the house...

but I may be missing some and not

about to make a house tour. Maybe

some use the very same cups....

Mystery Woman?

Read below for the instructions on

responding to this posting. The "pretend"

group of about 7 (real) people

from all parts of the country

welcome anyone who wants to comment

Some of the

old Commentologists (fancy name to call

yourself after you comment)) have requested

a Vintage Photo be posted so they might write

about who they think this person is and what they

may have done etc. I am the editor of this

group of writers , but I see in this format. I will have

no control of your musings. Please be

prudent, creative and think

before you pen, er, type your comment

I own this old Cabinet photo so know it

is authentic and just fine to use.

(This amounts to a sort of fun

creative writing exercise)

EDM # 204 Draw Something Frosty

drawn on the last day of 2008--

it snowed all day and the winds

whipped the snow on my car

as I tried to write FROSTY on

the window--Burrrrrrrr.....

I came in ultra fast, after

taking a picture. The German

writing on the door seemed

apt for a VW..it says

'draw something frosty

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