Digital imagery

I have never really done much dipping of the toes in the whole digital scene....it's all I can do to stay on top of blogger but this week DLP want us to use digital imagery/what makes your heart sing!

Fortunately one of the team talked about an app that works on iPads so I went over to check out how much of a mortgage I'd need,no pain....79 pence so this happy bunny made a purchase.

I've used an image of the Fort de Savoie that lies at the north of Colmars les Alpes just along the valley from our holiday home. I captured the original image one evening shortly before a storm

I just love the light on the building....

I used distress inks/stencilling to echo some of the colours in the images

This one used the pith overlay

And this one is the reckoning one. I love the worn scratched feel to it!

Hope

We have a new theme across at Journal 52 and its Hope

Distress inks (hickory smoke, weathered wood, seedless preserve) + a little silver spray for the background that is watercolour paper. A diecut corner (seedless preserve) & an Umbrella man along with some stamped/masked balloons....

Some of the hard to see silver 

POSITIV & DLP

New supplies is the theme over at POSITIV JOURNAL

Whilst DLP want photo transfers....1 worked! I've used packaging tape to do the Michaels transfer

I'm staying on top this!

Up to date

Yes, you did read the title correctly! My journal pages are up to date.

The latest Journal 52 one hideaway

I've used some book pages - edges have been cut with a spellbinder die, random scraps of Washi tape that were left over on a piece of acetate & my own handwriting.

POSITIV JOURNAL ritual

Another book page doodle, a border & 4 logos traced off my iPad .....

And as today is Monday its therefore inchie day - this week's challenge is EAR

Ive used a partial stamping for this one! 

Time to rise & shine, feed Bill & Bailey their breakfast & get on with the day now.

Dreams

I consider myself lucky to dream in colour so when dreams popped up as a theme at POSITIV JOURNAL I knew where I wanted to go....

A close up of scraps used on the left page

The web is a Martha Stewart corner punch

And the right hand side...

Doodles and a stencil for the letters.

The next theme is ritual!

Mirror mirror

Oh my, it's time for self portraits across at DLP and as I 

A) don't really like people todo photos of me

B) don't do selfies

C) I am sure I can find a whole heap of other excuses for not having photos of myself

I was delighted to see that one of the organisers had put a link to an app for converting a photo into a drawing / sketch/ painting etc and you'll find it here http://www.snapstouch.com

I tried to take a few selfies....dreadful! Finally settled on one that was not too awful and did the conversion, traced and coloured with wax crayons.....I look very serious and think it might look more like me when it's upside down.

Bill had gone out walking and when returned & saw my efforts.....he sent me a different picture to try where I'm wearing my favourite knitted top from last winter & my fake fur cuffs, damn but fur is tricky to try & paint/draw!

This time I went with watercolour pencils for the face & top and distress inks for the hair & cuffs.

I then decided to colour the print-off's that I had used to trace from....a more excentric person all in all!

Shades of Toyah Wilcox perhaps lol.

I think I would prefer to have purple hair rather than green....

Suffice to say that I do not intend taking up a career in painting portraits!

I have had a good giggle and will probably try a few more but maybe go towards a more Picasso style.

Goodbye

....to the month of August!

I did some more catching up over the weekend and some sketching (not finished those self portraits yet so you'll have to wait!)

DLP advice to your younger self using some die cut letters, stash paper & washi tape & a copy of a photo aged about 3 1/2!

Journal 52 plans

And as it's Monday it's also time for our new inchie necklace

I never got round to making an ATC for this week!

Garden is next on the list of "to-dos" so I'll try to get back to the self portraits later....