Comfort Zones - How to Get Out of Them

A blog I follow  'Art Making in The North' by Cindy Shake an awesome Metal Artist and Quilt Designer here in Anchorage has a post of a wonderful challenge by a fellow artist that she follows.

Being curious as I am – it was a quick click and racing off to check out the challenge. 

SketchBook Challenge

Although I really can’t draw; the challenge is one I feel that it will inspire me.  As one of my goals was to become more creative this will be a something I can add to becoming more aware of my style of things I like and don’t like.

I must add Jill's blog http://jillberrydesign.com/blog/ is amazing and filled with wonders of many types and kinds!  I am happy to add I am now a follower of this blog.

So my dear readers I challenge you to also step out of your comfort zones for 2011 and explore more creative outlets for your passions, start a journal, follow the monthly sketchbook challenge and enjoy a bit more out of life!

Color Me Bright

As mentioned in other posts Color is one of my driving forces.  The brighter and wilder the color the more Fishlips is attracted to them.  My take on using colors:

Pastel colors are soft, used to subdue the subject.

Bright colors shimmer, used to bring the subject to attention.

The following three photos are different perspectives of the same photo altered in a wild abandonment of having fun and discovering the different effects I can apply using Photoshop.

  

 

 

Three Faces of Eve

I’m a sucker for color.  The bold, bright colors fill my thoughts.  When I see an item I envision it in different colors.  Taming colors is not what one should do.  One needs to celebrate the colors within their world.

Modern marvels from my computer:

Digital Enhanced Photo’s altered by Photoshop

‘Three Faces of Eve’

or

‘Baby Face’ 

as I am calling the final one in all purples which is listed at my Artfire shop.