Yet More Nudes

I've been playing around in Picasa again creating multi-layered collages. The backgrounds for these were all created from my own scanned art work or photographs. The foregrounds are from vintage French Nudes. I love the ethereal look of these images and cannot wait to print them out and play around with them to see what I can come up with! I know I'll be making some mail art postcards with these and perhaps some ATC's as well. As for what else I'll make, I won't know until I do it. That's one thing about being a foot-loose and fancy free artist, you never know when inspiration will strike or what you'll create. Personally, I wouldn't have it any other way....

Tasteful Nudes

<I'm participating in a Tasteful Nudes ATC swap. These are the four I created using vintage Art Nouveau images. After printing the images I highly embellished them with paint pens, markers and colored pencils. They came out far better than I expected and now I hate to let them go! That's the one problem with participating in art exchanges. Sometimes you make something that you love so much you don't want to mail it off to your hostess or partner. But, I always do, no matter how much I love something. If I created it for a specific swap then off it goes! I hope the people who receive these ATC's love them as much as I do.

Digital Collage

I've been playing with creating digital collages again. This one is by far my favorite so far. The background is from a journal page I did for a round robin I hosted (and got stiffed on!) a few years back. The foreground image is from a set of Art Nouveau images I own. I love the transparent, multi-layered look.