Added Jewelry Album

I have now added a jewely section to my art gallery, so come check it out.
Picasa Web Albums - Steph - Jewelry

Some Crafts

Here are some of my latest craft creations. I'm still trying to find my "look" for the plushies but definitely like using needle felting for the face.

Here's a digital collage/painting I did recently. I actually started on the fish painting a long time ago, but just recently finished the ink work. My son, Bennett, decided he wanted to help, too, and ended up getting crayon on my painting. So, now the original is flawed, but I decided to scan it in an use it for digital collaging. The background is a separate painting, and I used Photoshop to blend the two together.

Here is a detail of one of the fish.

New Digital Collage

Here's a new digital collage that I just finished. I think I'm going to do a series of house themed collages. I know they have a tendancy to be overdone, but I feel like doing it anyway. If you stop by, let me know what you think.

New Painting

So I'm trying something new--my first attempt to draw and paint a tiger. I also decided to forego the pen and ink, something I don't usually do. It was refreshing to try something different, but obviously presented some challenges, too. While I can probably draw fish in my sleep, this painting took a little more thought to compose. Ben really likes tigers, so I thought I would try. I may have to do a few more.

Lil Monster

Here's a little monster I made today for a friend's son whose birthday was last week. I've made a couple so far, and am still finetuning these guys.

Tulip Photo

 Here's another edited photo--this one of a tulip from my front yard. I've layered a series of Photoshop brushes on top as well as applied a filter or two. Most of the brushes are from brusheezy.com