Photo Art Friday

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Bonnie’s prompt this week is The Beauty of Ageing. I found this prompt even more challenging than last weeks!

I have two illustrations of the prompt. The first one because it was the first thought that came into my mind.
My mother.

I work with older people and see beauty in ageing every day. I chose this photo because the man is very young and the woman is in her late eighties, they are laughing together, their eyes are shining with love and respect. It was good to see.
I wanted to convey the emotion without showing the detail which I found challenging because I know the picture so well. What do you think?

Of course Bonnies beautiful texture, Christmas Berries (slightly tweaked) helped.

Have a look over at Photo Art Friday to see some beautiful illustrations of The Beauty of Ageing

Photo Art Friday

Love is…

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I used to love reading the Love is…cartoon strip in the daily newspaper when I was a girl.
A few days ago Sian posted a gorgeous picture of a beautifully packed lunch her husband had made for her. She called it Love is a sandwich.
I have been making a series of Love is… 5 x 7 pages since the beginning of the year. I thought you might like to see some of them. I might print them and put them in my ‘One little Word’ album which is turning into a ‘Project Life’ album. I love how that happens don’t you?

What are you loving right now?

Colours of Autumn

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It feels really autumnal here this morning. I don’t mind a bit as it is my favourite season. I just love the colours of Autumn so I made a collage for you. I used Collage It Pro for Mac.

Over at Kim Klassen’s Cafe, for Texture Tuesday this week she has asked us to use an image with orange in it and one of her textures. My beautiful orange Gerbera seemed to fit the bill. There is a layer of her texture ‘Chase’ over it.

And not so much Autumnal more Kingfisher Blue.

Look what I got in the post today from Julie’s Etsy shop,
inspiration for my fabric book that is ‘resting’ at the moment, but not for much longer now.

Thank you Julie for a speedy delivery and beautiful fabricky bits.

Photo Art Friday

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Over at Pixel Dust Photo Art Bonnies challenge this week was to come up with a seven word phrase describing your process as an artist with an accompanying piece of photo art.
Very different and very challenging for me.

It has been a slow and tentative journey and I have felt very timid about showing my pictures on a Digital Art meme but Bonnie’s Photo Art Friday community is so encouraging and supportive… I love it!

I was thinking along the lines of travelling, and sunlight, dark and light. Travelling along a road towards sunlight? My words for this year are create and contentment. I think that my phrase kind of sums up my creative endeavours so far.

This is what I came up with.

It is two images, two of Bonnie’s textures and tweaking with levels and curves adjustment layers.

It will be interesting to see what others come up with this week over at Photo Art Friday

Self Love, Self Doubt and an Irrational fear

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I was reading Paige Balcer’s, post Self Love. She talks about self doubt and comparison. I understand where she is coming from! It is an interesting blog post.

Theodore Roosevelt said that comparison is the thief of joy. How wise. I have that quote on my desk. I am moving it closer to my eyes!

Paige’s challenge then;
“So I encourage you to share a photo that makes you proud & happy. Forget about the technical aspects or how it compares to other people’s photos, but do tell why you love it”.

This photo of an owl butterfly reminds me of a fabulous day out arranged especially for me & my camera. I wanted to take pictures of something other than flowers just for a day. My husband took me to the zoo.
Although I think butterflys and birds are fascinating and very beautiful I have an irrational fear of them anywhere near me, but I wanted some pictures. I had to leave the butterfly house, in tears, after only a few shots. I was amazed to have anything at all. So although I have issues with ‘feeling proud’ the picture does make me feel happy when I look at it.

Do you have an irrational fear?

I am joining in with Shutter Sisters September prompts, posting here if you would like to see days 1 – 9. I got a bit over enthusiastic with ‘Reflections’.