Art on display

Stop by the Winter Haven Library to see a display of student artwork.  It will be up through January.  For a list of students participating, see the chart in class.

Artist Giveaway

Check out this post from artist Jessica Doyle. She is giving away some of her artwork for the holidays.
Have you considered making something special for a gift for a parent or grandparent?

Color Schemes

Check out the following website when planning color schemes.
Color Scheme Designer

Sketches

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Check out this artist's sketchbook pages.
Andrea Joseph

Anu Tuominen

Check out the work by Anu Tuominen. I just love this picture of the used erasers. When everyday objects used to create art it reminds me of the very visual and very beautiful world we live in. via Poppytalk

Image Transfers

I know many of you like to use image transfers in your work. I came across this blog this weekend that shows how you can do image transfers with inkjet images.

Image transfer onto wood - via matsutake

She uses Modpodge for the transfer process but this would work with gloss medium as well.

Source for textures

The Texture Vault is a source for royalty free textures and backgrounds. Great for those that need cool collage papers. Royalty free means that you can get these artist created backgrounds for free and use them in your work without paying a fee. These are still copyrighted works so they may be used in the same way that we use other published works (documenting the source and as part of a larger work of art).

Check out these from an artist I follow on Twitter.

What are your thoughts on using others' art in your work?