tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367709262024-03-12T18:23:58.566-07:00Sue Turner's ArtFractals. Digital art. Photography. Videos. Watercolors.Tumblewords:http://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770926.post-66155973943438511662011-07-17T20:43:00.000-07:002011-07-17T20:43:06.608-07:00A Rocky Scribble <b> <a href="http://www.zefrank.com/scribbler/scribblertoo/"> Scribbler Too</a></b> is a fun little app to use online for quick sketches that take on a life of their own. I've used it several times and the following scribble is my favorite to date.<br />
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I recently added a Wacom Touch Crafter Tablet to my arsenal of artsy enticements. The touch part of it reminds me of the iPod or iPad, of which I have neither. :) <br />
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At any rate, it's been interesting to finger paint and surf web pages using <i>touch</i> but I must say that playing the chess game that was pre-loaded on my computer with Vista has been a blast, too. There's something about trouncing a king with a touch that makes me grin with pleasure. Not that it happens that often...<br />
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Isn't it a fun little program? How's your scribbling? I don't think it's downloadable. Just use it, copy your masterpiece and return any time you feel an urge. I like it!<br />
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A small box of subway tile had been hanging out here for years when I read that ceramic tile could be used as a white board. I promptly ordered a pack of 4 Bic low-odor dry-erase markers (big spender, here). The little visitor guy and I drew and erased for an entire afternoon. When we were partially pleased with a doodle, I photographed it to be used for 'stuff'.<br />
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Subway tiles with temporary images are now clutter-making every flat surface. I plan to tile a plastic summer table for lazy outdoor afternoons of sketching, TicTacToe, Pictionary or Hang Man - kind of like a poor man's iPad or Xoom. Or an Etch-a-Sketch, or...<br />
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Or something other than black and white which define the exterior world and cause me to seek an illuminated monitor and a selection of faux brushes.<br />
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This piece was created using Bamboo Fun Tablet in conjunction with Adobe Photoshop Elements 5. Some parts were 'painted' with the stylus and some with the mouse.<br />
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It's been a year or so since I've actually used watercolors with brush and water and sometime in the green spring, I'll give that another whirl, but for now this is another form of color, shape, texture and lends a great deal of fun to a quiet and cold, dark winter. Even though this piece carries a little dark with it!<br />
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</div>Tumblewords:http://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770926.post-23083208831499198492010-05-22T19:15:00.000-07:002010-05-22T19:15:15.226-07:00Escape Motions<div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes I wonder what's wrong with me. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Fractals fascinate me, color and shape put me in a dreamy state. </div><div style="text-align: center;">There are so many drawing programs on the Internet and this newest find is capable of consuming days on end so I'd like to share it with you. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.escapemotions.com/experiments/flame/index.html#top">http://www.escapemotions.com/experiments/flame/index.html#top</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">As always, I know only surface stuff but I'll return time and time again to learn more.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Following are samples of an hour's fun! </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">The figure on the left reminds me of an Indonesian dancer and the one on the right is a fractal, for sure!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An exercise in color and shape using Bamboo Fun Tablet and Adobe Photoshop Elements. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have much to learn about this process but the challenge is rewarding. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sometimes the colors please me and the design doesn't and sometimes it's the reverse.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a fascinating process, each step is a surprise. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Soon, I'll try another picture. Oh, I just did. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There's a digitally painted pear blossom on <a href="http://firsttumblewords.blogspot.com/2010/05/trembling-for-osi.html">Tumblewords Blog at Trembling for OSI</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Let me know what you're doing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Are you using a tablet?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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It's been a bit of a while since I've felt color inspired.<br />
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On the recent gloomy Sunday, I noticed some attractive leaves that refused to be cowed by cold and wind. In the background a low mountain appeared even lower by my urge to shoot straight up into the leaves.<br />
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It took only seconds to convert the monochrome of the day into black and white, drop a piece of CD reflection into the background for alteration and manipulation with the Bamboo Fun Tablet and Adobe Photoshop Elements. Then, into FrameFun (free software) which applied the frame. I'm sure I'll return to play again with it, but for now I'm smiling.<br />
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Somehow this gray day gleams a little lighter! <br />
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Some days need a vital rush of color while on other days black and white fits fine.<br />
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The full color of this image, created in Adobe Photoshop Elements on the Bamboo Fun Tablet, is on my <a href="http://firsttumblewords.blogspot.com/2009/12/haiku-for-one-single-impression_28.html">Tumblewords Blog</a> along with several wanderlust haiku.<br />
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A touch of sun today adds its own mellow yellow. Maybe that makes the difference.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">♥♥♥<br />
</div>Tumblewords:http://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770926.post-33927883616320218422009-12-22T20:11:00.000-08:002009-12-22T20:11:57.534-08:00Winter Waterland<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">winter rainbows come to light<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I seem to be hooked on the mysterious ways of light and the 'write' side of DVD disks.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The reflection comes from a nearby plant which is shadowed into the disk rainbow by a low-flung sun leaking through a southern window.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There seems to be a difference in color between CD and DVD reflections and I haven't determined what causes it. The few CD's I've played with create tones of greens, blues and oranges rather than violets and purples of DVD's.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This photo from a point-and-shoot Minolta was resized in Irfanview and framed in FrameFun, both of which are free programs.<br />
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</div>Tumblewords:http://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770926.post-4793336328252156392009-11-13T13:47:00.000-08:002009-11-13T13:47:08.279-08:00Haiku and Saguaro<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6db0VsSBgUlEQlpeSQlDqEiLi-bETSh6z6ZFtImByZMkpDZRlKYcAaG5alF-NBgucVFSjEk9jqQOGS2pzPFD2cruiqa3l9ENS3yJp2WbYLcErWuOwiKBw83bYowOsqVhrYiZN/s1600-h/art+cactus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" sr="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6db0VsSBgUlEQlpeSQlDqEiLi-bETSh6z6ZFtImByZMkpDZRlKYcAaG5alF-NBgucVFSjEk9jqQOGS2pzPFD2cruiqa3l9ENS3yJp2WbYLcErWuOwiKBw83bYowOsqVhrYiZN/s320/art+cactus.jpg" /></a><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">dance the moons away<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Maybe it's because cacti aren't found here that I'm drawn to them. This particular piece was one of the first that I drew and painted using the Bamboo Fun Tablet in conjuntion with Adobe Photoshop Elements which was part of the package. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Many of the watercolors, as well as pen-and-ink pieces, that I've doodled have held the cacti as subjects - perhaps because their colors and shapes are vividly foreign to the evergreen tones and pine shapes which I'm accustomed to seeing. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">This particular image was created by laying down colors and using the smudge tool to move them around until I was satisfied or bored enough to move on. A few 'pencil' lines completed the session.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">I think this gray day would be a perfect time to undertake another digital image and see what shakes loose!<br />
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</div>Tumblewords:http://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770926.post-59845732412257382052009-05-01T09:00:00.000-07:002009-05-01T09:17:00.096-07:00Quick Flower on Bamboo Tablet<p><br /><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi4qqIKfcLBZ6UvndYJhLwH4KIWL40OzqyAoanj0JH25Vo_qa01eCtBdukELZG1CofhZWe0Wv8qeC5kTM6jLt_Sf3PSYFhhvqRJOPJR80mBzpshu0tR2hfn4e0TdLX_iosE2r/s1600-h/qflower+art.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330275356066112802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 255px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVi4qqIKfcLBZ6UvndYJhLwH4KIWL40OzqyAoanj0JH25Vo_qa01eCtBdukELZG1CofhZWe0Wv8qeC5kTM6jLt_Sf3PSYFhhvqRJOPJR80mBzpshu0tR2hfn4e0TdLX_iosE2r/s320/qflower+art.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></p><br /><br /><p align="left"><br />I watercolored the little flower on the left several years ago as an experiment in looseness. Trying to paint an image in a few seconds was challenging and I did dozens in different colors and shapes.<br /><br />Thinking about the wonderful feel of watercolors, I wondered if it was possible to do the same thing on the Bamboo Fun Tablet and so...the next step was to try. Admittedly, it took me more than a few minutes to paint the flower on the right but maybe I'll learn to speed it up.<br /><br />Do you think it's possible to learn how to 'watercolor' digitally?<br /><br /></p><br /><p align="center"><br /><span style="color:salmon;">~~~♥~~~♥~~~</span> </p>Tumblewords:http://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770926.post-24734371456002998602009-04-27T09:00:00.000-07:002009-05-01T09:14:25.367-07:00Spokane Radio KZZU Baby Idol Contest<p><p align="center">Please vote for me!<br />Sofia, contestant #190, in the top 20 of Spokane Radio Kzzu 92.9 Baby Idol Contest, would appreciate your daily vote April 27 through May 1! The <a href="http://929zzu.com/pages/4268136.php?">link</a> for voting is: <a href="http://929zzu.com/pages/4268136.php">http://929zzu.com/pages/4268136.php</a>? Thank you!<br /><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328333436750062866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 160px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 151px; TEXT-ALIGN: right" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha8IrRA4CrO8MnLYHXYQlwWO80bN4ruUcCHiGUFTenffSEKB0Xg0Ge9Gn-31RCOwHeXGiC0Pj7FELFxXjeCPx19nxhl8TuPFB5zX1u3DDoNoSgR1V0gNM6sQO_18z12q4H8T4SQg/s320/Copy+of+fia+a12.jpg" border="0" />Tumblewords:http://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770926.post-42309081391785666872009-04-25T15:51:00.000-07:002009-04-25T16:09:03.656-07:00Spring Sky<p></p><p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJeGjE4n0AkBEOS71S_4g9iMfOTZKZu7iaPSV4NJxDst-ALEg3qNPeqjIIkZ_L1K6VE2PGghzxkCEVze4jjEWemd45X1t4Wkt9ulGqV7EmsZisp9XUTRF3bMRKjz8CbWKBzd0r/s1600-h/42309aw.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJeGjE4n0AkBEOS71S_4g9iMfOTZKZu7iaPSV4NJxDst-ALEg3qNPeqjIIkZ_L1K6VE2PGghzxkCEVze4jjEWemd45X1t4Wkt9ulGqV7EmsZisp9XUTRF3bMRKjz8CbWKBzd0r/s320/42309aw.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328766821017934562" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Painting takes on the shape of space. Chaos or calm, prosperous or penurious. The color of mood. Powerful reds, reflective yellows, serene greens and breathing blues.<br /><br />Clothing chosen in the morning are the colors most often used through the day. Is body cover inspired by mood or convenience. And which of these will appear on the palette or monitor.<br /><br />Are autumn paintings connected to a silent buried yearning and the wild spring shades a bursting forth from hibernation. Which is the influence, which is the outcome.<br /><br />Do you know?<br /><br />The image above is a watercolor style created on Bamboo Fun with Adobe Photoshop Elements 5, resized in Irfanview and framed with Frame Fun.</p><p><br /><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color:sienna;">~~~♥~~~♥~~~</span><br /></div>Tumblewords:http://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770926.post-25960051712850983022009-04-02T12:37:00.000-07:002009-04-02T12:58:30.616-07:00An April Sketch<P><P><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGev39_qsS8f00QtUW7GPa0TzGK0BM9NSZUPSSGNafBMZaa84RQYK3fyd6bkNePSAhJRwRhXTdcLe0tBXGeDlN4bQo8J6-WVhAUMvDglZLau04croCoLb0a5MS574kAHN1Wxcz/s1600-h/sm+bamb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320182592912471106" style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 233px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGev39_qsS8f00QtUW7GPa0TzGK0BM9NSZUPSSGNafBMZaa84RQYK3fyd6bkNePSAhJRwRhXTdcLe0tBXGeDlN4bQo8J6-WVhAUMvDglZLau04croCoLb0a5MS574kAHN1Wxcz/s320/sm+bamb.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="left"><br><br>This casual sketch was made on the Bamboo Fun Tablet with Adobe Photoshop Elements, resized in Irfanview and framed in FrameFun.<br><br> </div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">I still don't have the hang of free hand drawing but neither have I given up... Actually, I'm not much of a drawing person. I just feel my way along with a pencil, brush or stylus without much direction and with a certain detachment and commitment!</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left"><br><br>The amount of enjoyment available through the computer never fails to astound me. </div><div align="left"> </div><br><br><div align="center">~~~♥~~~♥~~~<br /></div>Tumblewords:http://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770926.post-48499320181426410942009-03-21T20:44:00.001-07:002009-03-21T20:50:43.638-07:00Dark Mountains<p></p><p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTEFjipNpvy2cCwLCqg6K0CgU1GWm5VSvkj1mQuTLuKedc5wPzs7u7DE5MBdS6NVUePaHbgZfdSMmkMSGinICVK6S2k4KYXKAwcIvtWnHRLD3Nf6JWAH3qaqj2foYAqfkBh1VP/s1600-h/dark+mts.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTEFjipNpvy2cCwLCqg6K0CgU1GWm5VSvkj1mQuTLuKedc5wPzs7u7DE5MBdS6NVUePaHbgZfdSMmkMSGinICVK6S2k4KYXKAwcIvtWnHRLD3Nf6JWAH3qaqj2foYAqfkBh1VP/s320/dark+mts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315853286716780530" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />This image began as a drawing on Bamboo Fun and went through more processes than I can remember. Generally, I choose lighter colors but something about the darkness of this piece fascinated me – it reminds me of volcanic flow under a watching sky. Is it far too dark? <br /><br />A couple of programs I consistently use are Irfanview for resizing and occasional edits, FrameFun to create the finish, and Adobe Photoshop Elements 5 which came with the Bamboo Fun.<br /><br />It's been almost a year since I've used water, color and paper to produce a painting. The computer permits a surprising amount of creative fun without the hassle of removing paint from the walls or cabinet top.<br /><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><font color=red>♥~~~♥~~~♥</font><br /></div>Tumblewords:http://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770926.post-3517407708354513612009-03-13T11:46:00.000-07:002009-03-13T12:05:51.918-07:00A Friday Image<p align="center"><p align="center"><br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdvi23LWxx_FYltsus-HmxXE2Z2JFeL0GzKvBLNWfRbNNGkws_xW-9ygyJcZO28hem_6pDDiDx0BibJ9t8DbXKoSrKcInvsDpsO3_mjhLNQPv3L26aFEyOj1FhkcdS-sJgzhma/s1600-h/bamboo-3pixw.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312745768886940322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 254px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdvi23LWxx_FYltsus-HmxXE2Z2JFeL0GzKvBLNWfRbNNGkws_xW-9ygyJcZO28hem_6pDDiDx0BibJ9t8DbXKoSrKcInvsDpsO3_mjhLNQPv3L26aFEyOj1FhkcdS-sJgzhma/s320/bamboo-3pixw.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a><br /><br />The image began as a drawing in watercolor style on a Bamboo Fun Tablet with Adobe Photoshop Elements 5. Because it didn't have enough color to make me happy, I opened it in Pixia (free software) and added darker red to a few of the pixels. Framefun (free software) helped with the final digital image.<br /><br />I decided I liked it. But, as I told you earlier, I'm pretty easy when it comes to liking images. I can spend most of a winter day kaleidoscoping through fractals and abstract images while my mind travels off into other worlds.</p><p align="center">I could be cooking. </p><p align="center">Or dusting. </p><p align="center">Or shoveling snow.<br /><br /><strong><font color=darkred>♥~~~♥~~~♥</font></strong><br /><br /><br /></p>Tumblewords:http://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770926.post-66649802331832779312009-02-19T16:27:00.000-08:002009-02-19T17:31:22.188-08:00An Artful Confession<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGdPY99PJO6WpJMbcPUc8AMUhfma2JQyud2bAfMkDP5A32tQCD-CYh8zp3DfQXGjUMTXKIfpHWhkm5uXfrAaPvx8sztWSHwPjLGTWIaj9iWgBAbdEsIspcW7uLEOvANc0Zs50-/s1600-h/11309pa.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 210px; height: 315px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGdPY99PJO6WpJMbcPUc8AMUhfma2JQyud2bAfMkDP5A32tQCD-CYh8zp3DfQXGjUMTXKIfpHWhkm5uXfrAaPvx8sztWSHwPjLGTWIaj9iWgBAbdEsIspcW7uLEOvANc0Zs50-/s320/11309pa.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304681933661874546" /></a><br /><br />As a child, my favorite coloring canvas was an embossed paper napkin. Crayolas, freshly sharpened, were the sticks with which I built my art appreciation. Looking back, I feel sorry for Mom. She must have felt a ton of frustration when she found the napkin drawer either full of colored papery stuff or empty.<br /><br />Over the years I've been exposed to technique and professionals who live with color wheels, who grind pigments for their own use and who compose by strict golden mean standards.<br /><br />I've been to the Louvre, MOMA, hundreds of galleries on the major side roads and, in fact, once took part in a co-op gallery where I actually sold my paintings and books.<br /><br />Looking at this newest combination of Bamboo Fun sketching, Adobe Photo Elements and Pixia it's fairly obvious that I like what I like. Hues, shapes and something indefineable that charges my heart and eyes.<br /><br />And, Mom, if you're looking down from that heavenly spot - are you pleased to see that I've graduated to no muss, no fuss computer screens and that the napkin drawer is undisturbed?<br /><br />♥~~~♥~~~♥Tumblewords:http://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770926.post-91645824993052396752009-02-11T15:56:00.000-08:002009-02-11T16:17:18.658-08:00Fractals<P><P><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUQ0CA6_jYaz67FWm016qp661yU_wQDnuuBEQvJDxeUi8EqRy4jt9CKDWAohc0f3F1npn3gu9qNheOW4RgxqVTP7vK3XJAWG_8KZ3theZwjHo9ZTONmvNNKkUMFlpPsPACx3s/s1600-h/2005-06-21fr.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilUQ0CA6_jYaz67FWm016qp661yU_wQDnuuBEQvJDxeUi8EqRy4jt9CKDWAohc0f3F1npn3gu9qNheOW4RgxqVTP7vK3XJAWG_8KZ3theZwjHo9ZTONmvNNKkUMFlpPsPACx3s/s320/2005-06-21fr.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301696972346402658" /></a><br /><P><P><br /><br />If you are interested in fractals, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benoit_Mandelbrot"><strong>Benoit Mandelbrot</strong></a> is a good place to start.<br /><br />Apophysis, Fractal Explorer and MandaExplorer are free software programs that create what you tell them to, or something like that. You'll find links to these and more once you get involved in the fractal world - it's an amazing journey.<br /><br />A group on Yahoo posts periodically and, through it, this link appeared. The <a href="http://orbittrap.blogspot.com"><strong>Orbit Trap</strong></a> is a fantastic blog - it'll make your head reel and please your eyes. I've only just begun to read and absorb...but I did notice that the sidebar has links to much of the available software! <br /><br /><a href="http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html">Paul N. Lee</a> has lots of information as well.<br /><br />Good travels to you - and please keep me posted so I can follow you on the fractal trip.<br /><br />The image is a piece of fractal post-processed in Digital Image and Irfanview. <br /><br /><font color=blue>♥♥♥</font>Tumblewords:http://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770926.post-28436138856242320472009-01-23T10:04:00.000-08:002009-01-23T11:36:20.258-08:00A is for Art<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0reLTSgm45pv7SjS3ec8Cl2-_2xyj76_0IU6l93ZMZ0aD5RNrLCPmblYnJCMTwrNafEiTzLNxZ7e4z0pmwD7RmZY7OEY4Yr-i8WMDcODqDVkfQRJdHhxDQmLKGI51C5KKdd-2/s1600-h/po08-22gw.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0reLTSgm45pv7SjS3ec8Cl2-_2xyj76_0IU6l93ZMZ0aD5RNrLCPmblYnJCMTwrNafEiTzLNxZ7e4z0pmwD7RmZY7OEY4Yr-i8WMDcODqDVkfQRJdHhxDQmLKGI51C5KKdd-2/s320/po08-22gw.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294553127466223154" /></a><br /><br /><br />Art is for fun. I'm mostly self-taught and have learned that colors and shapes earn the A spot in my world. I've never been able to explain other's work nor can I explain my own. It is what it is, I think. <br /><br />Fractals captured my attention several years ago and with the aid of Fractal Explorer, a free software, I've become enamored with the changing movement, color and shape provided by a mouse click. Instant kaleidoscopes. <br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beno%C3%AEt_Mandelbrot"><strong>Benoit Mandelbrot</strong></a>, a mathematician, wrote <em>The Fractal Geometry of Nature </em>. His study of fractals found in nature contributed to the <em>chaos theory</em>. <br /><br />Prompt by <a href="http://abcwednesdayround3.blogspot.com/2009/01/round-4.html"><strong>ABC Wednesday</strong></a>, today <strong><em>A</em></strong><br /><br />***Tumblewords:http://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770926.post-4038246348554062562009-01-10T22:30:00.000-08:002009-01-11T09:03:03.434-08:00Sunday Haiku and Image<P><P><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji50h8rnceo7uzIw_VAUFaPpzk9J7TR1Cfuss8SLOU8bGGvPmNj4YrqkJ4dkTwXkfP_iGrS-1CVyf2LpGsDc7_TRjmuYDzZpBqjybvcbzfOdfXXGxHLekkdljWCghPMfXfyfFN/s1600-h/90608+-+Copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji50h8rnceo7uzIw_VAUFaPpzk9J7TR1Cfuss8SLOU8bGGvPmNj4YrqkJ4dkTwXkfP_iGrS-1CVyf2LpGsDc7_TRjmuYDzZpBqjybvcbzfOdfXXGxHLekkdljWCghPMfXfyfFN/s320/90608+-+Copy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289920026734163138" /></a><br /><P><br /><br />***<br /><br />sunlight bursts <br />sparks off winter white<br />fine glass art<br /><br />***<br /><br />The image was initially created on the Bamboo Fun Tablet, then cropped, altered and converted to a brush. The tree and other oddments were drawn in with the Bamboo Fun Stylus and the color was altered. A crackle texture was added before the image was resized and buttoned in Irfanview.<br /><br />♥♥Tumblewords:http://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770926.post-42375960649169898322009-01-06T15:39:00.000-08:002009-01-06T16:05:38.896-08:00Snow and Apophysis<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJ6zhnQlzeNzTZCeuHCQEws6ubCsPNiu-W-IsGyq3Lwc2ZKCEUDX_5UUv7FXv09z2I19tqbn5LNWOqSlorEVz_HwlCW198QeQZZaHCuP6qXmr5mCxH1GM_3dLfoFqIw6FYoog/s1600-h/Apophysis-090106-23ah.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJ6zhnQlzeNzTZCeuHCQEws6ubCsPNiu-W-IsGyq3Lwc2ZKCEUDX_5UUv7FXv09z2I19tqbn5LNWOqSlorEVz_HwlCW198QeQZZaHCuP6qXmr5mCxH1GM_3dLfoFqIw6FYoog/s320/Apophysis-090106-23ah.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288330459435448722" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />You may laugh, if you wish, but you have no idea how difficult this stuff is for me. :)<br /><br />The image is a fractal created in Apophysis and layered in Adobe PhotoShop Elements 5 which came with my Bamboo Fun tablet. <br /><br />The first problem I encountered was getting a kinda decent shot of my right hand with my left manning the camera. Gadzooks. Then came the actual part of learning enough about layers and magic erasers to make this happen. <br /><br />If you wonder why, I have no answer other than that the snow keeps falling. There are more than six feet on the ground, the man who was going to come shovel the snow off the roof before it collapsed hasn't shown up and there's nothing like a new project to keep my mind off the stress that could build if I thought about the roof caving in on top of me and my 'stuff'. <br /><br />If I last longer than winter, I may be better at these experiments. Oh, I know, that's not much of a promise, but it's the best I can do on this day... <br /><p style="color:red">♥♥</p>Tumblewords:http://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770926.post-2165772814318818042009-01-01T12:32:00.000-08:002009-01-01T12:48:07.434-08:00Using New Year's Eve<P><P><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1QHVF5RctZ3eUIDnCYO_1E-SkFVA9yVQ9xq-bH7FzIc82EqZkmHdWfCQ_8zJ89XOwUySbvBtiC9qVw2GBc9nq7UKAnZFm1N5L5rn1QtiDoxwQh7EXjme_7k-yMTJprkeD5IMg/s1600-h/art.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1QHVF5RctZ3eUIDnCYO_1E-SkFVA9yVQ9xq-bH7FzIc82EqZkmHdWfCQ_8zJ89XOwUySbvBtiC9qVw2GBc9nq7UKAnZFm1N5L5rn1QtiDoxwQh7EXjme_7k-yMTJprkeD5IMg/s320/art.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286429121454588194" /></a><br /><P><P><br />Tumblewords Blog is nearing three years old with over 500 posts and provides a semi-abstract memoir. It's a reminder of which images and words were submitted and published as well as documenting the changes in my writing style.<br /><br />At the end of 2006, I pulled together an e-book of that blog, downloadable from my Lulu.com store. On New Year's Eve I completed the 2008 compilation and, when it became evident that 2007 had fallen through the cracks, there was impetus to keep me from sleeping before the midnight hour. <br /><br />It was a time to look back and a time to imagine what might be possible in 2009 as well as a time to realize how much I enjoyed the previous trio of years blogging, both as a reader and as a blogger. <br /><br /><br />Wishing each of you a pleasurable, prosperous and peace-full 2009! ♥ <br /><br />**<br /><br />Image created in Bamboo Fun and Photoshop Elements.Tumblewords:http://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770926.post-88764799967135163692008-12-13T11:06:00.000-08:002008-12-13T11:31:22.698-08:00Seeing Stars<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAD3M9dyQB9OiXd5E0Day1hp5_GL51ClziCV7Y0JU1MlaswGNa_Rfv0IpcvrfedS-52WfhdUWuZCD8R9Yq2W_X5qphHrs1uappxppFBlSmrhG06Y8WYPk_5hjiSuHs2A67P41r/s1600-h/stellar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAD3M9dyQB9OiXd5E0Day1hp5_GL51ClziCV7Y0JU1MlaswGNa_Rfv0IpcvrfedS-52WfhdUWuZCD8R9Yq2W_X5qphHrs1uappxppFBlSmrhG06Y8WYPk_5hjiSuHs2A67P41r/s320/stellar.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279358859363746178" /></a><br /><P><P><P><br />This is a wonderful time to see the night sky. In the north, though, the clouds are deep and the bitter cold is not conducive to venturing outside even if the stars were visible. <br /><br />This is the time of year when I open <a href="http://www.stellarium.org">Stellarium</a> and huddle inside checking the nebulae, constellations and planetary aspects. <br /><br />This Open Source program never fails to delight and amaze me. My program is configured to open at my exact longitude and latitude to present the view that I would see - if I could see. Stellar. It's easily altered to view the sky from different locations.<br /><br />Oh, did I mention that this program is gratis? Free? No Charge? And it's worth far more than that.<br /><br />Fractal image was created in Apophysis...<br /><br />***Tumblewords:http://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36770926.post-56467901977634577292008-12-06T11:29:00.000-08:002008-12-06T11:44:40.468-08:00Susan Tuttle, Mixed Media<P><P><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4fWazCobCBbF3BPXgd3FVnpk9EGrdYs6NPhF3UBDbtURlekJ6X_U8i2rukYkmbuK7_ghWuf-T9NttELYMMNimo56MgBU_FjeFJ356B8oNn5JhfrrgbamJwaVqDtccoxTjauwM/s1600-h/coverrevised.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4fWazCobCBbF3BPXgd3FVnpk9EGrdYs6NPhF3UBDbtURlekJ6X_U8i2rukYkmbuK7_ghWuf-T9NttELYMMNimo56MgBU_FjeFJ356B8oNn5JhfrrgbamJwaVqDtccoxTjauwM/s320/coverrevised.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276763014653254434" /></a><br /><br /><br />Sometimes following a link from the post of a prized person, in this case it would be Juliet Wilson, <a href="http://craftygreenpoet.blogspot.com/2008/12/christmas-new-year-giveaways.html">Crafty Green Poet</a>, lends itself to a new world of thinking. <br /><br />When I arrived at the blog of <a href="http://ilkasattic.blogspot.com/2008/12/book-give-away-contest.html#links">Ilkasattic</a> to find a Book Give Away in progress, I almost forgot to enter.<br /><br />This lady provides enough brain food for months in just a single post or picture. Trying to get my creative juices flowing again after a near-deadly bout of pneumonia, I cruised this site for hours and my head is spinning with inspiration and creative hope. Exquisite!<br /><br />This lovely book can be found on <a href="http://tinyurl.com/64h9tm">Amazon</a> just in time for Christmas and gift giving! What could be better? And be sure to get two so you'll have your very own copy. Happy Holidays!Tumblewords:http://www.blogger.com/profile/04279038951489894119noreply@blogger.com0