Sunday, May 24, 2009

Power doll


Dear friends, I enjoyed making two dolls a while back for a challenge set by Julia Cameron in her book Vein of gold. I decided to make another one. This one reminds me of the personal power I have. I am reading about power in chapter 3 of Julias book The artist way. Thanks for stopping by.
lots of love from susan in australia

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Scavenger hunt


Dear friends, This was a challenge where there was a list of things to use including something found on a pavement, something from the trash, 3 colors, a bottle top and a number of other things. Off I went to find what I needed and this is the result.
lots of love from susan in australia

Transfer collage


Dear friends, The challenge was to use a transfer. I used some packing tape to copy an image of a mask which is in bottom right of the collage. I added an image of trees at night and painted over it in black and then added pieces of silver jewelery.
lots of love from susan in australia

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Crazymakers


Dear friends, I have just read chapter 2 of Julia Cameron's book The artist way and she talks about crazy makers. I have just gotten rid of a crazy maker in my life. She was so critical and rude and I was never enough as a friend. i have learnt I am enough just the way i am today. Here is my art work for crazy makers.
lots of love from susan in australia

Masks


Dear friends,
These are the first masks I have made since college years many years ago. I did a lot of the mask work at my friends. It was nice to have a play day. i am working on some more masks at the moment. Have you ever done any masks?
lots of love from susan in australia

Friday, May 15, 2009

TAW..C1..safety


Dear friends, I am doing The artist way by Julia Cameron. The first chapter is on safety. I have done this collage of a tree house where I would feel safe. A bit of fun. I have created a safe haven at home and at friends houses and my families. WHere are you safe to create?
lots of love from susan in australia

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Images from an image


Dear friends,
Latest challenge I have was to create images from an image. I had the image from a stencil (the blue on the left) and I collaged and drew with texta my response. i did another page as well which isn't shown. I am enjoying the challenges.
lots of love from susan in australia

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Stencil challenge


Dear friends,
Just finished a challenge that was to use a stencil with a collage. Here is the result. Instead of making a stencil I went to the shops and bought one. I had a great time playing with it and did a lot of collages and stencil work. Have you ever used a stencil in your artwork?
lots of love from susan in australia

Tuesday, May 05, 2009

4 layers collage



Dear friends, These two collages are the result of a prompt challenge to do a collage with 4 layers. I did 2 layers of papers, painted on one page and added beads to another and then added words. The photos aren't too good. i am sorry. I hope to get better at taking images.
Lots of love from susan in australia