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song and dance

briedah — Sun, 09 May 2010 17:48:34 +0000

Here are the two latest: one is for Deb’s birthday present and the other is made out of leftovers from Deb’s present…

Deb saw the ‘Be Glad’ 16×16 commision and decided she wanted HER favorite Psalm done for her birthday April 25th:

and this one is the leftovers: while making a collage for a friend, little leftover scraps and pieces kept catching my eye. The central body shape was for a jewelry spread in some fashion rag. The are always extras of everything I cut….arms, legs, flowers. She was wanting to dance I guess so I found this quote on the interwebz and learned that Mata Hari was really Dutch and not the double agent I thought she was…back ground paper Life’s Journey K&Co; distress ink, pen, TOMBO markers, black sharpie….

time to dream of an exotic place

briedah — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:47:25 +0000

this is a work in progress…from flickr:

sorry this is still so blurry; thank you to constancet2009 for this weeks sheet which had the proper credits listed right on the images-but so tired and bleary eyed you guys have to trust me; here is a a monster crowabout. 12×12 central piece on top of 16×16 wooden artboard. the central figure I found stashed in one of those “folders’ of images that was cut out of a 1954 Good Housekeeping. Clock was ALSO in that folder and I have a feeling it was from a flickr freebie grp. interiors from a little french home & garden design mini book I found at a flea market in 2004.
I began with a 12×12 K&Co sheet from the pad that has the ancestry family record tree sheet in it (cover is missing). I then used TPC Studio clear stamps (Christmas Glamour) and stamped the swirly borders (later painted over with white acrylic paint!) I also stamped the chandelier and chain with clear stamp from INKADINKADOO and vintage sepia ink.
Main focal point images model, checkerboard interior and french wall clock placed first.
Model was completely handpainted with a combo of watercolor pencil, acrylic paint, black sharpie, Tombo ABT markers, and the uncooperative WHITE Marvy UCHIDA opaque paint marker. (forgive me, I am biting my tongue as I write this)
I also painted the interior with the same. Clock I left as found. The collage sheet images were hand cut and hand-colored with watercolor pencil, distress ink or PITT pen.
I found some other images from ‘paperscraps’, ‘rubyblossom’, and doverpublications.com. Borders on 12×12 were outlined with both red and black ink.
Finally I used white acrylic paint and a fine brush to add the clouds and swirls.
The 16×16 board had been prepped with one coat gesso and the trim was cut from CIAO BELLA. This is a work in progress. I am prepared to incorporate the center with the outer trim but it’s so late and I am so tired….
I also think that Dirk may be hiding out in one of these exotic places she is dreaming about…I’ll have to await the verdict on that since I think ZiB bailed his lazy ass outta Skankytown jail.

Happy St Patrick’s Day!

briedah — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:28:10 +0000

paper doll with moveable legs on back ground cardstock from Ciao Bella. legs, face and partial arm from Vogue. body parts painted or embellished with watercolor or pen. used six images from mixiepixies rad sheet for week 70 Collage Play with Crowabout. border bevel by artist on computer. some digital paint programing including the quote from the fabulous French bon vivant and writer, Colette, who sported the en vogue pear shape at the of the turn of the century. Her scandalous bio here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colette
crown embellished with scraps and rhinestones by artist; coffee cup from paperscraps.
size is approximately 10×12

It has a bit of green in it but since she is a coffee drinker you can assume she is on the wagon today….Have a grand day in parade or what ever you do today-and unless you enjoy being pinched you’ll be wearin’ the green, I hope!

Snookie As Charlotte Bronte

briedah — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:15:57 +0000

12×12 mixed media collage; background newsprint K&Co Life’s Journey, border cut out pieces from graphic cardstock pad K&Co “Greenhouse” by Carolyn Gavin and then embellished with PITT pen. zetti strips and doodles pen and white acrylic paint by artist, fashion models/body parts from Marie Claire, Vogue, Elle, etc. Charlotte Bronte central figure from black & white image courtesy of New York Public Library Digital Images which was then hand colored with watercolors and pen. Various litho graphics dover.com/ entire piece painted with acrylic wash. Inspiration from Flickr artist ‘artvisionary’ http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/a/artvisionary/
Detailed work is absolutely entrancing and for me a way to unwind…

I am not exactly a fan of MTV”s ‘Jersey Shore” but there is a really hilarious character named ‘Snookie” who is about 5’2 with chubby thighs and a bumpit. She is getting a lot of press due to her Jersey inbred sub-intelligence. She seems to run on feelings rather than logic-hence the comic value here with the Bronte quote.

Now about Bronte…born in 1816 the third of six children in Thorton, Yorkshire. A gifted writer she wrote under a male psuedonym in order to be published. Along with her sister, Emily, wrote poems and stories, the most famous of which, Jane Eyre, made her a celebrity in 1847 when she was at last able to reveal her true identity. Her life mirrored much of the story in Jane Eyre of tragic love affairs, family members hooked on opiates, and the grim reality of life in the 19th century which meant your life would most likely end due to TB or something that today is completely preventable.

Single until her mid 30′s she finally wed her father’s curate, Arthur Bell Nicholls. Sadly, she died while pregnant along with the couples first child in 1855 less than a year after her marriage. Researchers argue over the cause of death: Hyperemesis gravidarum (extreme morning sickness) or TB or typhoid! She was 38 years old.

friends

briedah — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:37:59 +0000

with unread piles of fashion mags stacked everywhere in my studio I started organizing by tearing them up systemically. First I remove the subscription cards that fall out or must be torn out of their perforation. Then I tear out ALL the perfume ads-these are the evil page and a 16th with a gummed flap sprayed with the foul combo of civet and bergamot. They are thicker pages than the magazine and are usually the first you come across when ‘thumbing’ thru the mag. They go straight into the garbage!

Next I look for the skinniest most immaciated models and cut them out for zetti collage.

Then if I need an assorted body part I go thru it again and grab those and if I see any big EYES or MOUTHS~ those get cut out too. Last but not least: Any time the text is downright obscene and is larger than a 32 pt font it gets cut out for the scrap bin for letters and verse.

Random quote author unknown: “Great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave and impossible to forget”..background K&Co card stock design enhanced by watercolor pencil. The underfed models from W, Vogue, Elle, and Marie Claire. all images hand colored with pen and acrylics. glitter applied to random spots where glue did not dry correctly. piece then altered in collage creator to add painted effect. completed in two stages. art work took about 6 hours.