Day 2566: I saved three to share.

Variation #2: old photo, collage & digital

Want music?

 

Click here for Lionel Richie,  Love Will Conquer All.

then click back on this blog tab or here to listen as you browse, or not?

As mentioned (here), Pinterest sometimes sends me 

photos they think I will like. Today's photo is one. 

 

(original photo)

I loved the composition.

I combined with one of my acrylic collages.

my acrylic collage

I played with many variations and I saved three to share.

Variation #3.

Variation #4

2GN2S:

 

Ordinary Street Scenes of Japan 

Illustrated by Masashi Shimakawa

The scenes that illustrator Masashi Shimakawa 
decided to memorialize are not special in any way. 
They depict ordinary moments on ordinary streets of Japan: 
a person waiting for a light to change, 
a row of vending machines or an eatery at dusk, 

glowing from within. But finding beauty in 
the mundane is something Shimakawa excels at.

Shimakawa was born in Hyogo and is based in Kyoto 

so one could assume that a large majority of the scenes 
he illustrates are somewhere in Kansai. 
Viewers are treated to occasional hints like a train 
station or the name of an eatery, but for 
the most part the locations remain unknown. 

Regardless, Shimakawa treats each scene with a 
beautiful color palette and unique texture that 
invites viewers to take in each and every detail. 

 

 

More of his work is online or follow Masashi Shimakawa
on Twitter or Instagram. He doesn’t sell his work 
online but is currently accepting commissions.

What do you think? Do you have a favorite. I'd love to know.

A smile for Monday ...

Day 2565: Just look at those eyes!

Philip: old photo, collage, layers & digital.

Want music?

 

Click here for Bill Withers, Just the Two of Us.

then click back on this blog tab or here to listen as you browse, or not?

Just look at those eyes! 

And, isn't a sailor romper just adorable?

Almost every time I alter one of these old photos,

someone asks where I got the photo?

This one, tagged "RUuUJGhSRZlaocRjimR" and a few 

others were e-mailed to me by Pinterest, saying they 

thought I might like these? I did. I loved him from his 

serviceable shoes all the short way up to his hat. 

He obviously liked the photographer.

That "look" surely worked to make his life easier?

 

I named him Phillip and paired him with this part of an 

old collage. And, after a lot of playtime in Photoshop, I stopped. 

 

John once asked how long I spend on the conversion process?

It does vary. Some cooperate and I might finish in 15 minutes.

Others, are deterred by my pairing selection and may struggle

to get me to see a better choice, but usually an hour, tops.

A smile for Sunday ...

(I love this so!)

Day 2564: Keeping my armor as long as I can.

fishtale: photo, acrylics, collage & digital.

Want music?

 

Click here for Al Green, I'm Still in Love with You.

then click back on this blog tab or here to listen as you browse, or not?

excerpts from Julie, Linda, Ann & demo.

A digital quilt of Fantasy/Travel Journal class 3  

Thursday. August 1, 2019

Last class next Thursday, August 8, 2019 (here)

I follow  John Arbuckle's daily blog (here), 

always something amazing like these, and much more.

So much inspiration, I forwarded to Ann (aka Raquel Welch)

knowing she'd love it. She did & decided to figure out the arrows, 
she worked hard on her arrows, deciding to skip the stars.

While I so admire you talented artists who can do this, 

it's "beyond my pay grade", "not my table."

I am a 3 hole binder at best.

A smile for Saturday ...

"keeping my armor as long as I can."

Thank you for stopping by. 
Wishing you a lovely weekend. 

Day 2563: Another version of yesterday.

Angelica 2, old photo, collage, Acrylic & digital.

Want music?

 

Click here for Charlie Puth, Boys to Men, If you leave e now.

then click back on this blog tab or here to listen as you browse, or not?

An ugly bought with food poisoning today 4 - 8 pm.

I am better now but done, till tomorrow.

Thanks for your patience.

A smile for Friday ...

Day 2562: I believe in angels, again.

Angelica: old photo, collage, acrylic & digital

Want music?

 

Click here for Maroon 5, What Lovers Do.

then click back on this blog tab or here to listen as you browse, or not?

*A blog repeat, (because Carrol said I should)

Monday, December 31, 2012   Day 159: I believe in angels.

I  recently scanned old photos of one of my angels.
I believe in angels. So there!
One angel is Aunt Bea.

My Dad's cousin, Bea, was beautiful.

Originally from Indiana, like Dad, 

she and Bert moved to California in the 1940's.
She worked for the telephone company, and
always looked like she stepped out a magazine.

Bea and my Mom

A friend, Donna, with Aunt Bea

Aunt Bea and Uncle Bert

Aunt Bea and me, age 2

       I think

Aunt Bea 

and 

Uncle Bert were the "Barbie 

and Ken" 

of their day.

The perfect

couple and 

I loved 

them
                                        both.

Aunt Heddy, Aunt Bea's Mother and Bea in the Pacific

 

Indiana people coming to California, really enjoyed the beach.

L to R: Uncertain?,  Della Martin,  Aunt Vinda,  Aunt Heddy,  Aunt Tillie,  front: Aunt Bea & Mom


I remember lots of Indiana family and friends visiting.
Maybe in the winter, for some sunshine.

Bea and Bert's first Big Bear cottage in 1965.

My life is blessed in so many ways, and a big
part of it is because of Aunt Bea and Uncle Bert.

Aunt Bea was always tan, I remember her sunbathing.

For FB Throwback Thursday ...

Super Summer Seminar, 1991, Demura Sensei and David Alduenda

A smile for Thursday ...