Hi and welcome to you

I guess if you stumble across my blog, you probably have an interest in photography, digital art or smudge painting too.

I have been a digital scrapbooker since 2005 ... wow, where has that time gone?? I am still heavily involved in the digi scrap community but I really believe that what I do is closer to art than scrapbooking - but whatever you want to call it doesn't really matter to me ... as long as I am creating I am happy.

I have been lucky enough to meet some amazing scrap artists and I have made some wonderful cyber friends though this industry. I can't imagine not having this outlet in my life ... besides where else would I get my inspiration?

Recently I discovered smudge painting, or virtual oil painting (as it is often called) and well, I am hooked - here I can merge my love of animal and nature photography with art and still be creative - it certainly works for me anyway.

This blog is just for my photos and art, I hope you enjoy your visit ... perhaps you could show me your work too, I would love to see it.

Just in case you are wondering ... my weapons of choice are Canon and Photoshop.

happy creating
Lisa

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Wonder

Yet another rainy Sunday and I have finished wrapping the Christmas presents ... or at least I have finished wrapping the ones I have so far - lol ... still got a few to go.

So what next?    
Housework - definitely not ... I guess it must be time for another smudge painting.
This is what I came up with ... thanks for looking.



Saturday, December 18, 2010

Yappa

This is my parent's pug dog .... her name is Yappa 
she is a real sweetie !!

With this painting ... I used two of my photos and smudged and then blended both of them,
I am really happy with how this turned out ...  tfl, Lisa



Wednesday, December 8, 2010

My Nephew

OK ... so this is my first attempt at smudge painting a real person ... this is my sweet nephew, I think this came out OK ... hopefully with some more experience I will get better ... tfl, Lisa


Sunday, December 5, 2010

Boags



I guess I am the resident fur-baby photographer for my family and friends ... most serious amateur photographers usually get asked to do weddings and other family gatherings (and yes I do too but I usually try NOT to - lol)  I'll take the fur-babies any day - I love them all.

Vali


Vali loves the boat ... I took this photo on a recent fishing trip ... tfl


Mia


Friday, November 12, 2010

Codey

I painted this for somebody special ... Katherine
(some of you would know her as MagicalReality Designs) ...
this is her new German Shepard puppy "Codey"
the original photo was taken by Katherine.

 

Vali

My first digital painting ... I have been playing around with this for a while now
BUT have never actually completed a project that I was happy with.
This is my dog ... her name is Vali ... tfl.
This is the original photo ... taken with my Canon 30D