"Easter" – Postcard

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This week’s Sunday Postcard Art challenge was "Eggs."

I went with a simple design for this.

I created this using GIMP 2.8.14.

The vintage nest image is from the Internet Archive, Illustrations of the nests and eggs of birds of Ohio.

The lettering is from an image on the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Happy Easter everyone!

Beach Gulls Landing - Photograph

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This is 1 of 2 posts of photographs that I took at Southport Beach in Fairfield, CT yesterday. In the first shot, the sun was shining. In the second shot, the sun was obscured by clouds. I think some of these birds are Bonaparte's Gulls (Winter plumage), but I'm not sure.

I met a nice man and his son while I was there. It was very windy, so I didn't stay too long. Spring is late this year.

Beach Gulls Sleeping on Jetty - Photograph

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This is 2 of 2 posts of photographs that I took at Southport Beach in Fairfield, CT yesterday. In the first shot, the sun was shining brightly. In the second shot, the sun was obscured by clouds.

"Tim Holtz Style" - Tag

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This week’s Artful Times challenge was "Tim Holtz Style."

I mimicked Tim's August 2014 tag which I didn't have time to do last year.

I recently found the woman image on the Metropolitan Museum of Art and knew I wanted to use her for something soon. I realized she would be the perfect focal point for the tag.

I used dictionary page sections as the "tape" behind her and also near the bottom of the tag. Because Tim used tape to resist the application of colors, I used a layer mask on the colors to mute them. I created my colors using several layers, then merged them together so I could use the mask on them.

I created the raised paste using a repeating pattern, then applied a GIMP Bevel script. I used that same Bevel script for the gears and arrow. (It's one of my favorite scripts, and by posting the details of how I created this, I discovered there's a newer version of the script, so I need to download it and try it out!)

I reused the "You have been loved" metal piece from my March tag.

I created this using GIMP 2.8.14.

The vintage images are from a DuckDuckGo search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"April" – Tag

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I created this for Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of 2015 - April challenge.

I mimicked Tim's steps to create my tag, using GIMP 2.8.14.

I still don't like how my method of creating digital inked edges looks. I keep trying different ways to do it, but so far none of them looks real.

The vintage images are from a DuckDuckGo search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Because my artwork is digital, and Tim Holtz's challenge is intended for people who buy his products, I'm not posting this on his site.

Beach Birds Taking Flight - Photograph

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I took these photographs at Southport Beach in Fairfield, CT yesterday. The temperatures got up to 63 F, but it was 55 F here at the shoreline, with a slight wind. You can see Long Island on the horizon.

Full Pink Moon - Week 14 - The Book of Days

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The week14 theme for my Book of Days was Full Pink Moon, which occurs on April 4, 2015.

The images are from the Internet Archive. (See the side of my blog for links.)

The master index for all of my entries is here.

This is also a companion piece to my Full Pink Moon postcard.