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Paula T. Guerin With a rubber stamp in hand, Atlanta, Georgia, artist Paula T. Guerin applies her creativity to journaling, collage and 3-D fare, such as boxes and accordion books. You can click all art images to larger sizes (some are full-sized), for close-up inspection and enjoyment. For example, more than 50 journal pages are illustrated, and scrutiny of them reveals materials, colors and techniques the artist employs, such as stamping, photography, paper-layering and color-washing. Canvas often serves as the base for the artist's collages, and the texture adds interest to their complex palette. The Decorated Page, Studio & Boutique If you can count to 6,000, you'll be able to count all the gallery cards, tags, handmade books, custom journals, altered art and almost any other creation that begins with a rubber stamp and a sheet of paper. Prepare to spend hours clicking around, getting art ideas and simply enjoying yourself in cyberspace. Gail Russakov Veteran art teacher Gail Russakov loves the concept of creativity, and her prolific output is testament to this. From her Florida studio, the artist goes online to share her collages, paper bag and other books, altered art, cards and angel-themed compositions. Her "life collages" are particularly sophisticated, with photo-cutouts augmenting textured and layered papers, and her altered books are beguiling in their complexity. Wednesday Stamper Sure, you have an art project on your schedule for the weekend, but what about Wednesday? Perhaps those words have been your utterance. If so, this site is to the rescue. German stampers are the creative force here, but all information on weekly themes is in English, German and Dutch. Diamonds, Keys, the Gothic Arch, Umbrellas, Toys and Words are among the art-provoking themes that get more than 100 participants in any given week. You can post comments, as well, and just look and admire the art if you can't join folks. Who would have thought Wednesday would be such a blast! |
Think Monday-Think ATC In Germany, Claudia Vedder, Dani Dietrich and Dani Rogall are artist trading card enthusiasts who wish to "create a project together with you every Monday to fill our everyday lives with even more creativity. We'd be happy to see you participating!" Now that's an invitation hard to resist, ATC fans. Full gallery offerings complete the appeal. The site is in German and English, for ease of use. Heart Prints Card Gallery Artist and host Sue Nelson knows the heartfelt meaning of a well-crafted, personalized greeting card. It's no surprise, then, that she offers a substantial gallery of cards. Better still, the cards-more than 2,600!-are grouped by theme and motif, for easy navigation to card art of especial interest, such as Wedding/Anniversary, Mother's/Father's Day, Friendship and many others, including popular U.S. holidays. Also here are pencil and other tutorials, fully illustrated, and Rollabind projects, a picture tour of a stamp studio, and a few surprises, too. And if you have questions or comments, a message board is at your service. Make a Moo or Two Nellie van Leeuwen offers themed challenges via her blog that invites participants near and far-she's in the Netherlands-to partake of these initiatives. The key to her challenges is a "Moo." A Moo is a wee card of irresistible appeal, measuring about 1.1 by 2.8 inches. That's a size somewhat between a bookmark and an artist trading card. An amazing array of stamp art, with mixed-media accents, is possible at the fixed Moo size, and this site has plenty of gallery samples to entice you. Weekly themes have included Friendship, Your Favorite Color, Travel and Romance. An active message board and links to the sites of participating artists offer further pleasure. |
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