Author Archive: MSatterfield
Splashy Sunface Semi-Tutorial- How a Hot Mess Becomes a Painting
This happy little fellow almost leaped off my painting table and I thought you might like to see a little of the “behind the scenes” parts of a painting. I have a mild fixation on sun and moon faces and themes and tend to doodle them frequently. So, I wondered how one might turn out [...]
Watercolor Tomato and How Cropping Can Do Wonderous Things
This 5 x 7 watercolor is a prime example of what judicious cropping can do to salvage a less than successful painting. As Painted Here’s the painting as planned and painted at 8 x 10. It’s overworked in several places and the lines got away from me during the painting stage. Some of that could [...]
Digital Collage Cards – Personal Art Created from Digital Ephemera
I thought you might like to see a sample of (very) personal digital art created from stock images and collaged into digital papercraft cards. They are the result of my trip to Crazytown with some family matters over the holiday (better now, thanks!) I’ve posted a more detailed description of how they’re made over on [...]
Digital Art Has a New Home: DigtalPapercrafts.com
A warm hello and I hope you’re finding time to rest and enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday. First, I want to say a big “Thank You” to everyone for your support and encouragement of the newest offerings of Digital and Altered Art. The response has been hugely positive and gave me the idea to give it [...]
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