Greetings! I can't believe it's been 3 weeks since I last posted on my blog. Not only has it been extremely busy at work, but I was sick for a couple of days and was out of town last weekend. However, I did manage to have a few luminous moments in which I could express myself creatively. The following pieces are the result of the latter.
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| © Arnoldo L. Romero 2012 |
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I did the three "Celestial" inspired tags above for my
Tag Tuesday entry for last week. I've been working on a series of tags based on "Lotería," the Mexican version of bingo, so #23 "La Luna," #35 - "Las Estrellas," and #46 - "El Sol" were the perfect match for this challenge. I used some hand painted papers that I made a while back to cut the various shapes for my collages. The lettering was all done by hand. I dedicated these cards to all my family, friends, and other USA veterans.
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The tag above was inspired by the techniques presented by
Tim Holtz in his 12 Tags of 2012 - November. I used the background resist technique he presented. However, I used different stamps and did my lettering by hand using a permanent calligraphy marker. As to the embellishment, I layered a broach, a feather, and a piece of burlap. I made the broach out of a piece of balsa wood, which I carved with a Dremel tool and used India inks to draw the design. I used some rusty wire, beads, a shell, a jump ring, and a Tim Holtz muse token to finish it. I added a strip of leather to the top. I am also submitting this tag to
Tag Tuesday - Brown or Sepia,
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Thanksgiving/Thank you, and
Order of the Opus Gluei: Challenge #144 Three-Dee.
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| © Arnoldo L. Romero 2012 |
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| © Arnoldo L. Romero 2012 |
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| © Arnoldo L. Romero 2012 |
Last, but not least, I got a head start on the holidays by illustrating the artwork I'll be using on my family's Christmas cards this year. It's a drawing of my original character Anel, wearing an angel costume. The dove she's holding is representative of a peace token to the world. I used micron pens, water colors, and color pencils to illustrate it. I am submitting this piece to
Artist's Play Room #35,
Artists in Blogland #29,
Illustration Friday - Zoom, and
Three Muses: Animal.
In closing, I'd like to thank you for all your kind words during my last post. You are cordially invited to leave a comment and/or join my blog. ¡Vaya con Dios - Go with God!
Comments
Karen L
Word Art Wednesday
Darla
I love the fact that you seem to have so many styles when creating your art. My particular favourites are the sun, moon and stars tags - the graphic design look really appeals to me, they're fab!
Hugs, LLJ '68 xx
Lots of simply gorgeous photos on your post! So varied. You are very talented!
Thanks for your lovely comment on my blog, and I'm glad you liked my Remembrance Day page in my art journal.
Shoshi
Thank you for your visit!
and thank you for your comment on my Crow & pumpkin painting.
Mine are here and here.
Your tag is wonderful, hard to believe you made such a beautiful broach, but you seem to be able to do any kind of art so well! Thanks for joining us at Opus Gluei again, I always love to see what you have created!
Thank you for stopping by at Polonica: Home Again.
I hope the sushi was delicious after such a dramatically pretty presentation!
Thank you for taking part in Mandarin Orange Monday:)
http://gracescraps.blogspot.com/
It's been a non-art time for me, and the little that have done, I haven't gotten around to chronicling them. This post has inspired me to carve some time out for my art and art blog.
Cheers :)
:) Chris / CS Designs