WilderRose

A lot has happened since last I posted here.  I moved from Sacramento to Portland-Metro area in Oregon.  I am remarried to my first husband and living a sweet life full of love.

I have begun painting again after a long hiatus and am working on publishing my first children's book.  I will begin posting a few new paintings here shortly.

I have missed my artist friends here and am looking forward to seeing what you have all been up to in my absence.  Hope to talk to you soon!

Shelly

... since I updated anything here.  Been through major life changes.  I lost my dad and then my marriage fell apart.  These things pretty much squelched my desire to produce anything artistic for a time.  But now I am beginning to draw and paint again.  I have been doing a lot of colored pencil doodling (traditional pencils and paper, not digital).  Just getting my hand back in there.  

I have major carpal tunnel in my right arm, which will have to be fixed before long.  My job for the last 13 years has kept me working at a computer 8 hours a day with my hand on the mouse quite a lot, so the carpal tunnel does not surprise me, it just hampers my ability to hold onto a pencil for very long before pain sets in.  So I look forward to the day that is fixed.

I will begin posting my art again shortly.  I have a few in the works right now.  

I love this place, so full of creativity and genius.

Some more fave favorites...

Wire wrapped and bejeweled wonders...



Maille work like you would not believe... and now beadwork?  What next?



Incredible and dreamlike fantasy desgns...



Fantastic watercolor images...



More art to love...

Time to stop whinin' about traffic war wounds (last journal) and get on to my favorite subject...  Art of all types.

I have found a few new "friends" to watch lately and have been visiting many of those I have on my watch list.  You might want to take a look at these:

Amazing jewelry





Really unique polymer designs

Check out Jenna's photo manips

Yummy artworks all around ...





More later...

So... anyone out there have any tips for a type of paper on which to be printing digital art?  I have an HP deskjet printer.  It prints the colors really nicely and pretty close to true to the color.

The problem is that the colors seem to bleed together just enough to obliterate detail on some things.  When I printed my latest snowy mountain scene, the colors bled just enough that the detail between the hills was lost on the darkest mountain.

I tried getting heavier paper with a bit smoother tooth, but no luck yet.  Photo paper works pretty good, but I am not sure I want to pay that much.  I want something a bit cheaper so that I can print a couple of pages using different settings to see how a painting is looking in print.

There are so many of you out there with so much more experience, I am hoping that one of you might share your knowledge and experience in printing your art.