Inspiringly Depressing

The phrase inspiringly depressing is one we coined back in my beginning belly dance days in 1990 when we would watch the grande dames of the dance perform. Artful blogging, The new special publication magazine by Stampington and  Company, fits this description to a T! They seek out visually inspiring blogs to feature in their magazines. While I feel unworthy compared to these others, I have got to recommend the magazine. I have read issues Autumn 2008 and Spring 2008. Now I will subscribe to this new delightful magazine.

These altered art books just jumped into my cart at Amazon and came home to me. Of the four, my favorite was the paper doll one. It had fun vintage photos of paper dolls and wild new artistic interpretations of the genre. I enjoyed these other books as well, the mosaics are more time consuming than I'll ever attempt.

Review: The complete Guide to Altered Imagery

Wow wow! THis great book I bought as a present for myself for my last birthday is a great resource on how to alter your own images. Yes , use  your drawings, your photos, your quilts and make them so much more dynamic and interesting. Use paints, markers, gels and inks with your photos to add depth to your work; also image transfers, lino prints, integrating found objects, monoprints, making a rubber stamp, a buffet of ideas! It also fun because there are so many artists sharing their work in the gallery. Yummy!