Cottage Arts — Nature

Hi...Beth here for some altered art fun! A few months ago Michelle and I created some Nature Sketchbooks for her Digital Workshop article in Somerset Memories. The Feb/Mar 2009 issue shares how Michelle creates a digital nature sketchbook, and the upcoming Apr/May 2009 issue will show her process of making an altered book using digital sketchbook pages and an old book (shown below). Can't wait for this issue!     As a base for my sketchbook below, I used the cardboard envelopes you get your photos in from a photo lab (that would otherwise go in the recycle bin). Cheap! See our Sketchbook gallery...

The second in a series of Photo Art Blends is ready in our shop...I think I had even more fun with this set! They are sized at 3888x2592 pixels (about 13x9 at 300dpi - 6x4 aspect ratio). Pak consists of 16 JPG format photo art blends, some in grayscale and some in sepia and cross processing hues. Also included is a link to a new tutorial using blends from this set (in the Tutorial Link and Terms.txt document in the zip file). Five sample images are included in the tutorial with the settings I used to achieve each one's effects....