Carol WiebeOct 1, 20122 minForget YourselfI’ve been making decisions about what I want to do next, artistically speaking. I could obsess about this. Encourage angst. Wring my...
Carol WiebeJun 4, 20121 minThe Best of Both WorldsIt will be 18 months, at the end of this month, that I have been posting every single day. It was part of my goal to also post at least...
Carol WiebeApr 22, 20122 minWhy I Have Added the iPad to my WorkflowA comment I received on yesterday’s post, from Ellen, was a wonderful one because it gave me pause and made me think. Her questions were:...
Carol WiebeMay 31, 20112 minThumbnailsI have two of these, like most people, and that is nothing new. Thumbnail sketches are nothing new either–artists have been making them...
Carol WiebeApr 23, 20111 minSuspendedThis design came from the painting Knock Four Times. Suspended I have done some stitching on a version of it, which I’ll scan tomorrow,...
Carol WiebeApr 10, 20111 minThrough the GateWhenever I create a few new paintings (4 last week, 3 this week) I end up with a whole raft of digital images. Yum, yum ~ collage goodies...
Carol WiebeApr 1, 20112 minWhat Is Going On?I’ve been thinking about the differences between collage and painting. When I use paint, and only paint, there is great excitement...
Carol WiebeMar 5, 20111 minAs above, so belowIt seems I am not yet finished with A faulty construct. Now it has morphed into As above, so below. As above, so below If you take a look...
Carol WiebeFeb 27, 20111 minThe deadline continuesA deadline can rattle you, or spur you on. Actually, it probably does both~ back and forth, over and over. So, as I keep adding layers of...
Carol WiebeFeb 19, 20111 minMore savesMore Photoshop Elements saves, from the painting in a former post (before I messed it up beyond the point of no return). These are kind...
Carol WiebeFeb 18, 20111 minIt’s Perfectly OK to Throw Work AwayAnything can yield a great design, even a ruined painting. Snap a pic, take it into Photoshop, and soon you have something you DO like....
Carol WiebeFeb 18, 20111 minFinding Your Way ~ Or NotI finally thought I was getting somewhere with this version (see a selection of the rest of the versions if you care to). Unfortunately,...
Carol WiebeFeb 7, 20111 minLove CorneredI put together 2 pics I took today: one of shards of icicles in the snow, the other a plant . Winter plants are so stark, seem to stand...
Carol WiebeFeb 4, 20111 minGetting ThereI think my hot pink phase has passed with this last one, but I can’t be sure. Getting There
Carol WiebeFeb 3, 20111 minHot trailHot Trail You can see that my last three paintings are related. As soon as I get a chance, I am going to start ripping/cutting them, and...
Carol WiebeFeb 1, 20111 minSentinelsThe painting has really grabbed hold of me. I love that cycle: paint, scan, print and stitch, go back and paint some more on the original...
Carol WiebeJan 26, 20111 minMy body sits, my mind flitsAs I sit and stitch, it occurs to me that I am in transition. I am figuring out, as I stitch, what I want to do next. It is a repetitive,...
Carol WiebeJan 21, 20111 minI will stick to paper only appliquéAt least for now (I have been reminded several times that there is never only one way to do things). I found that stitching paper with...
Carol WiebeJan 20, 20112 minSome excellent suggestions and why they haven’t worked for meI mentioned yesterday that I was trying out a felt glue. As it turns out, I probably won’t need it. Shirley commented that I could try...
Carol WiebeJan 18, 20111 minSometimes the Back Is As Interesting As the FrontStitched Paper . .. . . . . . . . Usually, I stitch on paper alone.This piece is a typical example. For these two journal pages, I put...