Carol Wiebe

Sometimes I ask myself WHY I am so compelled to create. I only have to catch a glimpse of a color, a texture, a shape, and I want to grab something, ANYTHING, and make some art, to follow that prompting like a fox after a rabbit. Remember yesterday’s backgrounds? And the drawing of a face from the day before that?Today, I pulled them both into Photoshop Elements and played around with different opacities until I found a  few combinations I liked. Red Mood Red Mood 2 That is n

My photo of oxidized copper becomes Integration in today’s post. Integration I think it has a very serene look about it. #Integration #leaves #verdigris #serene #serence #copper #water #CWWOL20110916

I recently posted about Anne Bagby. After watching her new DVD four times, I have to say that one of the things I highly appreciate about her is what she seemed most uncomfortable with: the “tricks” she employs to put her collage paintings together. Let me give you an example. She had a dog drawing which she wanted to add to her collage, but it was too small so she took it to a printer to have it re-sized. She made a “stencil” out of the correctly proportioned drawing. This w