By Donald Kolberg I have been providing lessons on how to create a Strappo and realized that I have modified the technique in a natural progression that I thought I would explain here. Briefly, Strappo’s are a monotype from a dry acrylic transfer. An acrylic painting is developed and painted in reverse on a clear…

iPhoneography Tutorial: Four Lovelies
By David Hayes See more of his work WTP Vol. III #3 Pears have always been a subject of artists and photographers. Their skin and curves seem to attract many artists, including myself. Four Lovelies is my most recent study of pears this time shot with my iphone native camera app and processed with the iphoneography apps Distressed FX and…

Gloria Repp Chatters Along with I.B. Nosey
NOSEY: Greetings, cybernuts! This is I.B. Nosey, your official unofficial reporter. Today I’m visiting with FoldySocks and the Three Pairs and— aaiii! *trips and falls face first. Pushes to all fours and shakes head* Hey, there oughta be a road sign! SQUEAKY VOICE: Whoever heard of road signs in forests?…

17.6
balancing now first time, although the coins don’t quite fit the tray, using the pointed pen, keeping neatly. have done this a while, got the rhythm, the style of dressage and deportment for one of our station. i don’t have a badge, so look with confidence, courage so they know. …

Opening
Yesterday I posted some images of a stack of books that I used in my Be Still 52 still life shoot over the week-end. Only with the books there were also a vase of tulips, a vintage camera, and some vintage photos. Today I want to share with you all a close up of one…

. wishing to explain .
in a letter to a friend, never written, never said, sad, it is impossible. to explain. there will be khama, guilt, ridden over mountains, over years. tis tough is guilt. the back bedroom, hankies folded ready, in every room, in pockets now gone musty. the pottery is dusty. i have another life. i have a…

.. letter to a friend ..
mine, also has become a stranger. how strange. i often do not sleep, so have decided it is not a problem. there is always another world out there, that is not ours. i like mine. i like your writing. sbm

Knowledge: Still Life iPhoneography
By David Hayes See his work in WTP Vol. III #3 This stack of books is from a more elaborate still life I set up in my living room over the week to take advantage of the sunlight streaming through our front blinds. The most recent Be Still 52 prompt had us working with more…

. the return .
back to the cathedral where the book says it is all for nothing anyway talk about giving hope away. a spiritual reduction, a sad deduction from some who should know better sbm.