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One Yellow Rose Digital Collage

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18
Jan
2012

I was creating this piece for my Mom, whom we found out has cancer. Initially I created it with just the flower, but then decided to add a little magic, and the fairy and turn it into a digital collage. When I’d finished all that I realized that it would also just happen to work with the Gingersnap Creations blog color challenge, Soft Yellows and White. So I decided to enter it into that challenge.

One Yellow Rose Fairy Digital Art

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Yellow roses have special meaning in our family, as does the phrase, “Never Apart in Heart.” We sign our emails, letters, and cards with NAIH as a reminder that no matter how far apart we may be, we are always together in heart. So even though I can’t physically be with my mom right now, I am with her, always. And thankfully, doing anything creative helps to keep my mind off of difficult things. So this art is for you, Mom.

I Love You.

Always.

NAIH

Tina Siggy
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Water Lily Digital Sketch

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10
Jul
2011

I took  a photo of a lagoon filled with lily pads on a recent trip to Bay City, Michigan, and there was only one water lily visible in the entire lagoon. So of course I had to photograph it. And then I also decided to have some fun with it so I can add it to My Digital Sketchbook.

Water Lily Digital Sketch

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It was such a pretty flower just floating there on that perfectly sunny day. It was just begging to be photographed…and I could resist but do some digital editing to get this result.

Tina Siggy
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Bay City Michigan Photos

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10
Jul
2011

The Hubs and I recently went to Bay City, Michigan for our anniversary. I took some Nature Photos and Flower Photos while we were there, so thought I’d share them here. Of course, I always manage to find some birds while on vacation too,  and I love birds, so I got one to add to my collection of Birds and Animal Photos too.

 

Lily Pad Flower

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Lagoon

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Swans

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These were all taken at the State Park that is on Lake Huron. This is our third Great Lake we’ve visited now.  I usually take beach photos too, but the beach itself wasn’t as scenic as the others we’ve visited, so these were really the only photos I took on that day…they were on a little lagoon that was right at the entrance to the lake. That was really pretty at least!

Tina Siggy
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Peony Photos and Art

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05
Jun
2011

As I was walking around with my granddaughter in the front yard the other day, I noticed my peonies were finally blooming. So I whipped out my iPhone and snapped a few photos.  Two of the Flower Photos below are the photos I took, and then the last one is a repeat of one that I turned into digital art for My Digital Sketchbook.

2011 Peony 2

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2011 Peony 3

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2011 Peony 3 Art
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I love my peonies. They are so beautiful and fragrant. I have a bunch in vases in my kitchen right now, and when I walk in the house from outside I can smell them…they smell so pretty. One of the few joys of summer for me.

Tina Siggy
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Lilacs Digital Sketch

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17
May
2011

I’m still having a ball doing lots of digital creations lately. It is so nice to be able to do something creative, even when I can’t get into my studio. I created another flower entry for My Digital Sketchbook today. It’s from a picture of Lilacs in my daughter’s yard, taken with my new iPhone. So first I’ll show you the photograph of the Lilacs, and then I’ll add the digital sketch, so you can see the Before and the After.

Lilacs 2011 Before

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Lilacs 2011 Digital Sketch

Lilacs, After ~ Click to Enlarge

First I must say that I think my iPhone takes great photos. Compared to my old blah cellphone, it’s downright amazing in that regard. And I also just love the watercolor effect that I give to all my digital sketches. And I just completely enjoy being able to get creative in all sorts of media, be it on canvas, paper, glass, or digital…or anything else.

Tina Siggy
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Peony Love

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05
Feb
2011

I had so much fun creating my Sunflower Landing digital image the other day that I decided not only to make more…but also to create a brand new category for these, which I’m calling My Digital Sketchbook.  I’ll include images here that I want to appear as if they came right out of a real (rather than digital) sketchbook. For the most part I will use my own digital photographs to make these digital sketches.

So my next digital sketch I’ve created is called Peony Love. I’m also using this for the City Crafter Challenge Blogs’ Love Challenge.  We needed to use the word Love or a symbol of love in our creation. This started off as one of my Peony Photographs.

Peony Love Digital Sketch

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Once again I used PhotoScape to digitally alter this flower image. I love flowers, so they are always a favorite theme in my photographs. And flowers always make me think of love too…since flowers are very often given as a token or gesture of someone’s love. Call me sappy, but I love those kinds of gestures!

Tina Siggy
Category: Digital Collages, Flower Digital Sketches  Tags: , , ,  10 Comments

Sunflower Landing

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03
Feb
2011

This is a digital image creation that I made from one of my own sunflower photos, Dylan’s Sunflower, that I took last summer. I’m calling it Sunflower Landing. I’ve created it for the 3 Muses Black & White Challenge.  We had to use the Black & White theme, but that was really our only limitation, and how we interpret that theme is up to each artist. Any medium can be used for the 3 Muses challenges too, which gives us a lot of wonderful creative freedom. And in this case, it gave me an excuse to play around with digitally editing and altering my own photos, which I really enjoy.

Sunflower Landing Photo

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I wanted to create an image that would appear as if it came right out of my sketchbook. So I took my sunflower photo and first changed it from color to black and white. Then I gave it a bit of extra contrast. And then I gave it a watercolor pencil effect that has no color. Next I wanted just a little pop of color, so I added the colorful butterfly to the sunflower’s leaf. And finally, I added a frame to the photo that makes it look as if I’ve torn it out of my sketchbook.

I used PhotoScape to edit this photo. Normally I would use PaintShopPro, but I only have that program on my laptop, and I keep PhotoScape on my desktop PC for when I want to edit photos from there.

I really love how this turned out, and it makes me want to do more with digital editing of my own photographs. It also makes me want Spring to hurry up and get here, especially after the 10-12 inches of snow we got yesterday!

Tina Siggy
Category: Digital Collages, Flower Digital Sketches  Tags: , , , , ,  18 Comments

Red Lily Photographs

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01
Jun
2010

These photographs are of some beautiful red lilies that I planted at my daughter’s house late last summer. They are opening up and looking so beautiful for the first time this season, I just had to snap some photos of them.

Red Lily Photograph

Red Lily 3 Photograph

Red Lily O Photograph

There’s something so beautiful about a lily…especially one this color. Hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed photographing it. And gosh, I think I need to plant some of these in my own yard!

Tina

Tina Siggy
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Peony Photographs

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01
Jun
2010

The holiday weekend was a wonderful chance to get out and enjoy some sunshine and a bit of nature as well. So I grabbed my camera to get some photos at the same time.

3 White Peonies Photograph

3 White Peonies

Peony Close Up Photograph

Peony Close Up

Pink Peony Photograph

Pink Peony

2 Pink Peonies Photograph

2 Pink Peonies

Peonies are some of my absolute favorite flowers. They are so beautiful, and their scent is just heavenly! We bring some of these in each Spring and put them in a vase, and their scent fills the room for days on end. I just love them.  Hope you enjoy the photographs.

Tina

Tina Siggy
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Tea Bag Roses Craft Tutorial

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10
May
2010

This is the second wonderfully creative tutorial I found late last week, which shows you how to recycle tea bags to make beautiful roses! If you love tea as I do, and if you love roses too, you will love this project, I’m sure.

Teabag Roses Tutorial

These roses would be a wonderful touch for any country, primitive or shabby project you are working on. They could embellish all sorts of projects really. Just use your imagination! To view the full tutorial, just follow the link below.

Treasures from the Heart Teabag Roses Tutorial

The creator of this tutorial is Barb Simmons, and she has other wonderful tutorials on her blog that you may want to check out. She has a Bird Nest Tutorial, and a “Vintage” Baby Shoe tutorial that I think are just great.  Thanks to Barb for sharing her tutorial with us at Art Chick Studio!

Tina

Tina Siggy
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