(from left to right: Alexander Wang, Givenchy, Rodarte, Lanvin, Burberry Prorsum, Rodarte, Lanvin, Balmain, Vivienne Westwood Red Label)

Collage: a form of art in which various materials such as photographs and pieces of paper or fabric are arranged and stuck to a backing.

In one of yeasterday's post, I wrote about the house where Henri Matisse grew up. I mentioned his mother's shop but did not mention that part of it is now a nice and colorful café and a place for temporary exhibitions.

The current exhibition features a Dutch artist Kiek Jansen. Kiek Jansen, who was educated at the Rijksacademie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam (1980-1984), does drawings, oil paintings and paste-ups out of cloth glued onto paper - in other words collages.

At present she mainly makes collages and draws her inspiration from frequent visits to Asia and Africa. I assume the reason she exhibits her works in Matisse's childhood home is her use of colourful fabrics in her works.

I can add words, special effects, edges, frames, make collages, abstracts. In addition an image can be reduced in size or cropped. They can also be enhanced (made to look better), lightened or darkened, changed from color to black and white or sepia, and even made to look like a negative. Then I can print or save the "new" photo. I usually save the new photo with a new name so that my original remains as is for future ideas that may cross my mind.

Some of these programs came with printers, some were free on the web. I know Google has one that is free and I have used it many times. You can download it by going to picasa.com.

So for those of you who have not tried your photo editing program, give it a shot. You may just come up with something you really like.

Do que é que tu estás para ai a falar?

#1. Cardoso.
O Cardoso de Porto Alegre contactou-me para participar no Pecha. O Cardoso tem este site: http://qualquer.org/

#2. Pecha? Pecha?
Explicação aqui: http://qualquer.org/pecha-kucha/
Site oficial aqui: http://www.pecha-kucha.org

O que é que eu fiz?
Peguei em 20 ilustrações e fiz um slide no Power Point, cada imagem tem 20 segundos. Fazendo um total de 6minutos 40''

Making scrapbooks used to be a thing done in the household. It is something you could be proud of, yet doesn't offer much as far as the financial aspect. Today, scrapbooking can be a moneymaking endeavor.

Professional Scrapbooking

More and more people are starting to recognize the importance of scrapbooking. They recognize the creative value of such works of art. They also want to put privacy in the special moments they spend. Yet, with so much thing going on in their lives, many busy people don't have enough time to make one.

They can only wish to have their own scrapbook. Now, they can actually have their own personal scrapbook. They can keep the memories in beautiful collages filled with artistic details. This is made possible with the help of professional scrapbooking.

Professional scrapbookers are the experts in the field. They are the ones that get published for their wonderful ideas and techniques in making a scrapbook.

There is a high demand for them, to get their advice and help. Some professional scrapbookers even have their own following.

Professional artists who make scrapbooks for others have an even higher demand.

These are certain professional scrapbookers who hire out their services. These are people considered professional organizers of precious memories. They provide creative designs and beautiful details to photographs.

Providing services this way is just like being an interior designer, just as personal and just as creative. A typical scrapbook artist can earn from $50 to $150 an hour. Just doing the craft can bring in so many opportunities.

Meet professional scrapbookers online. They can provide the best tips and techniques, from the strictly art of scrapbooking down to the business side of it.

Be a Professional Scrapbooker

Being a professional scrapbooker is a great option for many scrapbookers out there who want to earn extra money. They can work at home as well as at their own time. They can bring out their own creative juices. At the same time, they get to earn lots of money.

You may choose to be a professional scrapbooker too. Just like any craft, it requires passion, time and some good work. Just learn the craft well and join the scrapbooking industry. Look up the business resources of scrapbooking sites and take the first step to being a professional scrapbooker. Before you know it, you will be out to satisfy a happy client. Knl.

I spent the majority of today working on an art project involving the use of many bad comic books that I bought for cheap down at the Comics Keep and turning them into collages. This is a new experience for me given that I am not a sixteen year old girl or an art student. Pictures forthcoming.

Porque
mientras los demás
duermen sus intenciones mágicas
De mundos únicos
[b]TÚ…
Querida artista 
haces ALQUIMIA
con tus sentimientos viscerales
por la gracia de una apasionada vida
entregada al ARTE.

(Giovanna di Arco)

Se recomienda ver las magistrales obras
de la artista Carmen Luna:

http://www.carmen-luna.com