I love Brandi Strickland’s work, especially the provocative combination of photography and collage that she comes up with!  Brandi only graduated from art school a few years ago, but she has managed to catch the eye of many reviewers.  Brandi says that she enjoys exploring the connection between nature and technology, and I must say I enjoy her explorations too!
Besides her etsy shop (linked above), you can also find her work on her own website, Brandi Strickland.

Images: Brandi Strickland

Artist: Aileen Roberts
Website: Outside the Margins
Blog: Aileen’s Musings
Here’s a digi piece I made with my niece in mind whose deep in the throws of winter in Indiana. Being a California Grl she’s still enamoured with the snow but is looking forward to summer. The winter pictures in the background are pictures she took at Notre Dame where she’s attending college.

Make Art Monday!
The last time our family visited my in-laws in Virginia, we found this fabulous rusty barbed-wire fence with the beautiful mountains in the background. I used a number of old pieces of text to create a background for one of my shots. I also stamped all of our initials around the background, using antique letter blocks (M,C,N,and D for Mike, Cyndi, Nate, and Dani, even though Nate was still in Guatemala at the time!).

The Edge of the Field

Welcome to part 3 of our Technique Tuesday series, what the heck to do with tissue paper!
There is lots of tissue paper available that is not just plain white! That may be a shock after the last two weeks, where all we looked at and worked with was white tissue, no patterns, no pictures, no nothin’. This week, I want to share a technique with you that is perfect for working with patterned and pictorial tissue, including napkins. If you decide to use napkins, make sure that you have split them down to just a single layer…some …read more

Technique Tuesday!
There are so many ways that tissue paper can be incorporated into mixed media work that I decided to do a short series on it! Just like with the last series on image transfers, I really hope that you’ll send me pictures to share with everyone of the work you’ve done that incorporates these techniques. And please use the comments section below to share your own tips!
We’re going to look at two really simple textured tissue paper background today. I’m using white tissue, but remember that you can always multiply your options by using colored and …read more