This and the preceding 2 pieces were inspired by Traci Bautista’s book, Collage Unleashed. It’s a great book that really breaks down the conventions of what makes art, both in imagery and techniques. She uses a lot of ordinary, easily available materials such as paper towels (!) and encourages doodling and “repurposing” previous pieces of art. The book has given me permission to do whatever I wanted without thinking it through first.
June 2007
June 30, 2007
heArt #38 “Cupid Hearts”
Posted by Gretchen under Collage, Mixed Media | Tags: Art, Collage, cupid, foil, Heart, Mixed Media, traci bautista, unleashed |Leave a Comment
June 29, 2007
heArt #37 “Foiled Heart Collection #1″
Posted by Gretchen under Collage, Image Transfer, Mixed Media | Tags: Art, Collage, foil, foiled, Heart, Image Transfer, Mixed Media |Leave a Comment
June 27, 2007
heArt #36 Blue Window
Posted by Gretchen under Collage, Image Transfer, Mixed Media | Tags: Art, Collage, doodle, Heart, Image Transfer, Mixed Media, Spiral |Leave a Comment
June 23, 2007
heArt #35 “SweetheArt”
Posted by Gretchen under Digital Collage, heArt Oracle | Tags: Art, Collage, digital, Graphic Design, Heart, oracle, ornament, Photoshop, printer, sweetheart, Vintage |[2] Comments
Made in Photoshop CS2 with a brush made from the “Pictorial Archive of Printer’s Ornaments”, my own background, layer styles, a vector heart. All rights reserved.

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June 22, 2007
heArt #34 “Heart of Dreams”
Posted by Gretchen under Digital Collage, heArt Oracle | Tags: Art, Collage, digital, dream, Graphic Design, Heart, oracle, Photoshop |Leave a Comment
Drawn in Photoshop CS using assorted brushes, gradients, a vector heart, layer blends, and a pretty font.
June 20, 2007
heArt #33 “Trust Your Heart”
Posted by Gretchen under Digital Collage, Graphic Design, heArt Oracle | Tags: Art, Collage, digital, Graphic Design, Heart, Photoshop, trust |Leave a Comment
Made entirely in Photoshop CS2 with gradients, brushes, layer styles, a vector heart and some big type. lol
June 19, 2007
heArt #32 “She Gave Him Her Heart”
Posted by Gretchen under Digital Collage, Vintage Couples | Tags: Art, Collage, couples, digital, Heart, heArt Flowers, photography, Photoshop, Vintage |Leave a Comment
June 16, 2007
heArt #31 “Second Chakra Goddess Amulet”
Posted by Gretchen under Handiwork heArts | Tags: amulet, Art, art doll, Artella, chakra, felt, goddess, Heart, needlefelting, wool |1 Comment
I learned how to needle felt last fall for the purpose of someday making heads for art dolls. I hadn’t touched it since. Somebody over at the Artella Cafe website mentioned needlefelting and so today I thought I’d try making a heart. I really enjoyed it. The face came alive under my needle. I was laughing when I made the mouth.
Made from dyed wool roving. It just fits in the palm of my hand. I’ll use it as an amulet.
June 15, 2007
heArt #30 “Rose of Avalon”
Posted by Gretchen under ACEO, Colored Pencil, heArt Flowers | Tags: ACEO, Art, avalon, Colored Pencil, graphite, Heart, heArt Flowers, rose |Leave a Comment
June 14, 2007
heArt #29 “Freya, Goddess of Glamour”
Posted by Gretchen under Digital Painting | Tags: Art, digital, freya, goddess, Heart, norse, painting, Photoshop, portrait |Leave a Comment
Starting to break out of the big-heart-in-the-center-of-the-image mold. In my “rules” I defined heArt-a-Day as anything that contained a heart in it somewhere.
See my magickal blog about Freya for more.
Drawn in Photoshop.














