Switching Gears



Watercolor Manipulations

 I love, love, love photographs. Taking them, looking at them and manipulating them, especially with watercolor techniques. The above are a few samples, but it's a favorite thing to do. Nothing is more fun than adventuring out and taking photos in the most unlikely places at the most unlikely times and then bringing them home to play with.

After living in a cubesicle all week it does a lot for one's sanity to get out and away from the fast pace and see what mother nature has been doing. But a word of caution. Always be aware of your surroundings and have an escape route planned. These days anything is possible and one runs up on the most unlikely events. Just ask some of my close friends what I ran into on the Natchez Trace taking photos in the woods!

Art also comes in handy for doing your own book covers and illustrations if you are planning to publish a book. Art can be quite an expensive commodity. And don't let anyone tell you what you should do. That's why they call it original.

The main thing is to have a lot of fun at what you are doing. Being a little crazy helps with creativity but make sure its the good kind of crazy :>)

More fun later. Got to feed all my four-legged kids (and maybe a possum).

© Joyce (Tidwell) Burns, ChynaMoon Creations 1997-2011