~ A Summers Evening and Somerset Digital Inspiration~

 I have had a Little Bit of Time 

to Squeak in some Creative Play 

over Spring Break. 

I really Can't Help Myself with Birds, Bugs & Flowers~

Ever the Student where Photoshop is Concerned,

I have taken a Couple of

 Photo Editing & Photoshop Classes this Month.

 I have Learned some more techniques 

that have brought AMAZING Results!

 Things Like Texture, 

Adjusting Color & Coloring a Black & White Image.

Adding a Glow of Sunlight! I Love that!

~*~

 I am Feeling Like a Very Lucky Duck to Have 

Daphne and Opera de Paris 

Published in the First Edition of Somerset Digital Inspiration!

It is Really an Amazing Book Featuring some of My Art Sisters in Crime,

Theresa Martin and Ingrid Pomeroy!

 Truly these are the First Times 

that I have had Any Recognition

 for anything other that being LATE! Lol!

It is really is Such a Honor

 and I am So Grateful to Jana Holstein from Somerset

 for Liking what I Love to Do!

  I still Can't Believe it !

Hope You All Have a Wonderful Weekend!!!

Some Wonderful News to Share!

 I want to Share something really Special with you

 that still leaves me in Humble Wonder! 

Somerset Digital Studio is Publishing 

two of My Digital Collage Pieces.

Daphne and Opera de Paris!

 Maybe I am being Silly but Every Time

I Click Publish on My Blog 

or Click Send when I Email my Work,

I get a Little Nervous.

Your Art is so Much a Part of You 

and a Reflection of the Things You Love,

It is Humbling to have others Appreciate

  it and to Be recognized for it.

 Daphne and Opera de Paris will be in the March Issue

 and I still Can't Believe it!!!

 I Almost Made the Cover!! 

Can you Believe that?!! 

Have a Happy Thursday Everyone!!!!

Jill~

~Opéra de Paris~

~*Opéra de Paris*~

She is called

'Clematis' 

and is the work of

 Hubert von Herkomer.

(Finally came up with the a Match for my 'Daphne'.) 

Both of these Images are the result of 

New Technique of Engraving 

created by von Herkomer and 

his Colleague Norman Hirst in 1899.

'Herkomer devised a method of engraving he termed, modestly, 'Herkomergravure'. He would ink by hand and with swabs of cloth on a lithographic stone, take a monotype from it, and photo-engrave the result onto a copper plate. This gave a very free and soft effect. In Daphne, he used it to create the drapery and some of the skin tone. But then, on the copper plate, mezzotint has been applied by Hirst to build the skin contours of the face and shoulders, and etching has been used to give the hair and leaves form. This combination of methods, giving 'soft' and 'hard' effects, make this engraving extremely striking.'

;From Victorian Web. Org

The Beauty was already created for me 

using these Incredibly Lovely Etchings.

Inspiration came easily.

Hope you all are having a Wonderful Week!

Thank You Karen!!