Tip Toe through the Oilfield and Tillie!

It has been a while since I have posted. With the weather and being "under the weather," I've only felt like going to work and coming home. I took a bad case of sinusitus and still am not feeling my best. I do have all the giveaways ready to be mailed and as soon as I can get to the post office, they will be on the way. So sorry it has taken this long!
I did create a couple of new pieces of digital art. One is using the cabinet cards from Marsha at Tumble Fish Studios. On both these pieces I've used Paint the Moon photoshop actions. I love them!!

"Tip Toe through the Oilfield"

Digital Artwork by Andrea All Rights Reserved

I really love how this piece turned out. I inverted my image of the rigs and used a texture from DJ Pettit. Some of the elements are from Nicole Young and a texture from Lori Davidson. I then used the Strawberries and Cream photoshop action from Paint the Moon.

"Tillie"

Digital Artwork by Andrea All Rights Reserved

This piece was used with all elements from Tumble Fish Studio. The picture is from the Cabinet Card collage sheet. I used the Sugar Cookie photoshop action from Paint the Moon.

Paint the Moon's icon is on the sidebar of my blog, so click on it to be taken to the website to order these great actions! Hope everyone enjoys!!

Merry Christmas!!

Wishing everyone a Blessed Merry Christmas!!

"Merry Christmas"

Digital iPhone Artwork by Andrea

More iPhone Digital Artwork and........I'm a Winner!!

I'm saying again, something I seem to always be saying. It's been a while since I've posted to my blog. Not that I haven't had some things to post. First, thank you to everyone for your thoughts and prayers concerning my nephew and my mother. My nephew is now walking with a cane. He doesn't have full feeling back to the left side of his body, but he is on his way, we believe, to a full recovery. My mother is doing great! She has lost over 40 lbs since the heart attack and has received great reports from all her doctor visits.
On the other hand, I've been having some trouble, and the reason I haven't posted in a while. I use the computer every day for my regular job. I've recenly been having some trouble with my right hand getting numb and hurting from the wrist to the elbow. I've also come across about a lima bean sized knot on the bone for this arm. I have a doctor's appointment on December 2nd, and I'm hoping we can find the answer to this problem. Unfortunately, it's made me stop being on my computer and stopped me from creating artwork on my iPhone. To do either of these things just irrates the arm and I find myself in terrible pain. Yesterday, just to dust put me in great pain and I almost couldn't get my arm to my mouth to brush my teeth. Needless to say, I was in tears.
But, I'm glad to say, I had some artwork already created I could share with you. Again, I created it on my iPhone. The little angel came from Art-e-ology. I hope you enjoy!

"Snow Angel"

Digital iPhone Artwork by Andrea

Also, recently I was the winner of one of the prizes from Debrina Pratt's blog give-a-way. I was the winner of her altered tin. Thanks Debrina, I Love It!!!

5 Cents Oilpatch!

This piece was created for the Grayscale challenge on Marsha's blog, TumbleFish Studio. She is celebrating two years of blogging! Congratulations, Marsha!!

"5 Cents Oilpatch!"

Digital Artwork by Andrea

The Drilling Rig!

Here is my latest creation from using techniques in Susan Tuttle's Digital Layers class! I never knew there were so many ways to work with textures. Textures are from Ghostbones. Hope you enjoy!

"The Drilling Rig"

Digital Artwork by Andrea

Okie Roughneck

First, I want to thank everyone for their encouragement! This week I have once again, "stepped out of the box" and tried something new. I love the artwork of Marsha at Tumble Fish Studio. Her colors are vivid and I love how she takes different elements to create a piece of art. So, this week, I've tried my hand at her style, but of course, toning down the colors.

"Okie Roughneck"

Digital Artwork by Andrea

Head is from Suzee Que, body from FrenchKissed, Background from Tumble Fish Studio - Flickr, Texture by Playing with Brushes, Tags from The Vintage Moth, Ammonites from Art-e-ology and I created the crown from a piece of emphera by Art-e-ology, Wings from Cemerony, Sneakers from a magazine, Rigs and Truck are free images. I hope you enjoy!  

The GeoTech Fairy!

If any of you have read my complete profile, you know I'm a Sr. Geological Technician. GeoTech's (as we are called) work in the Oil and Gas business. Our jobs are to help our Geologists and Geophyisicts create maps, print logs and keep up the databases in the software we use to create our maps. I wanted to create a digital art piece this week that honored my job. To be honest, I've worked on this piece the last couple of days, not really pleased with the results. And so, after finishing, I'm still not sure if I am pleased. The reason I've called it the GeoTech Fairy, is often I have joked that I will have to get out my GeoTech fairy dust when doing a project. If you haven't noticed by now, I love neutral tones. In fact, my mother and my grandmother (when she was alive) often told me I did not have enough color in my wardrobe. I can't help it. I love browns, grays and blacks. What I see as colors for me , would be copper, bronze, taupe, mustard yellow and aubergine. Although, I do like teal and soft pink. But, for me these are out of the ordinary. So, again, another art piece in earth tones. Actually though, I'm really in awe of artists who are not afraid to use color. Having said this, here is my latest piece. The background is from Playing with Brushes, the Ballerina is from FrenchKissed, Ammonites are from Art-e-ology, Letters, hat, compass and watch are from Scrapbookgraphics, and the rest of the elements are free images. Hope you enjoy!!

"The GeoTech Fairy"

Digital Artwork by Andrea

March Sister Birthdays!

My sister and I share birthdays in March. Mine is at the beginning of March and her's is at the end of the month. This year, we celebrated our birthdays together. I wanted to create an art piece that, for us, expresses birthdays. Jamie, at Art-e-ology posted the perfect picture last week on her blog, so I just had to use it.

"We Only Care About the Cake!"

Digital Artwork by Andrea

So, why the title? My favorite movie is "Persuasion." There is a scene where Anne Elliott has gone to visit her sister and her husband's relatives. His family is telling Anne how much trouble her nephews can be and how much cake they waste. One of the sisters attempts to soothe Anne by saying that their mother only cares about the cake. Therefeore, I just had to use a version of this phrase in my artwork.

The sisters came from Art-e-ology, background from Playing with Brushes, corners, map and rig were free images. Hope you enjoy!

Welcome to Art Legacy

Welcome to my blog, Art Legacy! Blogging is new to me, but my hope is to connect with other artists who also blog. I love vintage photos and artwork that is created with them. I want my artwork to center around the industry I work in, so I plan to use a lot of drilling rigs, fossils, etc.

Here you will find the first piece of artwork I've created in Photoshop. This is a new program to me, so I'm just learning. Now, if I can just figure out how to add color! LOL!!

"Oil Rig Angel"

Digital Artwork by Andrea

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