Steampunk Inspiration

What could be more inspiring than this great quote and pretty card from Vicki Romaine?

ESBQ On-line Shows for February 09

The ESBQ site regularly hosts online art shows, inviting artists in any medium to enter and display their works. This month they are taking entries for a "show" titled "Encircled: Necklaces, Bracelets and Rings." Jewelry artists ~ why not submit some of your work!

They also have started a very open-ended kind of show that is based on a one-word concept. This is how they describe it on their site: "... the point of EBSQ "one word concepts" is to present you a word and leave it totally open to your interpretation. Take your word anywhere you like. Just make sure your finished work relates in some obvious way to this month's word."

This month's word is "hidden." Certainly a wonderfully inspiring and evocative word for mixed media, assemblage and altered art!

Hide (and/or reveal): your face, your hands, your eyes, thoughts, feelings, a surprise, a secret, your sins, your true motives. Hide-and-seek, peek-a-boo, fans and veils and fog. Hidden under the earth, under the snow, under the water. Hidden treasure. Things that hold hidden potential or possibilities: cocoons, eggs, seeds, pregnancy, the ocean, the darkness, dreams.

You'll find all the details about how to participate here: http://www.ebsqart.com/Shows.asp

ESBQ online art show: All about Alice!

The ESBQ online artist community regularly has online exhibits in which artists can enter their artwork. Right now they are accepting entries on the theme of Alice in Wonderland! Anything about Alice or what she found in Wonderland or Through the Looking Glass is invited, and there are no media restrictions ~ any and all materials are OK!

We love the idea of an online art show, and we offer our Alice in Wonderland collage sheets to get you started creating your own entry. You'll find them here: http://www.lunagirl.com/W-Lunagirl-Collage-Sheets-ALICE.htm. If you prefer the individual images rather than the collage sheets, you'll find them on our Angels Fairies Fairy Tale Art CD: http://summertownsun.com/victorian_angels.htm.

For more information on the ESBP Alice in Wonderland online art show, visit here:
http://www.ebsqart.com/ArtShows/sh_194.htm
They are taking entries until January 31st.

To find out about other upcoming exhibits, or to vote on current exhibits, go to the ESBQ home page: http://www.ebsqart.com

Submit your creations for our gallery!

We enjoy seeing how our customers use Lunagirl images in their artwork and craft projects ~ you'll find handcrafted items using our images in many of our customers' web stores and auctions, as well as crafts fairs and shops all over the world ~ and we would love to create a special customer gallery page at Lunagirl.com.

If you would like to share your latest creation, please email us at info@lunagirl.com.
Examples could be:
your latest ATC, ACEO or other mixed media or altered art creation
a favorite scrapbook page using vintage imagery
fabric art such as a handbag, quilt or fabric collage
captured fairies, assemblage, altered art jewelry creations.....
our customers are very creative, so we can't wait to see what they wish to share!

Your picture should be a jpg image ~ a minimum size of about 400 pixels on the longest side would be best for a quality image. Please be sure to tell us which Lunagirl image CD or collage sheet you used in creating your work.

Indie Artists: Discover ESBQ

Here is another fantastic on-line resource for mixed media artists (in addition to ZNE), really for all self-representing artists:

ESBQ: http://www.ebsqart.com/

You will find a treasure-trove of information. Be sure to click on the "Learn" icon at the top of the page to find their archive of "Live Studio" pages. There are informative "how-to" tutorials about everything from Collage and Watercolor and Art Quilting to Transferring Images and using Polymer Clay to creating business cards and buying digital cameras!

The ESBQ website also has helpful information about promoting your work, authenticating one's work, listing on feepay, etc.

An Invitation

Would you like to see your altered art projects, jewelry creations, decoupage projects, ornaments, handmade cards - or other handcrafted creations! - featured on Lunagirl Moonbeams blog?

I would like to feature artists and crafters more often, especially those who use vintage ephemera or vintage-style ephemera in their work. So whether you sell your work or create "just for fun" - email me at info@lunagirl.com if you're interested!

A way to inspire and share your creativity

Check out ArtWords for its last topic this week: OUTSIDER.

ArtWords is an open online art journal filled with entires from contributing artists -- that means you, if you want to be part of it! To participate, just create an entry interpreting the current topic in any way you wish, using photos, paintings, sketches, collage art, digital art or any other medium to depict your own life story and your own responses to the topic!

ArtWords is ending after this topic, but you can still take part this week, enjoy browsing through creative entries on 70 other topics... and maybe get inspired to create your own online art journal...

Remember to visit our Lunagirl Blog (right here!) on Monday for our Moon-day FREE IMAGE DOWNLOAD

The ZNE Network for mixed media artists!

ZNE is short for VariaZioNE, an online community of artists who work in collage, mixed media, assemblage, ACEO ATCs or any kind of altered art. It's a wonderful place to share your work, share ideas, enjoy the work of other artists, and most of all enjoy support and friendship with other artists who share your interests!

To join the network, visit ZNEart.net, the ZNE homepage, by clicking on the picture above. We hope to see you there!