Author: Liz Ruest

Artist creating digital collage fine art by layering printmaking, photography, and paper collage. Roots in Ontario, based in the Pacific Northwest since 1989.

Eva Isaksen

Saw beautiful work by Eva Isaksen today at Foster/White. Lots of monotype layers melded beautifully. http://www.fosterwhite.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=81

Layers of Texture with Threshold Masks

I’m still layering textures and color in my collages, wondering where to take it next. I’ve worked out a method, using light thresholds as masking layers, that lets me add more colors. Here’s a breakdown of a recent piece I worked on. I started with a shot of Waverly Station in Edinburgh, from my recent trip….

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Stephanie Hargrave

Beautiful work — local, too! http://lorraineglessner.blogspot.com/2011/12/stephanie-hargrave.html

Susan Goldsmith

I’m insired by these impressionistic landscapes by Susan Goldsmith, described by Lesley Frenz on Artsy Forager: http://artsyforager.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/abstractions-of-atmosphere.

Vintage Grunge

A great explanation of digital collage from Amisha March. This is what I’m trying for! http://insightdesigns.co.uk/blog/2011/10/10/photoshop-vintage-grunge-tutorial-road-to-abandonment/

Abstracted Landscapes

Textured paintings and a helpful blog by Nancy Reyner: http://www.nancyreyner.com/paintings

Texture with Gelatin Prints

After the usual trial & error, I finally managed a printing session at home with a gelatin plate, and the textured results were worth the wait. I followed the steps and tips on Linda Germain’s blog, Printmaking without a Press. Biggest tip: natural-foods-store vegan gelatin will NOT do. Oh, what a blobby mess that was!…

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