Artful Memories - Final Summary

A summary of the final week of

the Artful Memories Challenge

which was hosted by
Jack Ravi & Jane Chipp.

It was an altered photograph challenge,

with a different prompt for each day.

Day 22

With an image from

the Artful Memories Book

& metal dragonflies.

I broke with my simple theme to add

a touch of metal (arty items obviously made

by the talented blacksmith in his forge).

Martin

Day 23

With an image from Pixabay

& pale pink ribbon.

Astrid

Day 24

With an image from

Shawn Petite.

Ajmal

Day 25

With an image from the

Artful Memories Book

& a butterfly image from the

Graphics Fairy.

Words as always cut from the same old novel.

Kristen

Day 26

With an image from the

Graphics Fairy. 

Millicent

Day 27

With an image from the

Artful Memories Book. 

Bobby

Day 28

With an image from

Eulalia Mejia

& butterfly image from the

Graphics Fairy. 

Words from an old novel.

Maira

Day 29

With an image from the

Artful Memories Book. 

Pia

Day 30

With an image from the

Graphics Fairy. 

Edgar

I used 5" by 3" index cards,

words cut from an old novel,

papers from Hot Off The Press

& my own printed day numbers.

Artful Memories - Week 3 Summary

A summary of the third week of

the Artful Memories Challenge

hosted by
Jack Ravi & Jane Chipp.

It is an altered photograph challenge,

with a different prompt for each day.

Day 15

With an image from the

Graphics Fairy. 

Eugenia

Day 16

With an image from the

Graphics Fairy. 

Caro

Day 17

With an image from

the Artful Memories Book. 

April 1st (his birthday) is also known as April Fools Day,

hence the words on my piece for today.

Mateo

Day 18

With an image from

the Artful Memories Book. 

The old novel that I use to cut out words

for my collage & mixed media pieces

constantly amazes me with it's vocabulary,

allowing me to always find just the right phrase.

Alex

Day 19

With two of my favourites images from the

Graphics Fairy. 

Pranjal

Day 20

With an image from Shawn Petite

& butterfly image from the

Graphics Fairy. 

Gisela didn't like to talk about her musical accomplishments.

Gisela

Day 21

With an image from

the Artful Memories Book. 

Isaac

I used 5" by 3" index cards,

words cut from an old novel,

papers from Hot Off The Press,

washi tape

& my own printed day numbers.

I am posting here just once a week,

but you can follow along daily on Instagram

or click on the challenge hashtag

to see artwork from all the participants.

Artful Memories - Week 2 Summary

A summary of the second week of

the Artful Memories Challenge

hosted by
Jack Ravi & Jane Chipp.

It is an altered photograph challenge,

with a different prompt for each day.

Day 8

This dapper gentleman is part of a photograph from my own archive. 

I included a wonderful line from my favourite text source,

which is an old novel that I have been using for years now

as inspiration for my art pieces.

Bwana

Day 9

With an image from

the Artful Memories Book.

He was an optimistic guy,

but there was an emptiness in his life -

a space he needed to fill.

Andrea

Day 10

With an image from

the Artful Memories Book. 

Even though I had the word "laugh"

cut out from my the old book

ready to use on my index card,

I decided that Naomi needed a headline statement instead.

It also brought balance to the piece

as it was the same colour as the flower

I had already added in the top corner.

Naomi

Day 11

With an image from Red Lead

& a fish image from the

Graphics Fairy. 

Words as always found in an old book,

as I cut a much loved novel apart

to create new stories.

Jeremy

Day 12

With an image from

the Artful Memories Book.

Somsak

Day 13

With an image from the

Graphics Fairy

which seemed a perfect fit for today's prompt.

Shorty

Day 14

The image of this thoughtful lady is from Shawn Petite.

I wonder what mystery she is trying to solve.

Personally, I was really pleased with my success

in tracking down just the right words to use,

taken from the same novel I am using throughout this challenge.

Erika

I used 5" by 3" index cards,

words cut from an old novel,

papers from Hot Off The Press,

washi tape

& my own printed day numbers.

I am posting here just once a week,

but you can follow along daily on Instagram

or click on the challenge hashtag

to see artwork from all the participants.

Artful Memories - Week 1 Summary

A summary of the first week of

the Artful Memories Challenge

hosted by
Jack Ravi & Jane Chipp.

It is an altered photograph challenge,

with a different prompt for each day.

Day 1

With five images from the

Graphics Fairy. 

The boy's head sits upon a body from another image,

with two fish images layered on the wooden crates

& a toy sailing boat.

François

Day 2

With an image from Eulalia Mejia 

& words cut from an old novel.

Mabel

Day 3

With an image from my own archive

& words cut from an old novel.

Arthur

Day 4

With an image from Shawn Petite.

I chose this image as she seems to be staring wistfully

into the distance - a faraway look with a hint of sadness,

deep in thought, pondering what will never be.

Nina

Day 5

With an image from the

Artful Memories Book.

Robert

Day 6

With three images from the

Graphics Fairy. 

She was dotty about her feathered friends.

Celeste

Day 7

With an image from Shawn Petite

& butterfly images from the Graphics Fairy.

Clasping her hands together on the back of her chair

& wondering where she had left her purse.

Ruth

I used 5" by 3" index cards,

words cut from an old novel,

papers from Hot Off The Press,

washi tape

& my own printed day numbers.

I am posting here just once a week,

but you can follow along daily on Instagram

or click on the challenge hashtag

to see artwork from all the participants.

A Month of Artful Memories

 Throughout April 2022,
Jack Ravi & Jane Chipp
are hosting an altered photograph challenge,

with a different prompt for each day.

I have gathered my supplies,

decided on a format

& I am ready to go.

I will be using 5" by 3" index cards,

photographs from a variety of sources,

words cut from an old novel,

a mixture of papers from Hot Off The Press,

some washi tape

& my own printed day numbers.

Day 1

I have used five images

from the Graphics Fairy.

The prompt label image is from

the Graphics Fairy

From now on I will just post here once a week,

but you can follow along daily on Instagram

or click on the challenge hashtag

to see artwork from all the participants.