Color Palette

• This image I call "Bird in Red" I used Photoshop to create the blended image and watercolor effects. The stamp frame I added as well but the gist of this post is the wonderful color palette that you see to the right of the image. It could be useful to me if I were to translate the image further and make a study of it in acrylic or chalk. Colorchords offers you a very convenient and pleasing way to collect color information from your photo. it does have parameters regarding the size of your photo that you might wish to upload. shrinkpictures.com can help you with that.

Op Art

• Here is an exercise that is sure to give instant gratification and you can add it to your list of ways to recycle. I used magazine pages here to create an optical illusion . Just cut vertical curved lines into the horizontal page, leaving the top and bottom intact. take another horizontal page and cut curved sections on the horizontal but this time cut through to edges creating strips. Be sure to keep them in sequence while you weave them through. Try this with two of your own photographs. I have seen it done where a night and day shot were taken of the same scene and this cut and weave method was used producing very appealing results.

Photogram

• MoMa has an online interactive site called The Red Studio. It is meant to encourage teens to explore art study. Try the fauxtogram. It is similar to the photogram of darkroom days. And you can also find a nice intro to the work of Man Ray.http://www.moma.org/interactives/redstudio/

Random Collage

• Have fun with this collage generator. You type in some text and then wait for an image surprise. Go to typoGenerator.