Robin eggs in nest

   I made these mini Robin's nests with acorn tops and dried grass.  For the eggs, I painted soy beans.  I used a hot glue gun to hold it all together and attached very thin string so they will hang.  I found an idea similar to this on Pinterest.

Photoshop, etc....

I am so lucky to have an art gallery/school in my neighborhood.  Browsing the course catalog I found a class dealing with Photoshop and another class using art apps on your iPad.  I took Photoshop.

The four day class focused on all the nifty things Photoshop can do like layering and filters. I created something that Andy Warhol would have done.  The Adobe website has great tutorials.


Photoshop Before

Photoshop After

Also, I researched "art apps" to see what the class was all about.  There is a whole universe of apps out there for the iPhone and iPad that are helpful to artists or for those who just want to have fun.

A free one I downloaded to my phone was ArtStudio Lite.  One can draw, paint, filter and photo edit.

ArtStudio Lite

JM