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go to http://www.unamerican.com/ and copy posters. some of the best are in the “old school” sidebar. (sometimes the links don’t work. if so, use my copies, below.)yes, there are lots of posters. some of them are tasteless, in the “something to offend everyone” category. some of them are brilliant, too.(don’t tell me [...]

At left is a photo a large mixed media collage on canvas board. All of the collage elements relate to the early Harry Potter novels.
The background was painted black with Maimeri’s “Brera” acrylic paint. Then, I added the paper collage elements, using Golden gel medium as an adhesive (Liquitex will work well, too).
The [...]

At left, I’ve covered most of a traditional Ouija board with torn paper embellishments. I selected individual letters, plus useful and whimsical phrases, to use in divination.
The biggest letters generally came from the oversized fashion magazine, W. The phrases came from a variety of sources, but largely fashion and travel magazines.
(In-flight magazines often [...]

Altered Ouija Board - Egyptian (private collection)

This is a traditional Ouija board, altered to include elements from ancient Egypt. My inspiration was The Mummy movies with Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz.
[left] A fake tarantula is perched on the platen.It is furry and realistic looking.The platen was painted gold, and embellished with jewels and beads, including [...]

I was in an art card exchange with about 20 other artists. Each of us created just the Major Arcana portion of a
Tarot deck. I’ve added some of my online diary entries during the process of creating
these cards.

The Foolclick image to see larger (33k)

The Magicianclick image to see larger (32k)

The High Priestessclick image [...]

Welcome to AislingDart.com! This will be my central website highlighting the best of my articles at websites such as Aisling.net.
(Santa Flamingo will be my primary online shop for original arts & crafts, ebooks, ezines, and other digital products.)
Here’s a little history:
For years, Aisling.net was my main website. After about five or six years [...]

From my 2001 Artfest workshop notes
Vague guidelines
Version #1: Words on bead necklace thingies
Select words that you like. Cut them out.
You can cut just around the word so the foam board sticks out around it, OR you can cut the word to size including borders to cover the foam board. Stick the [...]

Homage to Dr. John
mixed media collage by Aisling D’Art
This is a collage to honor the music of Dr. John, aka Mac Rebbenack. It is the art that I used for the Homage to Music card deck exchange, hosted by Red Dog Scott.
Dr. John is probably my favorite musician, since I first heard his [...]

Are you fascinated by old diaries and journals? I am. The handwriting can be challenging, and the spelling was irregular through the end of the 19th century. However, these voices from the past are compelling and highlight the importance of telling our individual stories in our journals and diaries.
These historical [...]

 
How to create a Batragon - or any other mixed-images creature…
For this image–created for the Bestiary Deck exchange–I used the Dover book, “Old-Fashioned Animal Cuts” (out-of-print in 2007) and Adobe Photoshop.
I knew that I wanted a beast that would mix elements of a bat and a dragon. I was also inspired by [...]