Sunday, February 20, 2011

The Old Dark House Challenge by Rick


Hello Artists!!

Hard to believe it's my turn again---and haven't ALL the various challenges been interesting to do and interpret!

I know I've had fun and looked foreward to each new weekly challenge.

If you enjoy COLLAGE OBSESSION encourage your friends and fellow artists and designers to get involved and join in-its a real blessing to get the comments and encouragement from your fellow artists each week.

I'm so glad Kirsi decided to go with this format and let some of us help her keep Collage Obsession alive and vibrant.

We have been doing figurals and I had another image prepped which I will save for next time and offer instead this creepy old dark house-sitting forgotten on some lonely street...

I have sandwiched in a stormy sky but of you look carefully you could easily remove that sky and change the feeling of the image to suit whatever you decided to do with it.

Collage is a little like OPERA you can have lots of things going on that tell a story all at the same time-so tell a story about this house or what happened in it-was a great love lost and the house was abandoned or is the house waiting like a spider for new victims? So MANY possibilities.

I also stripped the colour and left you with a black and white base to start from so you can add colour or stay in the realms of GREY.

The challenge this week is to TELL A STORY-use this image (with our without the stormy sky) and either in black and white OR colour-up to you.

No "word" from me thats up to you-it's like writing a play or staging a ballet I have designed the backdrop now YOU must people the stage...have fun!

33 comments:

Rick St. Dennis MFA said...

My design is up on my Blog

http://rickstdennis.blogspot.com/2011/02/old-dark-house-challenge.html

I loved doing this design-and I did it AFTER I posted the original old dark house picture

Enjoy!!!

Kaylene said...

Oh another creepy house, thanks Rick I am sure we will all have fun with this.

Yvonne said...

Here is my entry.

http://artic-blonde-creations.blogspot.com/2011/02/collage-obsession-old-house.html

Gayle Page-Robak said...

Gayle's old house--CLICK HERE

mary.kg said...

Bonjour ! Mon collage "Old dark house" est sur mon blog !
Bonne semaine à toutes et
tous !
Amicalement Mary.KG
http://maryailleursunautrejour.blogspot.com/

peggy gatto said...

http://wwwpeggysamusement.blogspot.com/2011/02/collageobsession_20.html

indybev said...

Since I have an affinity for old houses, I couldn't resist this challenge. See mine on my blog HERE

greglis said...

I want to show my dark house, invited :)
www.wstyluretro.blogspot.com

Planet Susannia said...

Stormy times:my entry.

Junibears said...

My old house is on my blog. Thanks for looking.xx

Barb said...

this was such a fun picture to work with and reminded me of where I grew up

michelle in mi said...
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michelle in mi said...

My first time sharing in the fun here at Collage Obsession. Couldn't resist making this house a truly 'dark' house.Here's mine:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/michelleinmi/5464957211/

Hildegarde said...
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Kaylene said...

thank you Rick for the design it was great to work with here. is my interpretation.

Eila A said...

My version of the house is on my blog here.

bluegiraffe said...

This was challenging and fun! I'm not quite sure what the story behind my piece is...anyone care to make one up? Here it is, on my blog.

Jules said...

Thanks for the challenge. Here's my entry.

http://mudcreekranch.blogspot.com/2011/02/old-dark-house.html

Patricia said...

This challenge was so much fun.
My Post
Patricia

Rick St. Dennis MFA said...

Sorry about the spam folks-hopefully Kirsi will fix it

*iTkUpiLLi* said...

Spam has been removed. ;)

themixiepixie said...

This is my first time participating. I hope I do this right!
http://themixiepixie.blogspot.com/2011/02/guardian-of-bygones.html
I was very inspired by the old house and thought it would go great with the old car image I have.

Hildegarde said...

Voici ma participation !!
Bonne journée à tout le monde !!!
Hildegarde
http://digital-scrap-hil.blogspot.com/

linda said...

Here's my old house and its story.

http://justanothervolunteer.blogspot.com/2011/02/three-muses-challenge-time-and-collage.html

Arja L said...

Thanks for interestin picture!
Here is my entry.

Arja L said...

Sorry,once more my entry.
http://arjan.vuodatus.net/blog/2826420/collage-obsession-challenge/

pleorama said...

Hi everyone,

I just found the very nice Collage Obsession blog by chance and... well, wanted to participate. Here's my first endeavor:

http://schrodingerscut.blogspot.com/2011/02/collage-obsession-old-dark-house.html

*itKuPiLLi* said...

Here is my entry.

Kimberly Gruber said...

Love this house, I am a newbie, and would like to participate, here is my link:
http://www.heartflywithpassion.com/2011/02/collage-obsession-challenge.html

abby j said...

This was really a fun little project...creative artistically as well as verbally. You can see my house collage and story at:
http://www.thevivere.blogspot.com

Thanks for the inspiration...and thanks for looking!

Abby

Anonymous said...

You can see my creation here on flickr photostream:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/59980542@N02/5478609151/

Poeticthnkr said...

You may view my creation here in my blog:

http://ponderingsofamind.blogspot.com/2011/02/love-shack.html

red dog scott said...

I'm late for this game but here's my weird little entry. (Thanks Rick, for the game and image. ;)
http://capolan.org/blog/