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Sorry to the sweet souls who started following me here. I realised that I cant keep up with multiple blogs and sites, so am in the process of bringing everything together in one spot, using the self hosted version of wordpress.
Thanks to the lovely folks who read my newbie efforts here. Hope you’ll follow me in my new home…if not, au revoir and may your path be a smooth one.
Thanks
Sand X
Posted by Sandra Lock on February 23, 2013
http://nourishcreativity.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/here-i-go-again/
Soooooo, I decided that I’d quit being so fragmented online and move everything to one wordpress.org account.
Well, that was the plan…
…but as is the way with tech it’s all gone horribly wrong. Alas and alack my domain name doesn’t point to a spiffy site, or even an older slightly less spiffy one. Apologies to anyone who’s met the dreaded 404 recently. I’ve no idea how long it will take fibro brain and I to fix this one. Delete and start again is how it looks now 
Until I’ve figured out all the fibro brain numbing mistakes etc SandraLock.com no longer works. Sorry.
The old site can be reached here. I’ll try to tweak some other links to lead there – but until then, humble apologies for any dead links…
Gah! and indeed, Meh!
Posted by Sandra Lock on February 7, 2013
http://nourishcreativity.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/gah-webby-woes/
18/52
The ACEO is by Gioia Albano – one of her daily paintings in the 365 ACEO challenge that she’s set herself, (much more ambitious than me 
See more in her Etsy shop and her blog. (and here’s the ACEO inspired by me…now also in my home, waiting to be framed.)
This photo finally morphed into this painting;
Reunion
Creation sequence
Posted by Sandra Lock on January 27, 2013
http://nourishcreativity.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/week-1852-photo-challenge/
Hipstamatic – Dali
Posted by Sandra Lock on January 25, 2013
http://nourishcreativity.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/snowing-again/
The Unexpected – week 17
NIR color
Scratchcam
Lens light
‘She Dances’ – being thankful
no small achievement considering how bad fibro’s been, and I’ve also had a stomach virus. Oh woe is me
there have also been some other unexpected rays of light for which I am very thankful.
Snow came to Liverpool last week and the day after the first snow fall there was a knock at the front door. Our next door neighbour was checking in to see if we needed any shopping AND another neighbour had cleared our path and steps and gritted it all. Awesome eh?
The fact that the neighbour who cleared the snow is in his 70′s is a twist of fate of which my 40 something self is well aware…but although the pain etc sometimes seems unsurmountable, there are still things to be grateful for, and I wanted to make sure I took a moment to remind myself of that.
I do hope that each person who reads this can think of at least one thing to be grateful for in their day.
Lastly – because a kind blog reader suggested that I share the LetterMpress post there, I took a long overdue visit to the MobiTog forum and whilst there discovered a new app. (Yes, I’m an app addict.) So I’ve been putting some of my artwork through it and rather loving the effects.
The app is called ‘etchings’ and has a range of effects and customisation options.
The Space between
Drawn with ‘Inkpad’ and then apped with ‘Etchings’
Stay safe and warm Northern Hemisphere peeps, and may your Muse be with you – wherever you are.
Sx
Posted by Sandra Lock on January 23, 2013
http://nourishcreativity.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/week-1752-mobile-photography-challenge/
Did you ever play with a rubber printing kit as a child? Was there one called John Brown’s Printing Kit? Tiny pieces of rubber letters, getting inky fingers…and it has to be said a fair amount of frustration. Well, this app is a bit like that only without the frustration. Plus its much less messy.
Its called LetterMpress and replicates the feel and look of a traditional printing press. The type images are the genuine article – researched and photographed. There are even realistic sound effects, though you can turn them off.
Screen shots from the app
Some of my designs
You can save a design and upload it to a print on demand site and have it printed on a whole range of items, which make great gifts. Yes, the image resolution is that good.
If you do buy and use this app, please let me know. I’d love to see what you create…in fact, I wonder if there’s a Flickr group? Any problems – ask in the comments, it may help somebody else too.
*If you’re wondering what I used to frame the images above, it’s an app called ‘Strip Designer.’ Almost everything I do, from writing this blog post to creating art is done on my ipad or iphone.
Posted by Sandra Lock on January 20, 2013
http://nourishcreativity.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/creative-apps-graphics-lettermpress/
Hipstamatic – Dali lens and film
but it is for us.
So, i’ll be trapped in the house by the weather rather than just Fibro, and alas my photos won’t be as interesting as the dreamy white wonders you can see online during snowy weather. That view is all I have to work with and there are even fewer trees than last year…
Hope it doesn’t get too thick…
Posted by Sandra Lock on January 18, 2013
http://nourishcreativity.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/winter-in-suburbia/
It may be just a fibro thing…or it could be a run of too much stress/drama/added illness. It could even just be my peri-menopausal hormones. Goodness knows.
Sensory overload
Posted by Sandra Lock on January 17, 2013
http://nourishcreativity.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/sensory-overload/
Inspired by the blog post, Word of the year by Kasey Mathews.
The background was ‘painted’ digitally on my iPad using the Art Rage app. Then I altered it with the Glaze app.
The white tree was drawn with the Adobe Ideas app. Then the two images were combined using the Inkpad app.
The lighting effects were created with the Lens light app. Snow and water added with Colour Lake. Last of all I used the Logo Art app (because I only had my iPhone available at the time I decided to add the mantra to this image.)
If this word/phrase resonates with you, feel free to save this image and use it for your own personal use. It will look fine on a screen and should be fine for a small home print. Any problems let me know.
Bright blessings
Sx
Posted by Sandra Lock on January 14, 2013
http://nourishcreativity.wordpress.com/2013/01/14/word-of-the-year-or-rather-phrasemantra/
Mobile photography
Camera+ workflow
How an image changes.
Camera+ app
Scratchcam app
Moku Hanga app
Posted by Sandra Lock on January 13, 2013
http://nourishcreativity.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/getting-the-creative-habit/
