Dark Rosaleen

Dream In Darkness Challenge

2018-03-24T01:00:00.004-04:00

ANYTHING GOES

More creepy fun to add to all of the

fabulous creepy art work posted in

this month's Dream In Darkness Challenge!

Just click here:

to join in on our fun!

Dream In Darkness Challenge

2018-03-24T00:30:00.002-04:00

ANYTHING GOES BUT CUTE

I FOUND THESE TWINCHIES THAT I CREATED

A LONG TIME AGO THAT I THOUGHT WOULD BE

PERFECTLY CREEPY FOR THIS MONTH"S CHALLENGE.

My 2 inch by 2 inch creepy fun!

I enlarged them so you could see the

details in these little pieces of dark art!

Please come and play with us!!

Click HERE:

The Three Muses Challenge

2018-01-24T03:35:00.000-05:00

Window

Dream In Darkness January Challenge

2018-01-23T14:49:00.001-05:00

Anything Goes

I am still in the mood
to create some dark vampire art!

Come and play with us in January!

Create some dark art and share it with us!

Click Here: to join in on our dark fun!!

Credits: Dkerkhof Digital Kit Black Papers, Itkupilli Digital Kit Spiritus Mortis

Third Annual Poe Appreciation Blog Hop

2018-01-23T02:17:00.005-05:00

Come Join Us In The Fun!!

I could not resist participating in this awesome
5 Day Blog Hop,
January 19-23
that is honoring the
late, great, renowned
Mr. Edgar Allen Poe!

Happy Birthday Edgar Allen Poe!!!
January 19, 1809

Leigh Snaith Brunson is hosting this blog hop and
after I read through her post with the directions
on how to join the blog hop, I looked at all of her
amazing designs on her blog.

She adds so much creative detail and beautiful color
to every design she creates. They will naturally
catch your eye and hold it there as you take in every
flourish and flair! I can already tell you that she will
be one of my favorites to follow and someone to
watch for future inspiration.
Check out the LeighSBDesigns Poe collection!!

My dark imagination produced these
Poe art pieces for today's post!
I hope you will stop by and take a quick peek
at my spooky
Edgar Allen Poe
art work
and leave a spooky comment if you will!

An InLinkz Link-up

Dream In Darkness January Challenge

2018-01-20T17:47:00.000-05:00

ANYTHING GOES

I want you to believe...to believe in things you cannot.

...Bram Stroker Dracula

I'm starting out the New Year with some Dark Dracula Art.

Come and play with us at the Dream In Darkness January Challenge!

IF YOU DARE!!!

Click on the link below to enter the challenge!

http://dreamindarkness.blogspot.fi/2018/01/last-years-stuff-is-this-years-use-by.html

Illustration Friday Challenge

2018-01-20T13:08:00.000-05:00

FIVE

Dream In Darkness December Challenge

2017-12-20T19:41:00.000-05:00

ANYTHING GOES

Click on the link below to come and play with us!

Dream In Darkness Challenge

Credits: Itkupilli Digital Kit Spiritus Mortis

Take A Word Challenge

2017-11-28T23:43:00.007-05:00

BUTTERFLIES

Credits: DKerkhof Dark Papers, Itkupilli Spiritus Mortus

Dream In Darkness November Challenge:

2017-11-10T17:51:00.001-05:00

Anything Goes

http://dreamindarkness.blogspot.com

Steampunk Digital Art

2017-11-06T03:52:00.000-05:00

LEAF

Credits: Moonlight Journey Collage Sheets, Eena's Creations Digital Kit Steampunk

The Three Muses Challenge

2017-11-05T17:22:00.000-05:00

Time Flies

Credits: Eenas's Creations: Digital Kit The Alchemist, Digital Kit Dream Big, and Digital Kit Steampunk

Dream In Darkness NOVEMBER Challenge:

2017-11-02T04:53:00.002-04:00

LONGING

Check out by clicking on Dream In Darkness Challenge to play along!!

Credits: Vintage image of woman E-zine.com, background Library of Congress, Angel Wikipedia

Creative Commons

Digoital Whispers Dreamers Challenge

2017-10-29T19:44:00.001-04:00

HAUNTED HOUSE

“There had stood a great house in the centre of the gardens, where now was left only that fragment of ruin. This house had been empty for a great while; years before his—the ancient man's—birth. It was a place shunned by the people of the village, as it had been shunned by their fathers before them. There were many things said about it, and all were of evil. No one ever went near it, either by day or night. In the village it was a synonym of all that is unholy and dreadful.”

― William Hope Hodgson, The House on the Borderland

Credit: Moonlight Journey Collage Sheets

Digital Whisper Dreamers Challenge:

2017-10-28T19:38:00.000-04:00

GHOST

Brown Lady of Raynham Hall

a claimed ghost photograph by Captain Hubert C. Provand.

First published in Country Life magazine, 1936

By Source: Fair use https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26302476, Eena's Creations Digital Kit, Alchemist, Little Girl from Land Of Nod Studio.

Halloween Freebies For You

2016-10-08T17:09:00.002-04:00

I love creating my own style of dark art and during this time of the year, I like to share my vintage "Trick Or Treat" goodies from my dark and dreadful stash. Feel free to use what you like from this post to create your own Halloween art. I will be posting more free images throughout the month of October until Halloween.

And just to satisfy my dark, dark soul...please...send me a link to the spooky dark art that you have created. Not only would I love to see what you have created but would dearly love to post your Halloween Art here at Dark Rosaleen.

Vintage Halloween Postcards

Thank you for visiting my dark art blog!!

Collage Obsession

2015-10-17T00:20:00.002-04:00

Creepy Things

Seeing this otherworldly apparition would really creep me out!

Credits: background stock photo came from my stash!

Forever Night Halloween Collage Sheets

2015-10-07T04:43:00.000-04:00

*NEW* Moonlight Journey Collage Sheets

Just in Time for Halloween

Here's my DTA Halloween Forever Night Creations!!

You'll love creating spooky art with the backgrounds

from the Forever Night Collage Sheets!!

Click on the link: Moonlight Journey

and you will be transported to the magical world of Moonlight Journey

where you'll find more Halloween Artistic Journal Packs,

vintage images, and special art projects just perfect for that someone special!

Don't miss seeing all of the Halloween Goodies Lynne has created

that I know you'll love to use over and over again

when crafting your own Spooktacular Halloween Art!!

Collage Obsession

2015-09-24T06:15:00.002-04:00

THEME: TRIO

The Three Of Graces

This art piece was created from the Botticelli painting, Primavera, which is where I got my image to use for the Tarot Card Challenge. I love Botticelli's work and knew that I would want to create more art later on from some of the images from the painting. When I read about our new challenge this week, I thought the Primavera would be a perfect fit for what I had in mind to create!

Original:
Primavera, also known as Allegory of Spring,
painted by the famous Italian Renaissance artist, Sandra Botticelli,1482.
This is what the painting looks like in it's entirety, which includes 9 demi-gods and goddess!
Truly a beautiful masterpiece!!

A few Interesting facts about the La Primavera!!!

The pastoral scenery is elaborate. Botticelli said there are 500 identified plant species depicted in the painting, with about 190 different flowers. Of the 190 different species of flowers depicted, at least 130 have been specifically named.

From right to left: Zephyrus, the biting wind of March, kidnaps and possesses the nymph Chloris, whom he later marries and transforms into a deity; she becomes the goddess of Spring, eternal bearer of life, and is scattering roses on the ground.

Venus presides over the garden - an orange grove where she stands in front of the dark leaves of a myrtle bush. The Three Graces accompanying her are targeted by Cupid, while Mercury keeps the garden safe from threatening clouds. The woman in the flowered dress is Primavera (a personification of Spring) with her companion Flora.

The painting was inventoried in the collection of Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici in 1499. Since 1919, it has hung in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. During World War Two, the picture was moved to Montegufoni Castle to protect it from wartime bombing. It was returned to the Uffizi Gallery where it remains to the present day. In 1982, the painting was restored.

Credits: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primavera_(painting)
Background from PSO Autumn Art mini kit, Metal Tag from Tragic Garden, and clip art from Moonlight Journey.

Dark Dreamers Challenge

2015-09-21T13:43:00.000-04:00

I am so excited to share my new find with you...
The Dreamers In Darkness Challenge Blog!!

I have been searching for a dark art challenge blog
that welcomed digital art entries and wouldn't you know,
this morning as I left a comment on Marilyn Girling's blog,

I saw the badge for Dreamers In Darkness!
With a quick click of the wrist, I found myself on their
challenge page that contained many pieces of incredible dark art!

Dreamers In Darkness is a mixed media, digital art,
stamp art, assemblage, altered art challenge blog so

their motto is "anything goes"as far as entries for the challenge!

And coincidently, that is also the theme for this month's theme,

"Anything Goes"!!

If you love all things dark and spooky,
then come and join us in on the haunted fun!!!
Here's the LINK:

Flower, Anyone?

P.S. I found the challenge at Marilyn Girling's blog, Seeing Things Art Apothecarium.

Check out her awesome blog if you love mysterious, magical art with a dark twist!

Credits: Background from DepositPhotos.com, Vintage Image of Little Girl from Wikipedia

Dark Whispers Challenge

2014-12-07T00:30:00.001-05:00

Dark Whispers Challenge

"I CAN'T SEE"!!

This is the digital art piece I created

for this fun challenge!!

Kinda dark, Kinda spooky,

but also has a little touch of holiday appeal!!!

Don't miss out on all of the fun!

Join us to create your own art piece of

"I Can't See' for this challenge!

Click on the link below the banner

to visit Digital Whisper and learn more

about the Digital Whisper Weekly Challenges!

http://digitalwhisper.blogspot.com

Join us on Facebook too!

Just In Time For Halloween!!

2014-10-31T12:59:00.003-04:00

Digital Whisper Challenge

"WEB"

"FREAKSHOW"

Digital Whisper is a wonderful blog dedicated to artists everywhere who love to create digital art! The blog regularly features some pretty amazing digital art challenges along with a huge list of awesome digital art tutorials for anyone wanting to learn and use the latest techniques in photo manipulation and digital design!

This challenge was spooky fun and I really enjoyed creating "FREAKSHOW" for the theme, "WEB"! I love creating art with the members in this blog and am looking forward to learning new techniques and contributing more of my digital art pieces to this inspirational blog!

If you are interested in joining us in this challenge, click on the link below and add your art with ours! There is one more day left to enter your interpretation of "WEB"!!! Don't miss out on all of the fun!!!!

http://digitalwhisper.blogspot.com/

Happy Halloween!!!

Remember...

Create what you love and love what you create!!

My Moonlight Journey DTA Art Work

2011-10-13T18:28:00.003-04:00

It's that time of the year to create

Spooky Dark Art

for

Moonlight Journey!

My Poltergiest Plea!

No Candy For Me?

Trick Or Treat! Say I'm Sweet!

Or I Won't Give You Anything To Eat!

Dr. Strangelove

Enderella And Edger

Now What Was The Spell...

Beauty Spell

Why Do You Look At Me As If

I Have A Huge Bat Stuck In My Hair?

13 Whimsical Wishes

Second Sight Sisters

Katrina Van Tassel

"The Cat Witch"

Naughty Little Witch!

Did You Turn Your Sister Felicity Into A Bird?

Esmarelda's Little Shop Of Effervescent Ether

Mrs. Fairweather's Fortunes

Miss Melancholia

Mrs. PentDragon's Predictions

Magical Enchantress

Thank you for stopping by to look at my

SpOoKy DaRk ArT!!

If you would like to create some super fun

Halloween Art for yourself

then click HERE

to go to Moonlight Journey because they

are having their famous BOGO SALE!

Buy 1 Collage Sheet Get 1 Free!

Now is the time to fill up your

Spooky Files with all kinds of Scary/Fun Images!

Happy Halloween!

The 4th Edition of the Altered Bits Art Zine Is Published!

2011-07-29T13:46:00.001-04:00

I Am Published!

Yes, it's true, and all of my thanks goes to

Alicia Caudle
at Altered Bits for making it possible for my art work to be published!
Alicia Caudle is a remarkable woman and a wonderful inspiration to the artist community through her incredible web site, newsletters, and tutorials!
She sells her amazing art work along with the delightful collage sheets she personally designs. Alisha holds a yearly challenge that she opens to give artists the wonderful opportunity to enter their art work for possible publication in her digital Altered Bits E-Zine!
She has already published 3 Altered Bits E-Zines that are jam packed with outstanding examples of mixed media art from artists who entered the challenge!

I chose the theme, "Notorious" and with my two favorite Hollywood Divas in mind,
Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, I created an altered art book with images from the movie, "Whatever Happened To Baby Jane"!

I sent my entry to Alicia with my fingers crossed and went completely
out-of-my-mind
thrilled when she sent the e-mail letting me know that my altered art book would be published in the Altered Bits Zine!
To find out where to purchase the Altered Bits Art Zine, check out these links:
ORDER FROM AMAZON:
ORDER FROM LULU:
Thank You ~Alica!

I also want to send out a special thanks to
another very creative and talented woman!

Jo Gabriel,
who is a very gifted singer/songwriter and pianist!
If it had not been for Jo's website, The Last Drive In,
I wouldn't have been inspired to create my altered art book for the challenge!
When I saw all of the incredible images that she had posted from the movie
"Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?",
the "sparks of inspiration" began to flow and I knew that \
I had found the images I needed to create
my definition of the theme
"Notorious"!
Click the link below to see all of the incredible images from
"Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?" plus many more Hollywood greats!
THE LAST DRIVE IN:
Jo has posted an incredible amount of images from the old Hollywood Era of those
exciting, thriller /chiller motion pictures that made everyone crazy to go the drive in
to watch their favorite stars appear on that enormous outdoor picture screen!

Thank You ~ Jo!!

7 Deadly Sins

2011-06-30T08:27:00.001-04:00

Collage Obsession Challenge

7 Deadly Sins

First Theme:" LUST"!

Credits: background used courtesy of

ARTEFACTS!

Here is the link:

Thank you so much for stopping

by to see my Dark Art!!