Tuesday, February 19, 2008

"Don't Box Me In" ...Why not? Its FUN!


The other day on her post Anita used a very fun design element to break down her "mountain" into a "mole hill." I have tried that technique several times in the past myself and highly recommend one tries it. I found that not only was it fun thing to do but that also the results were very visually pleasing. The grid can be as large or as small as one desires. Also, the grid boxes can be in whatever shape or arrangement that suits your fancy. Be loose and enjoy. In the example above I drew my boxes in first and then filled them with images. I was reading Danny Gregory's book The Creative License at the time and decided to combine an EDM of sorts into my composition. Hope you enjoy!

7 comments:

Anita Davies said...

Oooh I love it Margaret!

Anonymous said...

I loved visiting your new blog and can't wait to see more. Welcome to EDM - hope you enjoy the group as much as I do.
Shirley
http://www.paperandthreads.com

Anonymous said...

lovely blog....you may have inspired me to finally start my own!! I love the calendar idea!! deni......;)

Margaret Ann said...

Thanks everyone...

Anita, thanks, that posting was inspired by your grid...see what can come out of a "blah" don't feel like doing anything kind of day? ;)

Shirley, thanks for your warm welcome to EDM. I do love it immensely...so invigorating. ;) Stay tuned ...more to come

Deni,
Thanks for the comment on my blog. I don't know where the energy came from..but it came..before Anita opened my eyes to the possibilities of "what could be" a blog was the last thing on my mind...YOU too can do it girl!!!! Give it a go! ;)

Kate (Cathy Johnson) said...

Oh, it IS lovely, Margaret! Such intense, fresh color...

sandy said...

This is a great idea!

sandy

Margaret Ann said...

Thanks Kate and Sandy! :)