Ohio Artist / Photographer Eva Barkman's Digital Art Studio

Digital Art ~ My Passion!

I love to create! I'm a mixed media artist and photographer and what better way to create than to combined the two and get something new and different.

With digital art, there are really many possibilities!

Of course it involves digital photography. But, then you add to it or even change it by using a computer program or by adding different artistic mediums such as paint, ink, colored pencil, a variety of gel mediums, etc.....when you get down to it, the possibilities are endless!

One of my favorite things to do is to print out a particular image on a speciality art paper and then I take gouache, a watercolor-like medium, and various colors of metallic powders and embellish it. Embellishment can be very subtle or kind of bold. When I am satisfied with the way the piece looks, a sealer is applied to protect it.

See some of my artwork by clicking on this link.

Artwork Of Eva Barkman

Eva's Digital Art Sampler

These are from the Garden of Delights set.

Orchid #3

Abstract Roses

Center of Purity ~Ne...

Hibiscus ~ Tropical...

Just Rosy

Evergreen

Orchid Butterfly

Fantasia

Sepia Fantasy

Rosewater

Orchid Delight

Orchid Illusion

Orchid Collection

Orchid Face

Hibiscus ~ Color Exp...

Lavender & Green

Delicate

Pink Lily

Tiny Rose

Orange Lily

Blue Hydrandea

Daisy

Berries

Tea Rose

Purple Tulip

Grape Hyacinth

White Violet

Yellow Tulip

Diamonds and Silk

Orange Lily and Spee...

Yellow Lily

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My Daily Art & Photography Blog

Here's my daily art and photography blog. I am not so good at keeping up with it daily, but probably more weekly or monthly :D BUT it's a place to show my work and tell about it, what exhibits and art shows I'm participating in and my thoughts and feelings about art and photography.

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An Artist's Space

My Old Blog

Read the blog entries from my old blog "An Artist's Space."

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Garden of Digital Delights Flower Show

KKC Bauder, a very talented artist, who is a member of WWAO has created a web page and lens featuring the awesome floral digital art of the members of Worldwide Women Artists Online WWAO. These floral treasures are a springtime delight! Wonderful colors, delicate textures, an illuminated journey through a digital garden. Please do take a cyber journey through this garden of visual delights.

Garden of Digital Delights

My Digital Art in Focus 2007 - What a Blessing!

My Digital Artwork Exhibited

Three of my digital artworks had made it through the juried stage of the "Focus 2007" exhibit held in the Cleveland Ohio area and were chosen by the judges to continue on to the next stage of the exhibit. This annual exhibit was held in three locations through April 27th. I had one piece each being exhibited in each of the three shows.
This piece "Digital Rose" was at the Fairmount Center for the Creative and Performing Arts in Novelty Ohio.
The other two pieces were exhibited at:
The Valley Art Center in Chagrin Falls, Ohio &
Solon Center for the Arts in Solon, Ohio

Read more about my exhibits in my blogger...

My Blog

These Are a Few of My Favorite Things!

Wonderful tools, books, secrets of the trade!

If you are a pro or just thinking of experimenting with digital art, here are some tried and true essentials from my list of needful things.

Great Book...Digital Art Studio by Schminke, Krause, and Lhotka
Another Great Book...Digital Photo Art by Airey
Golden Soft Matte Gel Medium...my personal favorite for multi-purpose reasons. Great adhesive, sealer, and collage qualities. Can be added to paints.
Krylon Kamar Varnish....non-yellowing, acid-free, spray that acts as a sealer for various artwork, including digitals. Seals, protects, and brings out the colors in a work.
Metallic bronzing powders. These are a wonderful medium to use on digitals that are printed on various matte papers. They come in a variety of colors and they add luminescence and depth.
Hewlett-Packard 8750 large format printer...my big, bad printer. This baby prints on a variety of papers and mediums with premium quality archival inks. It prints up to 13 x 19, which is a pretty good size for framing. It comes with a variety of software that helps you achieve the best possible prints which are crisp, vibrant and clear. I love it!
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTI Camera....my favorite camera to work with. Easy to use for professionals and beginners alike.
Watercolor paper....it's great to print digital art on good quality watercolor paper. Best thing to do is to experiment with different weights and textures. You need to vary these depending upon the digital image that you are printing. It's good to keep a good supply of varying kinds on hand for experimenting with and remember that it is best to pay a little extra for the good stuff to have your print turn out wonderful.
Watercolor pencils...they're a great way to embellish digital art that is printed out on watercolor paper. You can use any of the various watercolor pencil techniques.

A Couple Things to Consider...

OR what to do with those "ugly" pictures and other ideas :-O

Here's a list of things to do with those pictures that didn't turn out....and some other things that are helpful when doing digital photography art:

Note: I'll be adding to this list as time goes by, so check back! This picture here is from an early morning landscape photo that I had taken where the flash went off and caused over exposure.

* Don't delete the "ugly" pics that came out blurry or ended up with someones thumb in it...you'd be surprised with what you can do with these. If you have a photo program, you can use the various filters and settings to change these to something totally different...using settings like mirrored image and experimenting with colors and brushes...you can turn your ugly pic into an abstract art piece.

* Experiment with black & white, infrared, and sepia settings.

* Cut up "ugly" pics and use in a collage.

Check out my website!

My website has been under constuction for a bit, but I recently made several updates to it. Take a look...

Artwork Of Eva Barkman

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My Links

The Artwork of Eva Barkman: My website
My Portfolio: My EBSQ portfolio
Evart Etsy: Etsy a great place to buy handmade!

Worldwide Women Artist's Online

WWAO

Worldwide Women Artists is an international collective of women artists showing and selling our original art through the worldwide web. As women artists, we give birth to our ideas in a variety of styles and media. We embrace the diversity of each other's work, celebrating the joy of creating our art and sharing it with the world.

Explore the wonderfully vast art of women artists from all around the globe!

WWAO

Creations of Some of My Favorite Artists and Photographers

Links that you just gotta check out!

Redlady's Art: The artwork of Sharon Shubert, a friend and fellow artist. This talented lady not only paints, but does digital art, sculpture, pyrography, mixed media, and writes poetry and short stories. You can find all of her links on her squidoo. She also has a cooking lens.
Scratchboard Art: Denise M. DesLauriers does awesome artwork on scratchboard. Check out her highly detailed, absolutely lovely art on this link.
The Art of Madelaine: Great art by Madelaine Fedorowich. I love her use of color. Her paintings of birds are so realistic.
How to Build a Better Rose: Digital artist KKC Bauder explains the details on the creation of a digital beauty.
Phoophie Tales: A website jam packed with art, poetry, games and fun for kids, whether you're a real kid or grown-up kid.

Evart Etsy

Original Art, Photography and Gifts by Eva Barkman

A diverse collection of my artwork...original paintings in various sizes, aceos, hand painted goodies, unique digital art and photography. There is something for everyone!

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Digital Art and Photography Books on Amazon

Digital Art and Photography Books

Digital Art Studio: Techniques for Combining Inkjet Printing with Traditional Art Materials

Give me a shout out!!!

Express yourself...

Lensmaster

d-artist wrote...

great art and imagination....5*s

Posted October 08, 2008

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Timbers wrote...

Lovely art. I am happy to give you 5 stars! I am a fellow member of the Fine Arts Group and thought I'd go visit some of our group members. I do woodturning. Keep up the very cool work! - Duane

Posted July 25, 2008

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Missi_Troble wrote...

Beautiful lens!

Check out my photographylens if you get a chance.

Posted November 25, 2007

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financegirls wrote...

I love your samples, and more stars for you

I love your topic

Posted June 18, 2007

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FrooggyDotCom wrote...

Great Art work. The best way to start something new and unique. Experiment