by Patricia Sahertian | Apr 14, 2021 | cancer, coloring, ipad, painting
“you have cancer.” no matter where it is, or how treatable it is, it’s just a scary statement. at the end of 2019 i had my first encounter, a mild one, a ductal carcinoma in situ in my right breast. surgery was required, but no chemo or radiation and i felt lucky. in...
by Patricia Sahertian | Mar 18, 2021 | commission, painting
so far my family has been very lucky that no one has gotten severely ill from covid 19. but i do know a good number of people who have lost friends and loved ones to this terrible virus. my friend kristin asked me to do a portrait of her friend who died. this is...
by Patricia Sahertian | Mar 7, 2021 | collage, ipad, postcards, stamps
it’s great to have an artist friend, debra, who sent me an artist’s care package. it was filled with old post cards, and stamps from indonesia, greece and ireland, among other tidbits, like some really tasty chewing gum. today i used the stamps from...
by Patricia Sahertian | Feb 14, 2021 | collage, ipad, stamps
i bought the HP Tango so that I could print my own images and embellishments that i create on the collages in procreate. it works. this is the work around. i use an 8.5 x 11 sheet of plain printer paper paste my collage materials onto it take a photo of the page bring...
by Patricia Sahertian | Feb 10, 2021 | painting, photography
today i decided to try out my new tango printer. i bought it with the hope that i can print on my collages… but today i did a different kind of test. i photographed old images, printed them on the tango, then painted the faces with acrylic paint. i have done...