Silk painting & watercolor collaboration (with digital manipulation) by Alison Lee Cousland & Crystal R. Pyren

I've really been enjoying doing collaborations like these here on Steemit.  Sometimes when I'm cruisin' around Steemit, something catches my eye and I just HAVE to jump in.  This time, though, I actually went looking for a "Creative Commons" artsy image to play with, and found one that @allyinspirit recently put forth.  Here's her original post with invitation to collaborate. I was really happy to read what she had to say about using Creative Commons artwork, and that she explained what CC BY-SA, in particular because THAT is exactly the way in which I like to work with other Creative Commons artwork, and how I would like to see other people use MY CC artwork.  I put one of my paintings out on Steemit for CC use, but haven't seen anyone play with it yet.  So, I am really happy to see her explain this, and was wondering about some of these issues myself.  So, thank you, Ally - for explaining it!

My Collaboration:

I used @allyinspirit's original silk painting, "Living in bliss in the Hinterlands":

Both artworks above are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

I looked through my own artwork for something that might fit well with her painting...

I came across an old (from 2008!) painting of my favorite beach in Santa Barbara (where I grew up). The locals call it "Hendry's Beach", but technically it is call "Arroyo Burro Beach". I have been to this beach so many times!  I used to go there with my Mom.  We would hunt for shells there.  I went on a school field trip there - where we were split into groups.  Each group hid "artifacts" for another group to dig up, like we were archeologists.  I went there often when I attended nearby SBCC. I have taken my kids there whenever we visit Santa Barbara, and my husband & I got married on that beach! I painted this picture of "Hendry's Beach" to use it on our wedding invitations. Sadly - I no longer own the original, it was lost in storage. But, I still have digital copies of it!

The other artwork of mine that I incorporated into this collaboration is my Monarch Butterfly:

This butterfly can be seen in my post about it, here.

And, VOILA! They seem to fit together pretty well! The frog seems a little tiny bit out of place, since I don't believe that type of frog lives in Santa Barbara, but, since he was such an integral part of the artwork, he got to stay. I decided he's just another visitor, checkin' out "Hendry's Beach", like ALL visitors to Santa Barbara should do!

Thank you for offering your beautiful silk painting up for collaboration, @allyinspirit! I have always wanted to try silk painting!  Someday, hopefully I'll get to try it! It looks like a very fun medium to use!