Hi,
Another of my flowers photos from Spain...petunia in a pot....hope you enjoy working on it!!!

Patriciakay

Here is my painting...been practicing with the art history brush...just on two layers...is there more i can do to this picture??? still a bit nervous about layers...but am persevering....

Patriciakay

Here's that Spanish 'tunia done in a sketchy painty style.

Steve

Lovely Steve....like the pencil look...did you do it with layers or a plugin???

patriciakay

Used Buzz, and the pencil was from Impressionist. Used duped layers and blending.......and thanks.

Steve


Lovely Steve....like the pencil look...did you do it with layers or a plugin???

patriciakay

Here is my attempt at an oil pastel look.

Successful? I am not so sure but it was fun and I do like the results as a work of photoart. :pleased:

Oh well had another one of those times need to go and sit down in a dark room :lol:
Was trying something different and came up with this, strange i know but i quite like it and it is different ?

Great photo Patricia, it will be a long time before i can take a picture of a petunia in my garden, we are that far out of season i havent sown the seed yet ! ! !

Palms

Really does look like an oil pastel look cardmnal....i like it... :nod:

Palms this is different its a watery effect and really pretty, always good to come up with something different..... :nod: Petunias in the garden.....well it will be a long time before i can plant them here in my garden...snow everywhere...:cold:

Patriciakay

here's one using several different plugins on several different duplicated layers set with several different blend modes. the two primary plugins used were Funhouse 'turbine mirror' and dreamy suite's 'DS Bonus- ghosted' preset. there was also some hand painting on a blank raster layer, duplicated several times and set to different blend modes.

the hardest part was in picking a variation of all the blend modes possible on all the different layers.

craig

Craig ...wow...like this one its so different and colorful... :pleased:
well I am managing two layers easy now...but when it comes to moving them about ...makes me nervous...ah well you used about several? hmn....hopefully i will get to that stage in the not too distant future....


Patriciakay

patricia,

thank you :)

attached is the layer palette for that one.

one of the reasons i love digital so much is that it takes the 'fear of mistakes' out of the equation, to a large extent. dont like it, made a mistake, hit the Undo button! i tried oil painting years and years ago and could just never find the Undo button, so gave it up ;)

craig

just looked like a nice trivit to me

Thanks for your layer palette Craig...advanced a little more yesterday and managed 4 layers and managed to move them about...if i can learn a little each day i am happy....i used to do watercolors and if you make a mistake it can destroy the whole picture...i think with oils you can just paint over, so its a little better...i had 4 largeish canvas s bought for a Christmas presant..so i have decide to have a go in acrylics..flowers of course...in big... all help and comments gratefully received... :nod:


msfrigifrog, certainly does look like a nice trivit, what a good idea... :thumbsup:

Patriciakay

patricia,

yup, a little each day does wonders.

i shld also mention with the oils, or any other painting as far as that goes, that my drawing looks like neolithic cave painting. so, that's the other reason i gave it up :) thus, my hat's off to anyone who can actually paint, oil, watercolor or otherwise.

craig

Craig i think the important thing with any hobby we take up is that we have fun and like our own results...Painting with different mediums is not everyones cup of tea, being able to draw is another matter...being self taught, i know my drawings are not perfect...but you could always do abstract as long as the colors sing...Agree though that digital art is an amazing thing and very addictive...
PatriciaKay...

Another version of the petunia. Done mainly in Painter with watercolor brushes. Thank you Patriciakay for this nice pictures. Love the touch of painter pottery in this photo.
MargaretM

Hi Margaret,
Love your rendition of my photo,you are welcome to my photos..have taken so many i find it hard to choose what to send...i also love the painted pots from Spain and yesterday i found some old terracota plant pots in the garage, so have decided to paint them in the Spanish style...well its on my list... :dizzy:

Patriciakay.

Need I say more. :)

It's been a while since I did some photo art! Thanks for the lovely photo Patricia. Great results everyone! :nod: Done in Painter, Oils.

Hi,

Ikroll... like this, looks a chalky one to me!!! :nod:

Neve...Like the smudgy background and how the petunia stands out...glad my photo inspired to to do some photo art.... :nod:

Patrica

this time I wanted to do something useful :happy:
so painted on glas and made a suncatcher :D

I used Gimp :happy:

barbara,

what an interesting mix and unusual piece. i like it :)

craig

This suncatcher is lovely Barbara...I like all i have seen of your paintings and today i have some time to have a play in GIMP... :nod:

Patricia.... :pleased:

Metallic attempt. Filter-Artistic-Paint Daubs, Render-Lighting Effects (Omni) and Layer Style - Bevel and Emboss + Inner Glow.

Love the metallic and emboss effect Oltenius...

Patricia :happy:

Thanks Patricia, I think that it was an ill-advised attempt with your beautiful spanish flower :depressed

Oltenius...no depression necessary...I liked it...anyway you could always do another if you like!!!

Patricia :dizzy:

Here's a postcard from Spain.

Lovely picture, PK! Keep 'em coming

1. Dupe background, add canvas
2. Enlarge original for background, Radial Blur and Texture
3. Frame and rotate original
4. Added Text and shadows.

Hi Swampy

Lovely postcard...thanks for how you did it as i would like to have a go with that...Have lots of flowers pics from Spain and Sweden... will post one in the week...I think you have a really good imagination and its fun learning from you..thanks again... :nod:

Patricia... :classic:

so simple, yet so effective. i like that dee dee.

oltenius,
there are no bad pieces, just unfinished pieces. if you dont like it, give it another shot ;)

craig

Steve... Just lovely. Subtile and pretty enough to put on my wall!

Craig...WOW! At first I hated it, but after looking at it more, it's got a edginess that grows on ya.

Ikroll... Pretty.

Margaret, You've got a knack for that style

Patricia.... Thank you.. feel free to borrow anytime :-)