We've just had a trip to London, and I thought some of you would , maybe, like a play with 3 pics....Hope I'm right......John

I could just emagine someone sat in Parliament Square painting this scene, so I thought I would have a go......John

I have been messing around with the actions(and the brushes etc) that come with the how to wow for ps7 but now need to go and read the book and practice
Britsdad you put me to shame living closer to London and i haven't seen Big Ben ( only Buck's Palace )

Palms

:wink: Now now Britsdad, did you happen to sneak in a bit of clouds render? The sky looks...well...not grey! :nod: Aaaah! Now I see what's happened... there's been a weather mixup... but don't worry, I found yours in my backyard! :lol: Here ya go...

I could just emagine someone sat in Parliament Square painting this scene, so I thought I would have a go......JohnThanks for sharing the pix, John...

Please share some info/detail on how you crafted your interpretation. The brush work is especially impressive.

~Danny~

:wink: Now now Britsdad, did you happen to sneak in a bit of clouds render? The sky looks...well...not grey! :nod: Aaaah! Now I see what's happened... there's been a weather mixup... but don't worry, I found yours in my backyard! :lol: Here ya go...
Littlecoo:----Yea, yea, I know you live in Oz, but you don't have a monopoly on hot weather. Here now in the "north of England" the temp today is 32 c, and "sticky", that's the coolest it's been for 3 weeks and I, for one, don't care for it too much. (what we need now is a storm to clear the air) Where abouts do you live in Oz? We almost emigrated to Wadonga 7 years ago with my job, and my sis lives in N.Z. (don't ask where, I can't pronounce it, let alone spell it...lol)
Danny:--Thanks for the comments, I just created a new layer and filled it with white, then changed the blend to overlay which showed the original through, then blocked in the image with Trimoons water colour ahb spatter 15a set at 30-40 pixels,then deleated the original and used the same brush at a smaller size and Trimoons detail brush, both on tight medium settings down to 1 pixel for the small details. (god it took for ever..lol) Then levels and curves layers to lighten. Glad you like it.......John

What! No foggy day in London Town?

Steve

Used to be a great knit shop...sweaters...scarves..tartans, etc., just around the corner from the British Museum. Wonder if it's still there.

Steve

Steve: I can't say as we saw a knitware shop, but that doesn't mean it's not there, but we did see the umbrella shop, WOW! pretty brollies with enormously pretty prices!...
I like your statue, is that a smudge?
I thought I'd try another water colour.....John

The statue was done in a new program not yet released to the public. About all I can tell you at the moment. Helping with beta testing and don't know when the release date will be.

Thanks

Steve

Steve: I can't say as we saw a knitware shop, but that doesn't mean it's not there, but we did see the umbrella shop, WOW! pretty brollies with enormously pretty prices!...
I like your statue, is that a smudge?
I thought I'd try another water colour.....John

MMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!! Very clandestine!!!!!!!! :spchless: :chinese:

Britsdad, I live in south east Queensland- aka 'the sunshine state'... not that you'd know it today... hmm, could use one of those brollies...
Steve, great effect...how very Monet!

Thank you.

B.T.W. We both live in a "sunshine state", (Florida...U.S.). Never knew of one in Australia.

Steve

Steve, great effect...how very Monet!

A few more.....

Some great work here, I especially like the waterclolours.

This ones my attempt at a watercolour sketch. I was going to remove the lamp post, but for some strange reason it seems to balance the picture???

Regards to all,
Mitch.

"Global Warming"

i've been so involved with filter forge that i've neglected my other plugins. this used flaming pears, 'flood' filter; an excellent plugin, and mura's meister 'cloud' plugin along with some fill layers with noise and motion blur, and Paint Shop Pro's own 'tubes', in this case the 'lightning' tube.

compression had to be 33% on this one, so it may lose a bit in the posting.

fun stuff :)

craig

He-he I like that one craig......John :happy:

This is quite a memorial....hope my interpretation does not take anything from the tribute this monument conveys.

Steve

Horse guard.....but where are the horses?

Steve

britsdad, thanks :)

craig

Steve: with regard to "where are the horses" the temperature when I took the pics was up in the 90's, so the horses were not out, but the guards were, in their full uniform! (tin helmets and all! phew!) However both of them were under the arch you can see in the middle of the building. As for your monument artifying, I don't think that would offend anyone, it's "very tastefully" and well done.....John

I was being a bit facetious. My wife and I were in London a few years ago and I remember the Queen's Horse Guards. I seem to remember the building being more in the city. Could be they have moved or that there is more than one...don't remember.

Thank you for the gracious words re. the memorial. And thank you for posting the picture. I did not know about it. It really is a striking tribute to some oft forgotten ladies.

Steve


Steve: with regard to "where are the horses" the temperature when I took the pics was up in the 90's, so the horses were not out, but the guards were, in their full uniform! (tin helmets and all! phew!) However both of them were under the arch you can see in the middle of the building. As for your monument artifying, I don't think that would offend anyone, it's "very tastefully" and well done.....John

Steve: this is a view of the back of horse guards, if you walk thru' the archway you are on Whitehall just across from Downing Street. (is that central enough? :) ). That memorial is just up the road from that, and yes it's a striking piece of work......John

Ok, now I get it, we're looking at it from the rear. That make it a bit clearer.

I remember the riders clopping down a busy street and turning into an arched doorway. So now I get it. Didn't see this side of it when we were there.

Thanks.

Steve

Steve: this is a view of the back of horse guards, if you walk thru' the archway you are on Whitehall just across from Downing Street. (is that central enough? :) ). That memorial is just up the road from that, and yes it's a striking piece of work......John

never used this filter before. it's called '3,5 promille'. dont ask me what it means; the filter is in a language other than english. kind of interesting and part of a series.

craig

"Change of Seasons"

i seem to be on a weather kick :) and being that it's coming into august, this wont be that far off ;)

VDL Adrenaline's "Snowflakes" and "Snowscape"

the snowscape one didnt quite work well enough so the ground snow is all mine. the parts on the building are from snowscape.

craig

Cool filter work Craig ( no pun intended) like the first one best, the second one would make a christmas card front,

Palms

Craig; you could have put them coats on!!! :lmao:

palms, thanks. i like the 3,5 promille one also. never used that filter before. dont even remember adding it to my plugin menu :) but that's all i did to that image, just that plugin and nothing else.

britsdad, hehehe, feel free to give them coats ;)

craig

Here you go Craig, coats...... :cold: John

hehe, well done! shall we send it to Hallmark and see if they'll buy it?

craig

TEE-HEE, this is getting really silly now!!!!
John

Cant tell which one of you is worse :confused: but with the coats on it does have a bit of a lowry feel to it

Palms

palms :)

not familiar with 'lowry'. what is that?

also, the more i look at this pic, the more i like it. it has sort of an early 20th century or even 19th century look and feel about it (and that's including with the coats :) ).

craig

Craig
LS Lowry was a English painter known for his northern (england) scenes and for painting "matchstick men" have included a link to one web page give it a look and you will see what i meant by a Lowry feel

Palms

http://www.btinternet.com/~anthony.seaton/lowry.html

and another with more of his works on show


http://www.lslowry.biz/

Tried for an engraved look here.

Paint Shop Pro X

A layer of Picture man's hand drawing Merged with an Impressionist layer to bring back colour.

Palette changed to one I took from a Canaletto painting.

Regards to all,
Mitch.

palms, lowry, ok. and here i thought it was going to be some british english thing like 'loo' or 'lift' :)

mitch, nice. sort of grainy and aged but in a good way. i like how the reds bring out the building more.

craig

Thanks Craig,

I don't know if its on your list but i've been playing with the 'image repainter' plugin from Imageskill. Its ideal for Paint Shop Pro as you can instantly change the palette on the picture you're working on to one from any photo or painting on you hard drive.

The Big ben pic is simply a graphic line layer over a faded original, flattened then the palette changed to one from the original pic, fade set to about 70.

The second one is a strip from your 3,5 promile pic - palette from a chalk pic on my hard drive. This gives a really old faded look.

Image Repainter Here. (http://www.imageskill.com/imagerepainter/imagerepainter.html)

Regards to all,
Mitch.

mitch, very cool on the big ben. just looked at that link. that's a pretty cool plugin. i like the results there. almost like a displacement map but doing it with the palette. interesting idea and shld have a lot of uses.

craig

I thought I'd join the 'Hallmark' saga.

Footprints added, plus more blue to the snow.
Palette taken from a snow scene on the Image Repainter site.

It's even more Lowryesque now. :cold:

Regards to all,
Mitch.

hehehe, i love it, mitch. we shld do more of these. i preferred the bluer sky, but love the footsteps :) progressive contribution works can be fun.

craig

ok, i took mitch's piece and redid the sky a bit for more blue. i also redid the snow on the building a bit. was sort of haphazard before.

if someone would care to add a horse and carraige i think we could pass this off as a currier and ives or a lowry :)

craig

Mitch:-I love it, you're as daft as we are!!!! Could it be the brit sence of humour? I coldn't resist just a quickie....John

OK to be more in with a lowry feel the London eye would have to go (not around in his time) but great results
Love how you all are working together and having fun

The British sense of humour might explain Britsdad and Mitch BUT what about Craig ?

Palms

Chose another while i was here

Palms

The British sense of humour might explain Britsdad and Mitch BUT what about Craig ? nothing explains Craig :)

i like your rendition, palms :)

craig

A little more time today:- a carrage
Palms:- I like your memorial, and we (the brits) are just trying to educate the rest of the world in the finer art of wit.... :grin: :D :lol: :wink: ....John

Sorry, no snow in this picture. The season's all wrong. Next time around I'll try to go for fall colours.

Pavel

john, i like the carraige you found, but i'm not real keen on the placement of same. it unbalances the picture. i was thinking more towards the middle ground and going side to side if possible.

craig

Craig :- yea I agree with the placement, but that was the best carriage I could find, that fitted into the era, and that's where it was in the original (ie. there was no rear end) see pic attached.
Pavel:- I like that rendition, and feel free to join in with the sillyness!!
John

john, ah, ok. hmmm, poses some problems, doesnt it. i might give it a stab later. it's definitely a good style carraige.

craig

You kids are having way too much fun. Settle down, now.

Did mine in Impressionist>charcoal

dc

dkcoats, i like that. reminds me of something, but cant quite put my finger on it.

craig

dkcoats:- I like that, but where's the snow ect....... :)
John

took me a while to get back to this. sorry, didnt use the snowman, santa or your carraige :)

craig

Pavel:- I like that rendition, and feel free to join in with the sillyness!!
John[/QUOTE]

John, thank you.

For the second picture I borrowed Craig's idea(again). I suppose it can be called "Sunset over Big Ben".

Pavel

that was my idea? boy, i'm good :)

craig