Took these today to pass some of the cold winters day away so thought i would share them with you to do what ever you like with although something zany would be fun

Palms

Certainly, those lovely flowers would attract attention ....

Stosh

Thanks for the pretty flowers on such a over cast day.

Stosh i wouldnt bee lieve it at this time of the year :lol: :lol: :lol:

Cathyh beautiful painting wish you could smell them as well heavenly on a day like today

one attempt from me trying to come up with something different though

Palms

I was wondering when someone was going to post some flowers for everyone to work on. And lo and behold here is Palms to the rescue! :lol:

Steve C.

OK so they're not pink any more. It was the little man in the middle of his that made me do it.

Can you see him?

Peter

Another one
A very quick simplified one.

Peter

Palms, thank you for the flowers.
I think they looked better before I started, but that's the name of the game...

Pavel

OK Palms
No more of these today.
Nice pics.
But I need to do some other things.

Peter

Palms,
thanks for nice shots,
I used Gimp :happy: on Linux

And this may qualify as "zany"...flowers on yarn.....darn!

Steve C.

another watercolor

Just a hodge podge (includes Impressionist, Warp Sharp (GIMP), and gamut replacement to name a few things (I never do the same thing exactly twice, so don't ask the steps. lol).

Here (http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/1631/811631634lm.jpg)'s the complete rendering; attached is a lower quality crop. :)

had a go with this also. started in filter forge with a new filter i just recovered from one of my bad drives (glad to have that back!). took that and ran it into Paint Shop Pro and blended it with the original.

I was wondering when someone was going to post some flowers for everyone to work on. And lo and behold here is Palms to the rescue! :lol:

Steve C.


:lol: :lol: Well i didnt want you to loose your touch Steve !

Palms

Well i dont know where to begin here first of all they are all absolutely brilliant

Steve you do have a talent for flowers no denying it ( sorry street cred shot to pieces now ) i adore your second one the colours are top, and the texture of the yarn one is brilliant

Peter your first one is zany and yes i was hunting for a little man and i saw one :o: oh dear help ! ! ! ! ! the other two are great hard pushed to say which one i prefer,

Pavel ? look better before you started oh come on now both watercolors are excellent, I think i hedge more to the first to be my favorite

Barbara This could be a front for a card very pretty

Ikroll wow great one

Craig glad to hear your getting things back again and creating new filters with filter forge this one looks like another winner

Thank you all great work but what else should i expect

Palms

Hello Palms...

Lovely photos...can just imagine the smell...
Love yours its so delicate and soft...

Stosh....Very nice...love the cute bee!!!
Cathy...also very nice...soft and pretty...
Steve...two beauties together...agree with Palms ...you are tooo good at flowers!!Yarn one looking good too!!
Peter...imaginative...yes....second one is lovely...also your third!! like the delicate look of your fourth...
Pavel...lovely paint stokes here...both your watercolors are brilliant!
Barbara...love it...nicely painted...welcome back...havent seen you for a while.
Lyle...great hodge podge..looks like its on canvas already...
Craig....Looking good with your filters...great dramatic look for the hyacinth!!!

I have done mine in Painter....Jeremys mishmash scumble for background and tinting oils for the flowers and leaves....

Patricia.... :classic:

Patricia lovely work, really like the background and the brush strokes on the flowers


Palms

:lol: :lol: Well i didnt want you to loose your touch Steve !

Palms

Yes a lot of people say I'm a bit "touched." (American expression meaning a bit off.) :dizzy:

Thanks for nice comments. Really beautiful flowers to work with.

Steve C.

Hello Palms...

Lovely photos...can just imagine the smell...
Love yours its so delicate and soft...


Steve...two beauties together...agree with Palms ...you are tooo good at flowers!!Yarn one looking good too!!


I have done mine in Painter....Jeremys mishmash scumble for background and tinting oils for the flowers and leaves....

Patricia.... :classic:

Thanks Patricia...these are nice images on their own.

Afraid I'm not enough real artist to try to learn Painter. You don't seem to have any problem though.

Steve C.

Thankyou Palms and Steve for your comments...

Oh its taken an age to get my paintings in Painter to look how i think they should...so much to learn not enough hours in the day!!!!

Patricia..... :classic:

Palms -- lovely images, and fun to work with!

The range of renditions, as always, is wide, and lovely.

I went for a soft look.

thank you C.J. renditions are super arent they and yours equals them. It gives them a lovely soft and delicate feel

Palms

Great job everyone!
I used Deep Paint for my attempt.
Dan

Very nice Dan havent seen you around lately ! have you been hiding ?

Palms

Very nice Dan havent seen you around lately ! have you been hiding ?

Palms
Palms, Thank you for appreciation!
I am online, now :classic:
Regards,
Dan

Glad of that Dan

here is another post but a bit darker than the pastels :wink: I used Swampys texture mapping technique

Palms

Palms, great colours and presentation!
Dan

So many nice works. Pleasure to see.

Impressionist

Great work, everyone.

Patricia, terrific painting.

Pavel

... I used Swampys texture mapping technique
Palms

Cool ! I have made use of Swampy's texture mapping also on some images; I like the effect here.

...Oh, its taken an age to get my paintings in Painter to look how i think they should...so much to learn not enough hours in the day!!!!

Patricia..... :classic:

Very lovely, Patricia! Remember, even Phyllis S. has posted in the past that she had trouble learning how to use Painter. Your time has obviously been well spent. :)

Alex super colours takes the photos to a different dimension

Palms

CJ...Lovely delicate look here...suits the flowers perfectly....Thank you so much for your kind comments...sometimes the painting comes together...sometimes not!

Dan...very nice Deep Paint picture...love the colors...

Palms...Very nice...dark and dramatic..

Alex...Fabulous rainbow of colors...great!

Pavel...Thank you so much for your kind comment...i really enjoyed doing this one!!!

Patricia... :classic:

Oh what beautiful flowers! I can almost smell them :wink: . Just thought I'd give this one a shot too and add a hungry little hummingbird. I'm still learning.. :D

lcramer53 we are nearly all still learning :D but you are doing well, love the hummingbird

Palms

:classic: :classic: :classic:

Welcome to the arsty community here at RetouchPRO. Ramasius we hope you enjoy yourself here as much as the rest of us.

Keep 'em comin'.

Janet

thanks, palms, patricia :)

yes, things are slowly returning. i've even managed to recover one drive that i had to remove before!

You guys have been having too much fun! :-)

Thanks for the photo, Palms! I thought I would do a product display.

Smudged a selection of one of the hyacinths and added a background of a field in the Netherlands. I felt the white flowers that were on the left of the background photo were too stark so I added a color layer to put some pink tint back in the flowers.

Beefed up the sky with HSL and added the text.

A slight outer glow to the pull out flower and a border to finish it off.

Ramasius another welcome from me as well :bigthmb:

Swampy Super display just cant help imagaing what the smell would be like believe it or not i have had two complaints from visitors that the scent is to strong ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Palms

dee dee,

you definitely have the 'travel brochure' thing down pat :)

had another go at this... too many steps and too convoluted and just plain lost track to recall all the steps.

Thanks, Craig. Post cards from the swampy... or, in this case, the Netherlands. LOL

I really like the "jiggle" or "glass" effect in yours, Craig. Great touch.

Swampy and Craig, such different takes on the same subject and both of them are so very well done. :bow: :bow:

Janet

(Just sign me too busy to paint but not to look, learn, and enjoy.)

thank you, Janet

thanks, dee dee and janet :)

hadnt even noticed the glass effect so much, but can see it now that you mentioned it.