Hi all...

Havent posted any pics in a while and a little bird whispered in my ear that some flowers could be in order!

This Continental Rose has rather unusual coloring and i shot them at LoLodi Flower/gift shop in Stockholm a couple of weeks ago...

Do as you wish with them...you could even give tham a Chistmasy look!!!

Here is the link to different poses.........

http://s82.photobucket.com/albums/j260/patriciakay/Roses%20forum/

Hope you enjoy them!!!

Patricia..........:happy:

Just had to have a go at this beautiful and unusual rose. Thank you for the great pics, PK!

PST with my watercolor brush.

Swampy...

This watercolor is just gorgeous....it fits the roses so well!!!Did you make your own brush ???

Nice to share again...its good to be back!!!

Here is my smudge version...thought it looked like porcelain when finished!

Patricia...........:pleased:

Nice, PK!!

I uploaded my watercolor brush in my Watercolor Tutorial thread. You can download it from there. Palms advises that it does not work in PS 7, but it should work in all higher versions.

Made this seamless tile and I have some other uses for it. :)

Swampy....

Thanks for pointing me in the direction of your water color tute....must have a try at it and thanks for the brush!!!

Lyle.....

Seamless tiling works for me on the rose(or if you prefer cabbage???)

Thank you for your art work..

Patricia..........:wavey:

Patricia nice to see you active again. I hope the eyes are still performing okay, they seem to be.

Well posting flowers, you are risking the wrath of Mr Conway, though I think he secretly likes them.

Peter

Here’s my smudge version with texture. Patricia thanks for the pictures love the smudge painting. Swampy love your watercolor, Ikoll like the seamless tile, Peter like your pictures.

Sorry; it is a flower. Really does look like flowering Cabbage. That's how kookie my brain can be. I read the title of your post and yet I didn't (don't believe it's dyslexia, but it is not paying attention to details; lol). Still a strange color for a rose. :)

Sorry Patricia been a bit busy the last few days but i will be coming back to these lovely roses

Palms

Highly unusual roses

Here's my version. A chalk using the impressionist plugin.
Alan

Beautiful, Alan!!!

Yes Alan; that one definitely works for me. Fantastic. :)

Nice to see some new images from you Patricia. And roses in winter from Sweden no less. Wow!

Steve C.

Couldn't resist another of these great images.

Bet you know this bit of verse Patricia....

"Though lovely and fair as the rose of the summer
Yet, 'twas not her beauty alone that won me
Oh no! 'Twas the the truth in her eye ever beaming
That made me love Mary, the Rose of Tralee."

Steve C.

Looks like Christmas is here already...all this lovely art work to look at!!!

Peter....My eye is amazing...have perfect vision in that one now...thanks for asking!
Beautiful pictures....cant choose a favorite as i love them both...the detail and sharpness on the second one is great...
Ah now i know Steve will be here soon with a lovely rendering for us to view... he has been known to take flower photos...and very well too i might add!!!

Carb...lovely smudge..i find smudging so relaxing...You are welcome to my pics its good to share!!! Thanks for your comment on my smudge!!

Lyle....The unusual coloring of the rose led me to shoot so many pics it really is beautiful in the flesh and i had never seen this variety before....So no worries but thankyou...you made me smile!!!

Palms...Beautiful and imaginative...BUSY...i know that word and its not my favorite!!! Look forward to your next renditions!

Cass...Lovely pic...such delicate coloring...very nicely done!

Alan...A double WOW for your pic...its beautiful and i love it...the chalks work so well on the rose...I must have a try....just fab!!!

Steve....Good to see you and your lovely pic...and very nicely framed too!!!

Here is another one from me...an early Christmas pressie to me....Redfields Fractalius plugin...I love it and it has an amazing unsharp mask too....so i have been playing with all sorts of pics and love the results...below is a link if anyone wants to check it out!!!

http://redfieldplugins.com/Downloads.htm

Thanks guys for all the great works of art!!!

Patricia........:dizzy:

Here is another one from me...an early Christmas pressie to me....Redfields Fractalius plugin...I love it and it has an amazing unsharp mask too....so i have been playing with all sorts of pics and love the results...below is a link if anyone wants to check it out!!!

Patricia........:dizzy:

Not fair Patricia I have to wait till father xmas comes ! ! ! (only another 2 weeks ) although i have been told i can get Hdri next week but cant use it till December 25th now that will be bad ! ! ! ! ! ! !


Palms

Hello Steve ...

I dont know how i missed your beautiful second pic....probably cause it took me so long to write my post...anyway I love it...you are so good at flowers!!!!
Actually i dont know the verse or song ...but its got nice words...

Palms....

Hadnt bought anything for a while was so impressed with the Redfield plugin and it only took minutes between ordering and delivery....

Patricia..........:happy:

A very quick one from me...

Hello Steve ...

I dont know how i missed your beautiful second pic....probably cause it took me so long to write my post...anyway I love it...you are so good at flowers!!!!
Actually i dont know the verse or song ...but its got nice words...

Palms....

Hadnt bought anything for a while was so impressed with the Redfield plugin and it only took minutes between ordering and delivery....

Patricia..........:happy:

Thanks Patricia, you always know how to make a person's day.

As for the song, it's an Irish song, but may have been written in the U.S.

Guess who is now playing with the Redfield plugin. Although I still have all those little "demo" signs everywhere in my images.

Steve C.

Steve...

I thought this plugin would interest you...i love it andmust stop playing and get on with something else....

You are more than welcome to my comments...they are well deserved!!!!

Patricia..........:nod:

Ziaphra....

Beautiful...i love the soft gentle coloring and painting you have created..

Patricia.........:wavey:

Well i said i would be back and here i am with another 2 versions of your rose's Patricia

Steve i too missed your second offering and it is brilliant. Dont suppose your workflow would be any good to me ? (says she hopefully and Steve thinking It was about time there was something those Photoshop people cant do :happy:)

Palms

Thanx patricia...love that second one palms.

Happy you are back Palms with two beauties....

The first one just pops....a 60 s one i think!!!

The second is so soft and gentle and so beautifully done...

Patricia.......:classic:

Thank you Ziaphra and Patricia

Palms

Well i said i would be back and here i am with another 2 versions of your rose's Patricia

Steve i too missed your second offering and it is brilliant. Dont suppose your workflow would be any good to me ? (says she hopefully and Steve thinking It was about time there was something those Photoshop people cant do :happy:)

Palms

A lot of it is Paint Shop Pro Palms. With some sketching and layer blends, and Lucis thrown for some line detailing. Thats about what I remember. Sometimes I try a lot of things before I settle on what I like it to look like, but that's probably the main stuff used here.

Thanks.

Steve C.

My eye is amazing...have perfect vision in that one now
Patricia
Really glad to hear this. I've now had my other eye seen to as well, and its just fantastic what I can see now.
Nice Fractalius there, have you tried on people yet??

I used a pic from your link for this one, I can see why Lyle got the name wrong, lots of green roses, odd.

Ziaphra for a quick one thats great.

Palms your really getting to grips with textures now, the second one is very nice.

Steve you keep doing good stuff.

Peter

Appreciate it Peter...thanks.

Am attaching a couple of images done with frac..(still playing with the demo.)

Someone asked how it did with images of people, so I tried one to see.

Steve C.

Such a beautiful image to begin with -- makes it difficult, if not impossible, to improve. In fact, I didn't improve it, but only made it look a little like a painting.
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I wanted to say, too, how impressed I am with everyone's enhancements... each one seems lovelier than the last. Patricia, Your smudge version really does look like porcelain. I rarely use the smudge tool, but I think I will start taking it more seriously. I love the redfields fractalius one, too... I am going to check that out. Seems like it would be a great tool.

Hi all...

Havent posted any pics in a while and a little bird whispered in my ear that some flowers could be in order!

This Continental Rose has rather unusual coloring and i shot them at LoLodi Flower/gift shop in Stockholm a couple of weeks ago...

Do as you wish with them...you could even give tham a Chistmasy look!!!

Here is the link to different poses.........

http://s82.photobucket.com/albums/j260/patriciakay/Roses%20forum/

Hope you enjoy them!!!

Patricia..........:happy:

These are such beautiful roses...and the photography ain't bad either! Thanks for sharing.

Janet

Peter...

So glad you have had your other eye done....the world looks a whole lot brighter doesnt it?
Have had a little play with fractalious on people...but you know i am a nature girl at heart!!!
Lovely bright and detailed pic from you!!!

Steve....

The roses are very pretty and delicate looking....What you did in fractalius suits your lady very well!!!

Alice...

And a beautiful painting you made it look like too...very nice!
Thank you for your kind words about the photos and my smudge...I really love smudging and its the first thing i started with on my way to using Painter...i find it relaxing!!

Janet...

Yes the team have all done beautiful and different works of art...
Glad you liked my pics...i feel i have improved a bit with my photography this year....practie,practice and more practice!!!

Here is one i did in Painter with the round tinting oils...

Patricia............:D

Enjoying all the nice flowers. I simplified and swapped channels to get the shades of lavender.

I like the effect, Mining Art.

Very nice Mining Art...looks lovely in lilac!!!

Patricia.........:wavey:

beautiful roses Patricia :happy: thanks -:)
what I did is again something simulating Buzz
( yes, I try to simulate this effect again and again, but still I am not happy with results..)

I used Gimp :happy: on Linux