Tis springtime in the rainy mid-south. I took these in between thumderboomers the other day. Enjoy painting and playing with them.

Janet

gorgeous flowers. dont cha just love that spring is finally here? :)

filter forge authors are pretty clever. they're also pretty odd at times ;) there are many distortion and warped types of filters in the current library. this was one i just happened to be playing with earlier today and so, it was set as the default when i opened up the flower image in it. i thought it was novel enough to post.

edit: ok, another filter forge filter treatment on this second one:

A blossom.

Steve C.

Janet lovely flowers, we thought spring had come last week but this weekend winter has returned :angry:

Craig those are interesting filters

Steve nice painting

This is another using just textures and a some dodge and burn

Palms

nice, steve. very painterly.

and palms, i like your use of textures lately, this one included. that one sort of looks like someone spray painted on an adobe or sandstone wall. very cool :)

Craig that 1st one is spooky, looks like something out of ALIEN, I don't want to be around when they hatch. - very good.

Steve Glad to see you not going cold turkey on the flower front - I like that

Palms weren't you the one who said she was no good at textures - if I remember, well you certainly learn fast. Thats good.

Janet Lovely pictures, thank You.

Peter

Hope that's what it is. lol

Yes, it's a seamless texture. :)

peter, i think we're safe :) and i like your picture. good color combos.

very colorful, lyle :)

Thanks Craig. Thought I would do this one for the ladies on the forum. :)

Thanks Craig. Thought I would do this one for the ladies on the forum. :)

That is so sweet lkroll, but are they smarties in the background or m&m's ? :grin:

Palms

Palms weren't you the one who said she was no good at textures - if I remember, well you certainly learn fast. Thats good.


Peter

Peter i might of said that ! ! ( us women can change our minds you know :blush:)
What i struggle with and don't particularly like is using the texturizer so i drag the textures on top of the image and use blend modes etc

And may i ask what are you doing lately your flowers are lovely crisp and clear as was your cavalry ?

Palms

Palms

Believe they are skittles Palms. :)

Believe they are skittles Palms. :)

What not chocolate :angry::aghast::grin:

Palms

Palms and Craig.........thanks!

Steve C.

Steve Glad to see you not going cold turkey on the flower front - I like that

Janet Lovely pictures, thank You.

Peter

Yeah, it's rough going cold turkey...have to taper off........:depressed

Steve C.

Peter i might of said that ! ! ( us women can change our minds you know :blush:)
What i struggle with and don't particularly like is using the texturizer so i drag the textures on top of the image and use blend modes etc

And may i ask what are you doing lately your flowers are lovely crisp and clear as was your cavalry ?

Palms

Palms

US women, what have American women got to do with it? :)

I've gone of the texturiser myself it seems easier to do on a separate layer, easier to fade and mask that way.

Now for the second part there, I've been paying more attention to detail and sharpening lately, thanks for that one.

Peter

And the other blossom from me

Palms

Forgot that girls like chocolate more then anything else. lol

:)

Forgot that girls like chocolate more then anything else. lol

:)

LK very good.
Now if you could combine chocolate with a cat, Palms would be in heaven.

Peter

Another one.

Peter

Really nice work all. I've been expecting a few comments about "more" flowers but so far haven't seen one. It must be the season. :) :) :)

Thanks for playing. Here is mine.

Janet

you're a bit late for valentine's, lyle. nice :)

lovely 'snow blossums', palms :)

and peter, you really do good work. the quality of your renditions is always impressive.

and janet, that is really lovely! very cool watercolor and paper :)

Nothing wrong with flirting with the ladies Craig; lol

Anyway, did a straight rendering this time. :)

quite true, lyle :)

quite true, lyle :)

and Lyle does it in style with flowers AND chocolate :grin:

Palms

Thanks Craig. Thought I would do this one for the ladies on the forum. :)


That is just too sweet - LOVE it!

(pssst, lyle... it seems to be working! ;) )

What can I say. ;)

Oh my, so many wonderful paintings!
Janet- yours really stands out, just beautiful
Palms- you inspired me with your texture
and Lyle- thanks for the chocolate (and the flowers) and did I mention the chocolate?

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