I don't know about anyone else, but I'm ready for spring. Enough already with the winter. Neve, you've been making me so long for warmer weather I can't stand it any longer. So have fun with a flower picture and keep in mind that spring/summer is just around the corner for those of us in the northern hemisphere.

Janet

Pretty much exactly followed one of my fave tutorials here.

http://www.worth1000.com/tutorial.asp?sid=161032

Thank you for a lovely floral photo Janet. I couldn't forget about life in the Northern Hemisphere, I lived their for the best part of 27 years. Canada and Scotland... so I appreciate totally how you must be feeling right now waiting for warmer weather. ;)

Have had fun with these little flowers. Come on others. Join in.

Great result Hephaestos. I'm going to have to try that tutorial.

we got yesterday first proper snow of this winter, so i can't complain - it's beautiful outside :D

and yet better when you sit inside, hot cup of coffee or cocoa in your hand and watch the snow :lmao: ;)

:wavey:

Janet, thanks for the pretty flowers. I added a couple of flowers and used Impressionist filter and Sharon's mat action.
http://www.pbase.com/image/39062490

Wonderful Raniday. Simply wonderful. Wanna come play when the spring flowers are out in bloom? We can take lots of pics like these.

Janet

Janet -- I'm with you -- definitely in favor of Spring!!
Gotta have sunshine and warmth. I live in the "Valley of the Sun" but we've got more rain clouds headed our way.

The sunlight is beginning to warm these blooms, but some are still waiting and hoping...

Lovely results everyone. I made a square selection, brightened with Filter PR Brightness. Impressionist/03 CH More Stuff - Stitches 83/97/200 (i.e. Cheryl's sets). Thanks Cheryl, very useful!!! Sharpened the stitches using AIM/USM filter. Used same selection of your floral Janet and used Enki's
http://www.netreach.net/~barry/downloads.html
Wallpaper filter to create the bg.

Not exactly painterly but was fun anyway.

Great results everyone. It's amazing how many different ways we each see the composition of the wildflowers.

Neve, I especially like the stitches. I can't help but think about how long it would take to do something like that by hand.

Janet

Janet, just say when. My car has been in the garage way too much this winter and wouldn't mind a day trip up to your part of the state; I'll bring my camera, and we'll make a day of it.
CJ, I like that so much. How did you do it?
Neve, I don't mean to be thick headed, but where did you get the Impressionist/03 CH More Stuff - Stitches 83/97/200? That's kewl. I just now downloaded the Enki's filter but haven't installed it. Is it mainly for backgrounds?

I love purple flowers. I used impressionist watercolor on this, then reversed this layer, and simply merged it with original on lightest (the watercolor) and added canvas.

Amy

Lovely work everyone!
I adore flowers.
Janet, i esp like your 3rd image. So pretty! How did u get this effect?
I was just toying with a tutorial by Jacquelin Vanderwood ...
you'll find it HERE. (http://www.designertoday.com/tabindex-16/tabId-19/itemid-1474/DesktopDefault.aspx)

Btw, i did one using this same tute for the "Leaves of Autumn (Geddes)" thread.

Jaykita, the square one is AWESOME, creative, fanciful, and bold. You have such talent!!!

My third one was a very high emboss and unsharp mask to almost blown out proportions. Then inverted it and overlayed onto the painted copy (number one). Merged and the last step was to solarize the whole thing and then invert.

Janet

Hi Raniday, I downloaded Cheryl's Impressionist sets from here:-

http://f2.pg.briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/charriga@pacbell.net/lst?.dir=/imp+extra+paper&.view=l

You need to have the Impressionist Plugin installed first though. Contact Danny Raphael, he can help you with this Plugin.

Some very generous folks here at RetouchPRO have also contributed other VERY useful sets for Impressionist which you can download from here:-

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8328&page=2&pp=10

Yes, Enki's wallpaper filter is very simple but effectively creates striped wallpaper quickly. Useful, I've used it in a lot of projects. Especially on some 12 x 12" Scrapbook layouts which I design for the family.

Thanks Janet, I have cross-stitch projects on my walls so I know how long that takes me..the pity is, I spend too much time computing now to do much stitching.

Lovely result Jaykita, innovative and pleasant to view. I recall you posted something prior with those delicate florals, that was lovely too.

01) Flatten
02) Duplicate BG, Rename Aniso

03) Select layer "Aniso"
04) Filter > Blur
05) Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask > 500 :: 2 :: 3
06) Filter > Stylize > Difuse > Anisotropic
07) Image > Rotate canvas > 90 ccw
08) Filter > Stylize > Difuse > Anisotropic (again)
09) Image > Rotate canvas > 90 cw
10) Filter > Sharpen > Sharpen
11) Image > Adjustments > Seletive Color > Color Whites (Black -100) :: Color Black (Black +100)

12) Select Background Layer
13) Duplicate BG, Rename "Spatter"

14) Select layer "Spatter"
15) Filter > Brush Strokes > Spatter > 10 :: 5
16) Filter > Noise > Dust Scratches > 5 :: 20

17) Select layer "Aniso"
18) Set Blend mode to Pin Light
19) Image > Brightness +5
20) Flatten
21) Press Letter D (White must be in BG)
21) Select > Select Color Range > HighLights
22) Layer > New Layer via Copy (CTRL+J)
22.1) Select Layer 1 - Filter > Brush Strokes > Spatter > 10 :: 5
23) Select Layer 1 and CTRL+J two times
24) Flatten
25) :) I Love PhotoART (Painter an Photoshop)

Thank you, Neve. I have Impressionist, but I've not spent much time getting acquainted with it, and I've never added "sets" to it. I'll go browsing the pages you showed me.

Wonderful result Crex....I agree wholeheartedly with No. 25 :nod: :nod:

Here's my attempt with the flowers. Are they Impatiens?, they look like the ones I had last summer.

Masked the flowers out in PSCS, duplicated the bottom left one and placed it top right.

3 different watercolour brushes in Painter IX then back into PSCS for Impressionist jch VanGogh and fingerpaint. Added trimoons artpaper texture and there you have it :) I've been trying to practice with a more loose and realistic watercolour effect so I really like this.

I really like this too Pam, lovely result. I get mixed up between vincas and impatiens!???

I seriously doubt these flowers are impatiens for two simple reasons. One, they are wildflowers and I found them in the deep woods; Two, they are perennials. I don't believe impatiens are. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong. (Ok, I did find out there are some varieties of impatiens that are perennials.)

In the meantime, have fun with them. I'm sitting here iced in and wishing for spring and more wildflowers. I'll do some serious research into finding out what kind of flowers they are and let ya'll know.

I'm glad everyone has such a variety of artistic talent. Wonderful stuff.

Janet

These flowers are in the phlox family. Referenced "Wildflowers of Arkansas" by Carl G. Hunter.

They're really pretty flowers whatever they are :D and spring will be here before we know it !

Defiitely in favor of Spring and Summer. Our trees and flowers are all starting to bloom in Florida and I have my performed my annual rite of Spring - planting grass plugs in the yard. I used to live up north but can't imagine those very cold conditions for too long, any more. Am off to Africa in a few weeks and they, like Australia are heading into fall and winter.
MargaretM

Very cool Crex, and love your's Catherine... in fact all the entries are lovely.
I don't paint many flowers (this is my defense and I'm sticking to it!), but thought I would try my hand at a few different brushes... it's all fun.
~Nancy~



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Pretty flowers, Glad spring is coming ( again) just used the ahb

Nancy maybe you should paint more flowers yours are great ( as well as everybody else's)

Palms

I'm glad to see this thread revived. I'd forgotten it was here.

:)

Janet

Pretty flowers, Glad spring is coming ( again) just used the ahb

Nancy maybe you should paint more flowers yours are great ( as well as everybody else's)

Palms
Thanks for the nice comment, Palms. It is wonderful to get such encouragement. There is soooo much talent on this site.
~Nancy~

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A stack of "springy" flowers.

Steve

steve,

ok, now you've got me hearing that HP commercial music :rolleyes: very nice :)

craig

Impressionist with Van Gogh preset set to luminosity on duplicate layer. GIMP Bumpmapping with some contrast enhancements and back to Photoshop for Underpainting. Like I said; not creative. Just plain Jane filter work. Sorry for my lack of motivation; had a rough day. :)

Ikroll wish i could turn out anything on a bad day, and sorry but i like it

Palms

Egad you're right! Didn't think about that utill I saw your post. That's a VERY neat commercial.

Steve

steve,

ok, now you've got me hearing that HP commercial music :rolleyes: very nice :)

craig

Please, don't ask me what I did!
(I don't have a clue)

Rô

Decided to play with this in Studio Artist. I see that SA is releasing 3.5 upgrade on Monday. :wavey:

Having fun with Deep Paint and testing the export to Photoshop via PDF file - works fine!

Rô

Spring needs to come again soon. I'm glad someone revisited this thread. It gives me a chance to reflect on the progress (or not) that I've made in the last year.

And Ro...I wish you had an idea. I love it. :)

Janet

Another go, yet again with the art history brush, but this time with a brush i made myself, nothing spectacular yet just a shape made into a brush, but my first one, will get into all the other stuff at a later date, just having fun for now

Palms

Jaykita, Nanls, Pam, JC, Steve... GREAT work. Such different approaches.

Nanls.. especially like your first of three. It would look good on my bedroom wall! The colors are perfect.

I've been so busy and not enough time to play!! Here's a quick montage.

Photoshop CS2

Used grids to divide the layer. Marquee and put each corner on a new layer.

Desaturated all four layers. Added a color fill layer to each (blue, pink, green and purple. Set to the fill layers to multiply blend mode.

Knocked out the borders, increased the canvas size for the outer border area. Filled with goldish yellow. Pixelize->Pointilize filter added some texture.