[patriciakay]

Here is a photo i took earlier today of Aquilegia...known as columbine too...i think...
Its quite simple but i thought you all would like to play.....



Patricia....

More flowers came out on Thursday....

[patriciakay]

This one i did in Photoshop CS2 with the water color art history brush and then a watercolor smudge brush....I brightened it up with levels...

Patricia....

[ahutton]

First one in a long time. I first used Paint Shop Pro and ran noise filter, then enhance edges. Then I did a VP triangles set at all subtle, then Impressionist. Finally I removed some more noise.

The second one is a sort of watercolor effect using Paint Shop Pro and xero lineart drawing with no outlining.

Amy

[patriciakay]

Hi Amy..

Lovely painting...I like the vp triangles....but could you please tell me where i can find them??? Imressionist worked well too...

Patricia...

[ahutton]

Thanks...the triangles are a filter in virtual painter.

[patriciakay]

Amy the water color painting is really lovely...delicate...


Patricia...

[johnnieB]

patricia, what a beautiful flower.

after many color adjustments and a couple of filters, i attempted my first "smudge" piece -- i can see where this can be a very addictive process -- i had to stop myself .

thanks for the beautiful image to work on.

[Steve Conway]

Brought out the subject a little...punched up the color a little...softened it a little. Then I added a dumb little dull black frame.

Steve

[palms1]

Nice photo's again Patricia are they from your garden ? like your watercolour

Amy great effect with triangles and nice watercolour

johnnieb yes smudging is addictive and great effect for your first

steve great colours wished i could of got them

here's my two attempts a smudge and a sketch effect

Palms

p.s. is it a british thing but the common name for columbine's here is Granny's bonnet

[Swampy]

Had to have a go at this one. Lovely flowers.

Took the original into Adobe Illustrator CS2 and did a live trace and posterized down to 13 colors. Brought the result back into Photoshop and rasterized the vector (Smart Object). Did just a touch of smudge on some of the petals to reduce glaring posterization areas. New background, frame and signature.

[palms1]

thougt i would try another one before lunch using the ahb this time, I was just going to send this to the bin when i had another look and thought mmm i quite like this so added a edge layer and hay presto one messy looking ahb that i like enough to know i will be spending most the afternoon trying to copy again ( should be doing housework )

Palms

[manta1900]

All you needed was more exposure.... Fortunatelly I have created the right filter for your case!

[lkroll]

Originally Posted by palms1

thougt i would try another one before lunch using the ahb this time, I was just going to send this to the bin when i had another look and thought mmm i quite like this so added a edge layer and hay presto one messy looking ahb that i like enough to know i will be spending most the afternoon trying to copy again ( should be doing housework )

Palms

I really like this Japanese Water Color effect Palms. I was trying to simulate this effect, but gave up. I know, I know. I need a Wacom. lol

You all know that I get challenged with the simulation side (even though it can take longer then just doing it by hand; lol).

[oltenius]

Only 19% quality because the size of the file. Nice flowers, Patricia...

[palms1]

Thanks Ikroll
no you dont need a wacom or pen tool ( they are helpful but not necessity ) just a ahb let me know if you want to know more

Palms