London

[Kraellin]

hehe, well done! shall we send it to Hallmark and see if they'll buy it?

craig

[Britsdad]

TEE-HEE, this is getting really silly now!!!!
John

[palms]

Cant tell which one of you is worse but with the coats on it does have a bit of a lowry feel to it

Palms

[Kraellin]

palms

not familiar with 'lowry'. what is that?

also, the more i look at this pic, the more i like it. it has sort of an early 20th century or even 19th century look and feel about it (and that's including with the coats ).

craig

[palms]

Craig
LS Lowry was a English painter known for his northern (england) scenes and for painting "matchstick men" have included a link to one web page give it a look and you will see what i meant by a Lowry feel

Palms

http://www.btinternet.com/~anthony.seaton/lowry.html

and another with more of his works on show


http://www.lslowry.biz/

[Mitch]

Tried for an engraved look here.

PSP X

A layer of Picture man's hand drawing Merged with an Impressionist layer to bring back colour.

Palette changed to one I took from a Canaletto painting.

Regards to all,
Mitch.

[Kraellin]

palms, lowry, ok. and here i thought it was going to be some british english thing like 'loo' or 'lift'

mitch, nice. sort of grainy and aged but in a good way. i like how the reds bring out the building more.

craig

[Mitch]

Thanks Craig,

I don't know if its on your list but i've been playing with the 'image repainter' plugin from Imageskill. Its ideal for PSP as you can instantly change the palette on the picture you're working on to one from any photo or painting on you hard drive.

The Big ben pic is simply a graphic line layer over a faded original, flattened then the palette changed to one from the original pic, fade set to about 70.

The second one is a strip from your 3,5 promile pic - palette from a chalk pic on my hard drive. This gives a really old faded look.

Image Repainter Here.

Regards to all,
Mitch.

[Kraellin]

mitch, very cool on the big ben. just looked at that link. that's a pretty cool plugin. i like the results there. almost like a displacement map but doing it with the palette. interesting idea and shld have a lot of uses.

craig

[Mitch]

I thought I'd join the 'Hallmark' saga.

Footprints added, plus more blue to the snow.
Palette taken from a snow scene on the Image Repainter site.

It's even more Lowryesque now.

Regards to all,
Mitch.

[Kraellin]

hehehe, i love it, mitch. we shld do more of these. i preferred the bluer sky, but love the footsteps progressive contribution works can be fun.

craig

[Kraellin]

ok, i took mitch's piece and redid the sky a bit for more blue. i also redid the snow on the building a bit. was sort of haphazard before.

if someone would care to add a horse and carraige i think we could pass this off as a currier and ives or a lowry

craig

[Britsdad]

Mitch:-I love it, you're as daft as we are!!!! Could it be the brit sence of humour? I coldn't resist just a quickie....John

[palms]

OK to be more in with a lowry feel the London eye would have to go (not around in his time) but great results
Love how you all are working together and having fun

The British sense of humour might explain Britsdad and Mitch BUT what about Craig ?

Palms

[palms]

Chose another while i was here

Palms

[Kraellin]

The British sense of humour might explain Britsdad and Mitch BUT what about Craig ?

nothing explains Craig

i like your rendition, palms

craig

[Britsdad]

A little more time today:- a carrage
Palms:- I like your memorial, and we (the brits) are just trying to educate the rest of the world in the finer art of wit.... ....John

[pavel123]

Sorry, no snow in this picture. The season's all wrong. Next time around I'll try to go for fall colours.

Pavel

[Kraellin]

john, i like the carraige you found, but i'm not real keen on the placement of same. it unbalances the picture. i was thinking more towards the middle ground and going side to side if possible.

craig

[Britsdad]

Craig :- yea I agree with the placement, but that was the best carriage I could find, that fitted into the era, and that's where it was in the original (ie. there was no rear end) see pic attached.
Pavel:- I like that rendition, and feel free to join in with the sillyness!!
John

[Kraellin]

john, ah, ok. hmmm, poses some problems, doesnt it. i might give it a stab later. it's definitely a good style carraige.

craig

[dkcoats]

You kids are having way too much fun. Settle down, now.

Did mine in Impressionist>charcoal

dc

[Kraellin]

dkcoats, i like that. reminds me of something, but cant quite put my finger on it.

craig

[Britsdad]

dkcoats:- I like that, but where's the snow ect.......
John

[Kraellin]

took me a while to get back to this. sorry, didnt use the snowman, santa or your carraige

craig

[pavel123]

Pavel:- I like that rendition, and feel free to join in with the sillyness!!
John[/QUOTE]

John, thank you.

For the second picture I borrowed Craig's idea(again). I suppose it can be called "Sunset over Big Ben".

Pavel

[Kraellin]

that was my idea? boy, i'm good

craig