London

[Britsdad]

We've just had a trip to London, and I thought some of you would , maybe, like a play with 3 pics....Hope I'm right......John

[Britsdad]

I could just emagine someone sat in Parliament Square painting this scene, so I thought I would have a go......John

[palms]

I have been messing around with the actions(and the brushes etc) that come with the how to wow for ps7 but now need to go and read the book and practice
Britsdad you put me to shame living closer to London and i haven't seen Big Ben ( only Buck's Palace )

Palms

[Littlecoo]

Now now Britsdad, did you happen to sneak in a bit of clouds render? The sky looks...well...not grey! Aaaah! Now I see what's happened... there's been a weather mixup... but don't worry, I found yours in my backyard! Here ya go...

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by Britsdad

I could just emagine someone sat in Parliament Square painting this scene, so I thought I would have a go......John

Thanks for sharing the pix, John...

Please share some info/detail on how you crafted your interpretation. The brush work is especially impressive.

~Danny~

[Britsdad]

Originally Posted by Littlecoo

Now now Britsdad, did you happen to sneak in a bit of clouds render? The sky looks...well...not grey! Aaaah! Now I see what's happened... there's been a weather mixup... but don't worry, I found yours in my backyard! Here ya go...

Littlecoo:----Yea, yea, I know you live in Oz, but you don't have a monopoly on hot weather. Here now in the "north of England" the temp today is 32 c, and "sticky", that's the coolest it's been for 3 weeks and I, for one, don't care for it too much. (what we need now is a storm to clear the air) Where abouts do you live in Oz? We almost emigrated to Wadonga 7 years ago with my job, and my sis lives in N.Z. (don't ask where, I can't pronounce it, let alone spell it...lol)
Danny:--Thanks for the comments, I just created a new layer and filled it with white, then changed the blend to overlay which showed the original through, then blocked in the image with Trimoons water colour ahb spatter 15a set at 30-40 pixels,then deleated the original and used the same brush at a smaller size and Trimoons detail brush, both on tight medium settings down to 1 pixel for the small details. (god it took for ever..lol) Then levels and curves layers to lighten. Glad you like it.......John

[Steve Conway]

What! No foggy day in London Town?

Steve

[Steve Conway]

Used to be a great knit shop...sweaters...scarves..tartans, etc., just around the corner from the British Museum. Wonder if it's still there.

Steve

[Britsdad]

Steve: I can't say as we saw a knitware shop, but that doesn't mean it's not there, but we did see the umbrella shop, WOW! pretty brollies with enormously pretty prices!...
I like your statue, is that a smudge?
I thought I'd try another water colour.....John

[Steve Conway]

The statue was done in a new program not yet released to the public. About all I can tell you at the moment. Helping with beta testing and don't know when the release date will be.

Thanks

Steve

Originally Posted by Britsdad

Steve: I can't say as we saw a knitware shop, but that doesn't mean it's not there, but we did see the umbrella shop, WOW! pretty brollies with enormously pretty prices!...
I like your statue, is that a smudge?
I thought I'd try another water colour.....John

[Britsdad]

MMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!! Very clandestine!!!!!!!!

[Littlecoo]

Britsdad, I live in south east Queensland- aka 'the sunshine state'... not that you'd know it today... hmm, could use one of those brollies...
Steve, great effect...how very Monet!

[Steve Conway]

Thank you.

B.T.W. We both live in a "sunshine state", (Florida...U.S.). Never knew of one in Australia.

Steve

Originally Posted by Littlecoo

Steve, great effect...how very Monet!

[Britsdad]

A few more.....

[Mitch]

Some great work here, I especially like the waterclolours.

This ones my attempt at a watercolour sketch. I was going to remove the lamp post, but for some strange reason it seems to balance the picture???

Regards to all,
Mitch.

[Kraellin]

"Global Warming"

i've been so involved with filter forge that i've neglected my other plugins. this used flaming pears, 'flood' filter; an excellent plugin, and mura's meister 'cloud' plugin along with some fill layers with noise and motion blur, and psp's own 'tubes', in this case the 'lightning' tube.

compression had to be 33% on this one, so it may lose a bit in the posting.

fun stuff

craig

[Britsdad]

He-he I like that one craig......John

[Steve Conway]

This is quite a memorial....hope my interpretation does not take anything from the tribute this monument conveys.

Steve

[Steve Conway]

Horse guard.....but where are the horses?

Steve

[Kraellin]

britsdad, thanks

craig

[Britsdad]

Steve: with regard to "where are the horses" the temperature when I took the pics was up in the 90's, so the horses were not out, but the guards were, in their full uniform! (tin helmets and all! phew!) However both of them were under the arch you can see in the middle of the building. As for your monument artifying, I don't think that would offend anyone, it's "very tastefully" and well done.....John

[Steve Conway]

I was being a bit facetious. My wife and I were in London a few years ago and I remember the Queen's Horse Guards. I seem to remember the building being more in the city. Could be they have moved or that there is more than one...don't remember.

Thank you for the gracious words re. the memorial. And thank you for posting the picture. I did not know about it. It really is a striking tribute to some oft forgotten ladies.

Steve

Originally Posted by Britsdad

Steve: with regard to "where are the horses" the temperature when I took the pics was up in the 90's, so the horses were not out, but the guards were, in their full uniform! (tin helmets and all! phew!) However both of them were under the arch you can see in the middle of the building. As for your monument artifying, I don't think that would offend anyone, it's "very tastefully" and well done.....John

[Britsdad]

Steve: this is a view of the back of horse guards, if you walk thru' the archway you are on Whitehall just across from Downing Street. (is that central enough? ). That memorial is just up the road from that, and yes it's a striking piece of work......John

[Steve Conway]

Ok, now I get it, we're looking at it from the rear. That make it a bit clearer.

I remember the riders clopping down a busy street and turning into an arched doorway. So now I get it. Didn't see this side of it when we were there.

Thanks.

Steve

Originally Posted by Britsdad

Steve: this is a view of the back of horse guards, if you walk thru' the archway you are on Whitehall just across from Downing Street. (is that central enough? ). That memorial is just up the road from that, and yes it's a striking piece of work......John

[Kraellin]

never used this filter before. it's called '3,5 promille'. dont ask me what it means; the filter is in a language other than english. kind of interesting and part of a series.

craig

[Kraellin]

"Change of Seasons"

i seem to be on a weather kick and being that it's coming into august, this wont be that far off

VDL Adrenaline's "Snowflakes" and "Snowscape"

the snowscape one didnt quite work well enough so the ground snow is all mine. the parts on the building are from snowscape.

craig

[palms]

Cool filter work Craig ( no pun intended) like the first one best, the second one would make a christmas card front,

Palms

[Britsdad]

Craig; you could have put them coats on!!!

[Kraellin]

palms, thanks. i like the 3,5 promille one also. never used that filter before. dont even remember adding it to my plugin menu but that's all i did to that image, just that plugin and nothing else.

britsdad, hehehe, feel free to give them coats

craig

[Britsdad]

Here you go Craig, coats...... John