Peace...

[Swampy]

Charles

AHB=Art History Brush in Photoshop. The ability to set a moment in the workflow then go back and paint from that state.

[raniday]

Thank you, Janet and Ro.
Not famous, just having a great journey in my chosen addiction
Hugs to you both,
cat

[sunfly]

Hi all,

Palms... wow and wow! I love your first interpretion... the one you did with the AHB brush. Absolutely beautiful work!

How did you achieve the background? It has that lovely watercolour wash of strokes on white effect.

Cheers,
Sherry

(I am so! I am a John Lovett / Joseph Zbrukvic wannabee... digitally, of course. Real brushes and paints have become my enemy.)

Photoshop CS2

[palms1]

Originally Posted by sunfly

Hi all,

Palms... wow and wow! I love your first interpretion... the one you did with the AHB brush. Absolutely beautiful work!

How did you achieve the background? It has that lovely watercolour wash of strokes on white effect.

Cheers,
Sherry

(I am so! I am a John Lovett / Joseph Zbrukvic wannabee... digitally, of course. Real brushes and paints have become my enemy.)

Photoshop CS2

Thank you sunfly praise is always gratefully received and enjoyed ( in a smug conceited way of course well till someone brings you back down to earth !)

Now how i did the background, First i do the ahb work then save, reopen the image > new layer > fill with colour if wanted ( used white on the rose ) >

select the history brush at about 45% opacity, size about 75 and "bring" back the picture, holding your mouse button down go over in one sweep ( no overlapping brush marks) missing bits out at the edges then repeat until you get the depth wanted i usually do it 3 to 4 times
different brushes give different effects now unfortunately i cant remember which brush i used for this but it was probably from the natural brush2 set

hope you have been able to follow this any problems just ask

Palms

[sunfly]

Palms... thanks for describing how you did it. You have kindly saved me many hours of not-so-quietly grumbling to myself. I am going to give it a whirl this morning.

Sherry

[barbara]

Janet, your rose is beautiful

I used Gimp on Linux

[patriciakay]

Janet...

So sorry i am very late in posting....way behind.....I love your rose photo...beautiful...

I have just had another look through all the amazing renditions done by you all...Its great that from one photo so much can be done...a very well done!!!!

I just had to do a black and white, the second i did with the Lucis art filter...a little sculpture...framed both with an action in Photoshop...

Patricia...

[Janet Petty]

There is never a late Patricia. I'm so glad you posted. The renditions you made of the peace rose are stunning. Great work.

Janet

[Kraellin]

cat, very lovely!

patricia, i like both of those, and as always, your framing is exceptional. i just wish i could make real frames that good.

[Janet Petty]

Barbara, your work in Gimp never ceases to amaze me. You are quite the master. I love the soft feel of the rose.

Patricia, what do I say? Your work is always top notch. You made the rose into superb artwork.

I enjoyed them both.

Janet

[GerryB]

A Rose for a Rose:

[Janet Petty]

To quote an old 60s cliche', "Right On" Gerry.

Janet

[patriciakay]

Thank you Janet for your nice comments....Its such a beautiful photo, it really didnt need a lot of artifying...are you going to print it out big for your wall???

Craig...I also wish i could make these frames for real...woodwaork is not something i have got into...yet!!! Thank you for your kind comments...

Barbara and Gerry...Both are so lovely...

Patricia....

[lkroll]

Combining tessellations and Amazing Circles to get this one. The quality of the wallpaper is low (due to compression), but it's there just to show you that the main rendering is tileable.

[Kraellin]

patricia, you're welcome.

yes, woodworking is one of those things that can also get the juices going. there's just something incredible about a fine piece of wood. but if you think photography is expensive, just wait till you start buying shop tools