Cabin on the Lake

Janet Petty · #1 07-26-2007, 09:14 PM

Taken during evening's "sweetlight". The water was like glass.

Enjoy painting this one folks.

Janet

Swampy · #2 07-27-2007, 08:50 AM

Oh, Janet! Nice shots!

Okay, I learned something new (for me) today. I actually "painted" this in Painter, but found a new easy way to do so without relying on cloning!

1. In Photoshop - color correct, and Swampy's Line art as black and white with setting about 6, then buzzed. Saved as Tiff.
2. In Painter - Generated a color set from the original JPEG, closed that then opened the above TIFF, but did not set it for cloning. On a new layer above the black/white Tiff, with this layer set to "colorize", I grabbed an impasto brush and colors from the generated color set and just started painting! A whole new experience for me! Dab, dab, dab changing colors etc. Loved the way the paint picked up the underlying b/w luminacity for detail (cabin railing etc). Saved as a PSD.
3. Back to the original PSfile , opened the saved Painter file and copied over just the painted layer.

I know you experienced Painter users are probably yawning by now. But this opens up doors for me since I have no native artistic talent and rely heavily on an underlying photo as a "map". Trust me, I can't draw a straight line using graph paper and a ruler, but this was so much fun. :-)

Janet Petty · #3 07-27-2007, 09:16 AM

Swampy, that is gorgeous.

Painter and I have a long-standing love/hate relationship most likely based on a combination of user ineptitude and the fact that I just can't seem to get the brushes to load properly. You have given me new inspiration.

Keep up the good work.

Janet

Swampy · #4 07-27-2007, 09:35 AM

Had to do another. Same basic method, but with digital watercolor brush.

Swampy · #5 07-27-2007, 09:53 AM

Janet, I know exactly what you mean about the love-hate relationship with painter. The interface is soooo confusing and there are so many things you can do to change the effect of a brush. I get a brush fixed just right then next time forget what I did.

cardmnal · #6 07-27-2007, 11:31 AM

Janet, wonderful photos!!

Swampy, beautiful work!!

Paling by comparison is my attempt at a pastel rendering.

Alan

Swampy · #7 07-27-2007, 11:45 AM

Nice, Alan. The diagonal is the perfect touch.

Graphics23 · #8 07-27-2007, 12:58 PM

Hey Janet, those are some great pictures.

Is that your property? One of my dreams is to have a place like that.

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Originally Posted by Swampy

Okay, I learned something new (for me) today. I actually "painted" this in Painter, but found a new easy way to do so without relying on cloning!

Wow, Swampy! That's really nice!

It has quite an appeal.

Well done,

Michael

Swampy · #9 07-27-2007, 01:09 PM

Thanks Michael. It's "Painter Progress". LOL

Janet Petty · #10 07-27-2007, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Graphics23

Hey Janet, those are some great pictures.

Is that your property? One of my dreams is to have a place like that.

Michael

Thank you Michael. I wish it was my property...500 acres of beautiful land, lake, forest, and cows. But no. Sadly. It isn't. I was up there with friends.

Janet

byRo · #11 07-28-2007, 08:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swampy

I know you experienced Painter users are probably yawning by now.

On the contrary. I, for one, am paying attention and taking notes.
Great idea, welll executed, Swampy.

Rô

lkroll · #12 07-28-2007, 09:50 PM

When you mix enough things and filters together (no smudging/painting/erase throughs done), you get this.

Photomaster · #13 07-28-2007, 11:47 PM

Ah, the lake! Simplified with Buzz Pro, then went to work freehand with Photoshop brushes, followed with lots of Dodge and Burn.

Janet Petty · #14 07-29-2007, 06:15 AM

Marvelous Photomaster. Now I wish I'd spent more than 10 seconds in the post processing. Thank you!!!

Janet

Kraellin · #15 07-29-2007, 08:33 AM

dee dee, like both of yours, but especially that first one!

and thanks for the gorgeous pictures

i had a go also. i liked the vertically oriented one but didnt like how it was balanced top to bottom so much. so, i took out a portion of the lake, leaving the reflection intact, to give an 8x10 format. this balanced the sky portion with the lake portion better.

next, i took that image and ran it through a filter forge filter and brought that back to Paint Shop Pro. i overlaid the psp original with the FF one. i had recently watched 'the antique roadshow' and saw a painting by an artist (sorry, dont recall his name now), where he used impasto for much of his paintings but did faces in very fine detail. i liked that look and decided to go for it here with my overlay. thus, the house is in good detail while most of the rest is more impressionist/impasto style. (btw, the painting was estimated at $20,000 to $30,000, iirc).