[amica999]

Hi All, got a little bored and "shoot" my cat :-)
Have fun if you will

[palms1]

Now i couldn't let Peter down now could I

your cat is quite similar to mine Amica so i expect he is a right character

Palms

[amica999]

Palms, nice one and yes he is quite a character :-)

[GerryB]

That's great, Palms! You always manage to come up with just the right ideas for the submitted photographs.

[Janet Petty]

I absolutely love number 3. The stare is just too familiar for words. Thanks for sharing. I just might get around to painting this one.

Janet

[amica999]

Hi Janet, waiting for what you come up with :-)

[mikajomc]

Great photos amica. Looks a lot like my cat, but fatter
Palms- I love what you did. I don't know much about art, but that feels very classical to me. I think it might be the colors you used.

Here's mine, still struggling with painter.

[amica999]

@ micajomc, he's not fat, he has got heavy bones :-) Sure like what you did to the eyes. Thanks for playing

[Peter S]

Originally Posted by palms1

Now i couldn't let Peter down now could I


Palms

Was that a thinly veiled challenge??

Peter

[amica999]

Wow, Peter, that sure looks sweet...ever since I posted these pics I was thinking that you would either complain about "cat-pics" again or through something stunning in the croud...I really love that one. Mind sharing how you did it? I would really learn to reproduce and frame it :-)

[Peter S]

Originally Posted by amica999

Wow, Peter, that sure looks sweet...ever since I posted these pics I was thinking that you would either complain about "cat-pics" again or through something stunning in the croud...I really love that one. Mind sharing how you did it? I would really learn to reproduce and frame it :-)

Got to put the record straight here. I have never complained about "cat-pics", though there are some who seem to revel in them (name/s withheld for safety reasons).
As for how it was done, ask Palms to make a tute on smudging. Though I did add an extra bit of sharpening towards the end and then boosted the colours a little.

Glad you liked it

Peter

[amica999]

@ Peter :-)

Palms, any chance that you would summon your expertise? Please

[Kraellin]

a nice sketch.

edit: and another, but with some color.

[lkroll]

And I did Amica.

[palms1]

Thank you Amica and Gerry for your kind words, Gerry believe me it is luck

Jordan thank you as well, funny how colours can evoke a style isn't it ? your painter work is coming on (i havent even thought about going down that road )

Was that a thinly veiled challenge??

Now Peter i thought that you knew me better, A challenge wouldn't be "thinly" veiled now would it ! ! !

Now as for a tutorial we have been here before, There is nothing i could add to what is already out there, and i am still learning myself ( picked up another 2 or 3 tips this last week or so) But i do believe that the better way is by having a bash, posting what you have got (good or bad) and asking questions and learning from each other, So i will find a image and post in the smudging rescourses thread ( maybe a day or two due to Easter) and take it from there just let me know if you want human /animal / or flower or if YOU have a image post it there and we will see how we go ( and if you dont show up i will chase after you now that is a threat Peter )

Palms

Palms