Creative Portraits: Pink Flower in her Hat

[byRo]

Pam, if you changed the colour of the yellow hand - then it would be perfect!

Rô

[Janet Petty]

Nice work everyone. I learn so much when I look at and try everyone's different techniques. Thanks for the beauty and the learning.

Janet

[jaykita]

Beautiful pic, Danny, thank you.
I did this purely in painter 8, with grainy brushes and grainy water blend.
Though this was fun, it took me a while compared to some of the other stuff i do

[byRo]

Originally Posted by jaykita

....it took me a while compared to some of the other stuff i do

Time very well spent, beautiful work!!

(was that really you, or your twin sister?)
Rô

[GOLDCOIN]

Wow...Jaykita...simply beautiful work. The exceptional details to her dress are masterful. A real pleasure to view...

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by GOLDCOIN

Just love the watercolor effect, so I keep trying...

for a larger view..

http://www.pbase.com/goldcoin/image/42966183/original

Outstanding work, GC. This is terrific.

I also enjoyed surfing your pBase gallery. You've got done some wonderful painting manipulations.

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by jaykita

Beautiful pic, Danny, thank you.
I did this purely in painter 8, with grainy brushes and grainy water blend.
Though this was fun, it took me a while compared to some of the other stuff i do

Ditto what Rô said. Very nice, Judy.

[Janet Petty]

Judy, ditto what Ro and Danny said. Wonderful look.

Janet

[jaykita]

Ro, Goldcoin, Danny, Janet... thank you, thank you very much...

[DannyRaphael]

Just tried a new Art History Brush (AHB) / Brush combination inspired by our good friend, Trimoon.

AHB settings: Normal, Opacity ~ 40-60%, Tight/Short, 10 px, 0

## Brush: Spatter 15. Width ranging from 4 px (for important detail) to 50-60 px for large, blotchy patches of color.

##: I don't recall if the Spatter brushes are among those loaded by default into the Brushes palette. If not, you will find them among the brush set files (.abr) that are installed with Photoshop.

Read "To load a library of preset brushes" found in the "Selecting preset brushes" HELP topic.

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* Opened original
* Used Magic Wand to select blue background
* Deleted blue
* Double-clicked Background layer and converted to a regular layer
* Created a new layer and moved below the subject layer
* Filled with a light tan color
* Flattened image
* Saved as a new file ("Hat AHB")
* Closed

* Opened "Hat AHB"
* Created a new layer
* Selected Art History Brush tool and applied settings shown above
* Right-click to display Brush menu
* Chose Spatter 15 brush and set width to 40 px
* Started painting away with AHB. Adjusted opacity and brush diameter as needed, for example to 4-6 px for more detail around the eyes, mouth, nose.

* When finished, created a new layer at the top of the layer stack
* Alt + Merge visible
* Unsharp Mask (to give some definition to strokes)
* Lowered opacity of the USM layer a bit to tone down a little
* Added stroke frame

[LQQKER]

Very nice work by all.
Virtual painter a few times.
simplified.
Hue & sat adj.
Heavy gaus. blur on underlying layer.
light simplification
enhanced colors.
Some hand work.

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by LQQKER

Very nice work by all.
Virtual painter a few times.
simplified.
Hue & sat adj.
Heavy gaus. blur on underlying layer.
light simplification
enhanced colors.
Some hand work.

The coloring is supurb and you did the right amount of simplification w/o losing too much detail.

[Janet Petty]

This thread gets more interesting and visually beautiful all the time. Great jobs everyone. I'm enjoying your art.

Here is another one from me. This makes three.


Watercolor with the AHB set at a low opacity.

Janet

[Xaran]

Incredible results from everyone - here's my version.

Made picture larger at the top and painted in the rest of the flower that had been chopped off.
Xero line art - drawing mode to lighten and brighten.
Painter IX to Paint - Flat oil brush over a layer of 'muckup'.

Christine

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by Xaran

...and painted in the rest of the flower that had been chopped off.

The flower wasn't chopped off. The image was creatively cropped! Actually, the extension you did does look better.

I especially like your results, Christine. This one is terrific.