So pretty and ...happy.and I love how you do those fabulous textures - subtle but noticeable & effective. Some parts I feel like lifting up the edge with my fingernail : )
Thanks, Jen. I can’t help having happy pics and that’s why I will never be considered a good artist. Not enough angst and anguish in my pics. Just can’t do despair. Here comes another one....So pretty and ...happy.and I love how you do those fabulous textures - subtle but noticeable & effective. Some parts I feel like lifting up the edge with my fingernail : )
Thanks, Jen. I can’t help having happy pics and that’s why I will never be considered a good artist.
You’ve chosen some interesting artists there, Jen. You are right, they are bright and probably mostly happy. Which is encouraging. Kandinsky is generally a lot more abstract than mine. I’d love to compare myself to Matisse although saying that I don’t like all his stuff. The other two are Australian and I didn’t know them at all. I don’t really like their stuff. Feels very childish to me.I don’t know ... Pro Hart seemed to do okay? Ken Done.? Matisse, Kandinsky? Others?
This is so lovely!!
I can relate completely.... I feel like I "lost my mojo" a long time ago...I feel of late that I have neglected my arty stuff for more traditional photography and it becomes more difficult to pull something out of the bag because I have forgotten the apps.
How wonderful... the colors are gorgeous.
You’ve chosen some interesting artists there, Jen. You are right, they are bright and probably mostly happy. Which is encouraging. Kandinsky is generally a lot more abstract than mine. I’d love to compare myself to Matisse although saying that I don’t like all his stuff. The other two are Australian and I didn’t know them at all. I don’t really like their stuff. Feels very childish to me.
So then that opens a can of worms which I suppose you are trying to do. What makes somebody a good artist? Generally they seem to be very prolific. Is it because they really promote themselves? I am neither of these. I also don’t have a style. The one time I won an HM was when I gave the judges what I knew they would like and not what I liked.
And actually do I really care? Maybe if I had started all this off in my 30s I would want some form of recognition that my art was worthwhile and we all want a little bit of that but to be honest I want to do stuff that I enjoy and it’s good to have a goal of always trying to improve but further than that I suppose I’m happy in my own little world. Do I want to go out and promote myself and have exhibitions? Nah. I’m retired, time to sit back and enjoy the easy life.
YES. Plus I loooooooove this piece.I’d love to see this in the ‘theme-less-ness’ MobiColour. It’s a perfect example of my idea of the theme — ie it doesn’t direct the reader to make any particular sense of the image
Gorgeous. And a lovely concise and easy to follow tute. You’re marvellous.Here’s the flow:
Original:
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I go into CleverPainter and keep most of the image quite rough except the flowers:
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Then I take the original into iColorama and use Style>Edges>1 with Overlay on and size at 50%. I use Adjust>Exposure>Contrast to reduce some of the small detail. I also t away some shading using Brush>Paint.
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To make the existing lines a bit stronger I blend the above sketch with itself and use Multiply. Then I go to Style>Coherence>1 with opacity reduced to 70%. Then Adjust>ToneLab>4 to make it a bit stronger again.
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Next into Artomation using colour sketch to give it a sketchy look.
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I blend this back with the CleverPainter version using Multiply removing with the brush any lines I don’t like:
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Finally I put the original on top and reduce the opacity to get a little more detail back, brushing away any parts of the original which are too strong:
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In Snapseed I added a slight vignette.
Thanks Jilly.Gorgeous. And a lovely concise and easy to follow tute. You’re marvellous.
Super. A lovely water colour effect. The eye being sharper is perfect.Here’s another one using the same technique above but it didn’t work out quite as good - a bit boring so I put a Glaze version on top with reduced opacity and then surprise, surprise, Hipstamatic gave it a watercolour look (Frosty Lens + Tilda Film + Purple Raindrops Gel Flash). I upped the saturation a bit in Snapseed.
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Thanks, Jilly.Super. A lovely water colour effect. They eye being sharper is perfect.
Way time I added something to this:
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CleverPainter, iColorama, Artomaton and Snapseed
These are both just lovely!Here’s another one using the same technique above but it didn’t work out quite as good - a bit boring so I put a Glaze version on top with reduced opacity and then surprise, surprise, Hipstamatic gave it a watercolour look (Frosty Lens + Tilda Film + Purple Raindrops Gel Flash). I upped the saturation a bit in Snapseed.
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Strangely, we found one on the floor last night. I didn’t think to photograph it before I put it outside. Doh! *slaps forehead* Lovely edit Ann. You’ve given the wings and irridescence.Moth
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Found this lovely moth on the carpet last night although quite a bit different from the original!
Snapseed, iColorama, SuperPhoto, Eraser
Who made that rule? They're wrong.Thanks, Jen. I can’t help having happy pics and that’s why I will never be considered a good artist. Not enough angst and anguish in my pics. Just can’t do despair. Here comes another one....
Moth
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Found this lovely moth on the carpet last night although quite a bit different from the original!
Snapseed, iColorama, SuperPhoto, Eraser
Who made that rule? They're wrong.