Tuesday’s Textures

  Took one of my rose photos (you will see the rest in this week’s Regular Random) in Photoshop and had a little play, I have been so busy with the business side of things, I have not had much time to just sit and play. So it is sweet and simple, but kind of…

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New York in the Rain…

No I have not been,but my daughter has a few times, she really enjoyed her time there on both occasions – but this is not really a post about her travel trips. She did a bus tour, one of those Movie tours (for Gossip Girl or Gilmore Girls or something), but this day it rained…

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Tuesday’s Textures…Pet Portraits

Holidays are good for many things; drinking, eating, catching up with family and friends, travelling and then for me, there is just quiet time to play in Photoshop. I have been playing with the Mixer brush in PS and I think I am slowly getting the knack of it. Taking simple photos with ‘blah’ backgrounds…

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Still Life Series – Wine and Grapes

This week I have taken a stab at the old Wine Bottle and Grapes Still Life.

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One Four Challenge – Week 4

Week 4, One Four Challenge, this week I have let my Elephant evolve back into a real photo.Using my newly acquired Lightroom I have softened him a little. but added more contrast, lightened around his eye and increased the shadows in his creases. Added some texture and possibly aged him a little (sorry). Week 3…

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One Four Challenge, Week2

Elephant in Oils Week 2 of One Four Challenge, this time I have kept things simple and elegant. I added a Oil Painting Filter, and adjusted the light levels, so that his eye is not quite so dark, I have lightened  

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My Art

I thought perhaps I should put in a few pics of my painting as well, some of these are old, but still amongst my favorites. Please note while these are all my own paintings, the actual designs are designed by other artists, apart from Froggy he is mine 100% (please excuse the image a bit…

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