Blue Hydrangea photo turned into oil painting style.
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Blue Hydrangea Photo turned into woodcut.
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A cropped part of a photo that I used the Posterize effect on. it looks similar to the woodcut effect. Taken at Cambria, CA.
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This is a 4 x 4 page for a color swap. It uses foil with alcohol inks, copper mesh, and embellishments. One embellishment is an antique square nail.
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An ATC for a metallic swap. It has copper mesh in the leaf opening. The background is aluminum foil that has been painted with alcohol inks.
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This was an iron garden art piece of a woman painting. Wouldn't she be fun to have in your garden? I turned the photo into a "painting." It does make a difference to re-size your images if they are large. Smaller images are more impressionistic.
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The same picture as previous, this one transformed into a "painting."
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A scene from the Garden Shed in Cambria; cropped and the sketch effect applied.
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Here is a sample of turning a photo into a puzzle with a twist. One piece is removed and placed at an angle. This is a photo of the Tourist Charlie Statue.
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Eureka Victorian Home
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This sea gull perched on the railing by our deck at the Little River Inn. June 2005
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This is a section of the old Victorian in Eureka which is now an exclusive men's club.
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This is a scene from Coleman Valley Road.
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A wood-cut style photo. This is a garden door at the Cambria Pines Lodge. Don't ask about our last stay there!
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A cropped photo of grape vines passed on our walk. Done in painting style.
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Another view of Mendocino transformed into a "painting." Glad I got these shots in June.
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Another view of the town done in sketch version.
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Another photo transformed. This is a view of the town of Mendocino.
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Apples in painting style. Compare with the previous woodcut style of the same photo.
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Apples at Philo, CA. Another example of woodcut.
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This is a garden scene made into a woodcut style.
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Another Woodcut style photo. Sea Ranch, CA.
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This photo was changed into a "woodcut" style. Posts in front could be tweaked to stand out more. I will try this technique on another photo.
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Another photo "painting." This was taken at the Sea Ranch Lodge.
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The third in the series, "The WORD became flesh" 4 x 6 cards. Background is a magazine image of folded quilts.
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Second in this series. Again, a 4 x 6 card.
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One of a series of 3 cards for a 4 x 6 card swap. The theme was "words." So, I chose "the Word made flesh" as my theme. Trying to incorporate my faith more into my work.
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A different way to transform the same photo (next photo down). The Apple Farm.
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This is a shot taken at the Apple Farm outside the restaurant in San Luis Obispo, CA.
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This is a photo taken at the nursery called, "The Garden Shed" in Cambria, CA. I have "sketched" it via Adobe.
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Here is another photo I transformed into a sketch. This is a scene of Moonstone Beach in Cambria, CA.
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This photo I transformed to look like a sketch.
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I can see that the pictures I thought had clogged my blog are now on there; making duplicate showings. Sorry about that! I don't have perfect grasp of the blog system. That and the typos- I get typing too fast. I find I am a dyslexic typist! I hope you can look past the goofs and enjoy the art anyway!!
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An impressionistic Japanese Maple tree displaying its fall color.
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More wisteria leaves. Again, a so-so photo made more interesting.
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A wisteria leaf in sunlight.
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Japanese Maple Leaves. I cropped this image after doing the painting technique on it.
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This technique works really well even with those pictures that weren't so great on their own. I am re-sizing the images to smaller for more of an impressionistic look.
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I took this photo in 2001 with a regular 35 mm camera. It was saved as a small file, so is very impressionistic with this technique.
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A bearded iris using this same technique.
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The smaller the file, the more "painterly" the photos look.
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A close-up photo of my fountain; painted with Adobe.
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Here is yet another rose from my garden; painted by Adobe!
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I am having such fun with my Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 program. I love seeing the different effects you can do to your photographs. Limitless possibilities!
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A rosebud photo I have "painted." Another rose from my garden.
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Another photo I tweaked on Adobe a year or so ago. This is of a 4th of July rose. I grow lots of roses.
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This is a photgragh of Lady's mantle that I tweaked in photoshop a year or so ago. Thought I would share it!
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Pismo Beach, a photo turned into a "painting."
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This is a scene in the garden area of the Garden Shed shop in Cambria. Also "painted" in Adobe Photoshop elements 3.
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Squibb House door in Cambria. Also done as a "painting."
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This photo taken on my deck a few years ago has been made to look like a painting on Adobe Photoshop Elements 3. I found that the smaller the file, the more "painterly" the effect.
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A cropped photo of a barn at Sea Ranch, CA. This has also been made to look like a painting on Adobe.
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A sunset photo made into a "painting." Cambria, CA
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