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    Digital flowers

    April 30, 2009 - By 

    I’ve been having so much fun making and playing with custom brushes in Photoshop.

    The green, red and white image started with a photo I took of a Canna Lily blossom at my folks place last summer. After many layers of brushes and adjustments I got the image you see.

    The white flowers and smudges on the surface are a brush I made from this image.

    The pink background flower image below started as a macro shot of a poinsettia. Again lots of brushes, layers and adjustments made it look like this.

    The top grey image may look vaguely familiar. I made a brush from a photo of the mixed-media painting I did last summer.

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    New background

    April 28, 2009 - By 

    I’ve been doing a lot of digital work lately since most of my supplies are inaccessible. I made new backgrounds for both of my blogs.

    I learned how to make my own brushes in Photoshop through a wonderful tutorial that Michele Ward shared on her blog. It has been so much fun making and playing with these new brushes!!

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    Beautiful day…

    April 16, 2009 - By 

    With warm sunny weather finally upon us, my daughter and I joined our neighbor for a nice afternoon walk around the Arboretum.

    Most everything is still brown, there were very few flowers blooming, the fountains were still dry but it was enjoyable anyway.
    Just being outside, wandering down the trails, seeing deer tracks, hearing the birds and watching squirrels run crazy through the woods.