I came across this photo of my parents that was taken shortly after their wedding.
Mutton chops and a beehive…no mistaking that era!
The photo itself was in pretty poor shape so I figured I’d give it a new life.
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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.
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!!
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.
Since my last post almost all my time and energy has been taken up dealing with my folks and their health issues.
My life feels a bit chaotic right now. I felt this kaleidoscope I made a while back summed up what my mind has been doing for the past week.
I hope to get back on track soon by doing at least a little bit of art now and again. As well as keeping up with the altered book blog class I am taking.
Apparently this plant doesn’t know what time of the year it is. This is the first blossom, of many, that has fully opened.
It gave me a good opportunity to practice some more macro shots with my camera. I love macro photography!
This plant was given by my kids school library staff last year for volunteering. Pretty simple job that gave my legs a good workout with all the squats putting the books back on the low shelves. :)
I looked out the patio door this morning and saw this beautiful ripple pattern in the new snow. So I geared back up to traipse around the house to take photos before the kids go running through it.
Of course I had to play around with the photo too. What do you think?