This piece began with a photograph I took of my wife with our Grandson Zeke. I opened it in Painter 8 and applied the Color Correction filter to lighten the image. I cloned the image and ran the Auto Clone brush Rain on it to create a textured base.
Using Painter 8 Wow! Books Chalk brushes I painted over the base, I also used the Soft Cloner for details around the eyes and mouth. I wanted it to appear painterly but a bit more realistic than I usually paint.
I saved that file and altered the background in PhotoPaint using the Effects> Custom> Alchemy> filter on it. Then I applied Filter Forge's - Photoframe to the image for a dark frame.
As you can see both Grandparents are happy and pleased to have a new Grandson. We weren't expecting to have any Grandchildren but now we do and we are loving it.
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Listening to: B.B. King - Three O'clock Blues
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