"Bright Petunias and The Bridge" Corel Painter - Paint.NET - Corel PSP Pro X3

Bright Petunias

The Bridge

I began this image with a Dover Publications Sampler of Petunias in black and white. I opened in Painter 11 and selected the Camel Watercolors Brush and painted the Floral. I selected unusual colors for a punchy effect to the image. 

I then used a Gouache Cover Brush resized for the solid colors in the background. I saved that iteration and from Picasa 3.9 opened with Corel PSP Pro X3. I upped the colors with Saturation Vibrancy. I added my signature with the Visible Watermark tool. 

I then proceeded to experiment with differing frames for enhancement of the painting. I selected the black and white scroll work and then I added the ornate frame, still in PSP Pro X3. 

The second image is from a Challenge photograph on Painter Talk Forum. I manipulated the image in Paint.NET, using the Oil Paint effect. I saved that iteration and opened from Picasa with Corel PSP Pro X3 and added Brush Strokes and some Vibrancy to the colors. 

I simplified the colors using Posterize for an even more painterly feel. I then added a Paper Texture to the image and saved, then resized for display, added my signature and saved..

Two Painterly Images today! Click on them for more detailed views.

I had time to practice my guitar playing yesterday and worked on the finger calluses on my left hand. I did play some Blues lead with a Backing Track as well as played chord progressions and some songs. I ended up with a gravelly throat for I was really punching out the choruses! Sore fingers today but a satisfied inner self. 

"Digital Impressionistic Floral" Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 - Plus

Digital Impressionistic Floral

This photograph is of smaller sized Snowball like flowers. I opened Picasa 3.9 and browsed to a Garden folder selecting the photograph. I opened with Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 and tried a couple of auto paintings.

I concluded that the Impressionist style looked very interesting and auto painted the whole image. I especially liked the use of Impressionist colors for the white snowballs. The orange and lavender and white with a touch of blue.

I saved that file and selected it in Picasa and opened with Corel PSP Pro X3. Here I applied the Hue and Saturation Vibrancy to give the color some punch. I also Adjusted the Brightness using Curves. I added texture using the Effects, Art Media, Brushstrokes. If you look at the larger image you can see the textures better.

I added the Mat and Golden frame in Image, Picture Frame after I had placed my signature with Visible Watermark.

It is a cool and windy Spring here in Michigan this year and I am using the photographs from our garden from previous year's blossoms. Many of our perennials come out later in the spring.

I saved the large file then resized for display here.

Listening --- The Invisible Band --- Flowers in the Window

"Bright Parrots" Corel Painter 11 - Corel PSP Pro X3 - Corel PhotoPaint - Plus

Bright Parrots

Today's digital painting is from a Watercolor Painting challenge at Painter Talk Forum's. The photograph was supplied with the instructions paint a digital watercolor and focus on the foreground with the Parrots and make the background recede. I chose to almost eliminate the background.

I first opened the photograph with Corel PSP Pro X3 and used the Saturation Vibrancy on it set about a third. I applied All Media Effects Pencil to the image. This gave me a colored pencil sketch to work with. I saved that file.

I next opened it with Corel PhotoPaint. This is where I used the Tone Curve to give the remaining color some depth. Then I used the erase tool to eliminate the busy foliage from the background, leaving the perch and sticks showing.

Saving that I opened with Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 and used the Detailed Watercolor auto paint feature on it. Saving that I opened with Corel Painter 11.

There I painted with Digital Watercolors Filbert brush, and added details and color to the image. I added back in some light greens for the background using a Sponge paint brush set at 60 then 24, with the Opacity set low. I saved that iteration.

Using the Image Visible Watermark I added my signature in PSP.

Listening --- The Beatles --- Blackbird

"Digital Paintings" Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 - Corel PSP Pro X3

Adobe Building

Fishing Wharf

"Adobe Building," this is a Photo-Manip and Auto Painting. I used Corel PhotoPaint and applied the Local Equalization tool, then adjusted the Tone Curves for depth and increased the saturation. I saved the large file and opened it with Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 and selected Modern Painting, with a Dry Sumi brush, and Pavement for the texture. I then Auto Painted the image you see here (resampled for display.) 

"Fishing Wharf," I opened this photo in Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4. I Auto Painted using the Watercolor Sketch with a Dry Brush selected. I then saved the file and opened it with Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3 and added Vibrancy to the hues and saturation. I used the Picture Frame feature to add the edge and small mat and border/frame.

I used the Visible Watermark for my signature and saved the large file then resized it for sharing here.

It's not "hand" painted, but I enjoyed playing with the image!Both images are from a Challenge at Painter Talk Forum, that I belong to. They could be painted by hand in Watercolor or other media could be used. I was really busy today so I chose Photo-Manip and Auto Painting with these great programs from Corel.

Listening --- Kirk Mathew Gatzka --- Play This Game

Hey, I'm Walking Here! - PhotoPaint - Paint.NET

Short Post today. Here is my Grandson, walking with the aid of the furniture. I opened this photograph in PhotoPaint and applied the Tone Curve to lighten it a bit.

After saving it I opened in Paint.NET and used Kuwahara Modified filter on it for a painterly look. Then I used the Effects> Artistic> Ink Sketch> filter on it adjusting the color a bit and lessening the Ink to allow the painterly features to show through.

In PhotoPaint I added a Film frame using Filter Forge. A simple crop and a simple approach to this image. "Hey, I'm Walking Here!"


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Now playing: Fats Domino - I'm walkin'
via FoxyTunes

Guitar Music I

A short post to add this image to the blog. Entitled "Music" it is a heavily manipulated photograph of a six-string guitar. I also added a frame and a "mat" made up of a different F-hole guitar.

I used Photopaint for all the work done on this photo. Laying image over image to create a cubist like view.

It was sepia toned and I reworked the color hue to change it, using the Image Adjust Color Hue tool. I used the fill tool for the "mat" by taking a image of the F-hole six-string guitar and resampling it to a small image. Then I loaded it as a tile into the fill option and filled the added area. I rotated the image tile and sheared it for the slant. Then I added the black frame.

I enjoy this kind of piece, creating and posting it to share with others.