Jane's "Artwork" (Sort Of)

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

I'm having so much fun "painting" with my new Corel software, I decided that I would use this post as a place to share my pictures.  Here's my new one....

 

Here are my other two...

[Linda and "Toby"]

Wow! This is wonderful!!!! I absolutely love it! 

If I recall you use Photoshop exclusively, right? Or do you use Corel Painter, as well?

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Thanks, Linda. For this one I just used Photoshop.  I use Corel on some and then bring them back into Photoshop to finish.

[DJ & Chance]

Jane, your images always inspire me.

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Thank you DJ!

[Kyoko]

ooooo! Beautiful...  I like the canvas like texture....

[Lynda Kamrath]

I am having fun trying to analyze your layers.  First the photo as the background layer, then the canvas texture, and then painting with which brushes?  The flag is a nice focal point.  Since I do a lot on canvas anyway, the canvas layer is sometimes counter productive.  It prints well on art paper, but not on canvas.  My experience, anyway.

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

You did a good job, Lynda.  The only difference was my brush layer was second, and I applied the texture at the end.  I used several brushes...can't remember which ones.  Thanks for your insight on the canvas layer and printing. 

[Kyoko]

Layer is another hard concept for me to learn!!!

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

More Photoshop painting..

[Carol and Banjo]

All so lovely, as always, Jane.   I especially love the coneflower/butterfly!

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Thank you, Carol!  I love coneflowers, and those butterflies seem to be everywhere this Summer...I hope it's a butterfly and not some sort of moth.

[Lynda Kamrath]

You are so lucky to have butterflies.  I planted all kinds of milkweed so I could attract some monarch butterflies, but so far not one this year.  No butterflies (or moths) and very few bees and hummingbirds.  This in an agricultural area, however, and I think the spraying of pesticides and insecticides have decimated our butterflies and bees.  So sad.