Two weeks in a hotel room without being able to go outside! This calls for some serious keeping busy skills! One of the things I did to keep busy was creating digital art on my iPad using the Procreate app. These are by no means works of art but I like them and they will…
I love using Photoshop to turn a so-so photo into a unique art image. As you can see in this original photo, the day was quite foggy and there wasn’t much detail available in the lighthouse. The photo was taken along the Oregon Coast. I duplicated the image twice and used a multiply blend mode…
I’ve been trying to capture a whimsical style with my photo art and I think I got it with this one. I started out by extracting the fence and the house separately. I used Photoshop’s Liquify tool to bend the straight lines of the house. I used the Perspective Warp tool to change the angle…
Summer time in many parts of the country means picking fruits and berries. How many of you have childhood memories of stuffing yourself with blueberries bursting with flavor and hands stained red from picking raspberries? Arizona doesn’t offer many berry picking opportunities so I cherish the times I get to spend in the Pacific Northwest…
Here’s another idea to get your photos out of your phone and computer, This is a quick and easy project to make for yourself or for a friend. Father’s Day or Mother’s Day Gift It’s a great gift that you can help your kids make for Mother’s or Father’s Day. What a great way to…
I’ve dabbled with digital scrapbooking for years. My first pages consisted of a few photos inserted into a word processing program with some added text. Those early pages were pretty simple and I didn’t explore much beyond the basics of photo editing and text. Now that I have improved my knowledge of Photoshop, I am…
Like my last post, this is another way to get your photos out of your phone or camera and onto the wall. I created my watercolor images in Photoshop but there are many apps available with which you can convert your photos with just a tap or two on your phone or tablet. The nice…
Inspired by my Project 52 assignment to create a photograph depicting the Origins of Halloween, I had fun with long exposure to create these ghostly images. Most scholars point to early Celtic harvest festivals as the beginning of what we now celebrate as Halloween. Although there are many events and cultures that have influenced our…
I have lived in Chandler, Arizona for 31 years and have spent a lot of time in the downtown area. In the early years, I was taking my children to classes at the rec center, story time at the library and the annual Ostrich Festival. In more recent years, downtown has meant happy hours with…
As I was looking through my photo collection, I noticed that there are many more photos featuring the color green than any other color. I wonder if that is because green is my favorite color and I am drawn to those shades when I am looking for pictures. You know how when you get a…
Can you tell what these objects are? Leave me a comment if you know!
