October 4, 2008

I missed class as I was busy being the "Queen of Spades" at Juneau-Gastineau Rotary Bulb Sale / Distribution.
I spent some time becoming reacquainted with Painter and was inspired by the stormy fall days we are having.
Using the Palette Knife and the Color Palette I created version A. Using Marbleizing, under Effects, I created version B, " Autumn Storm".

September 27, 2008

We focused on channels, layers and selections in Photoshop. I need to spend some time using channels and then
layers and get a better feel for how one may be a better choice than the other to apply on particular project.

Using the selection tool I selected the leaf from my Grass-Leaf photo. I created a new layer and painted the leaf using the brush and eyedropper. I used copy and paste to create several layers of the same leaf and with each leaf applied the Free Transformation tool and Move tool. Next I applied the Liquify filter to the top three leaves and changed the opacity of the top and bottom leaves. The background is black and I added a gold frame using the canvas size option. I like how the lower opacity of the bottom leaves allowed the gold frame to show through.