Saturday 29 September 2012

29 September 2012 - Onion Skin

 
Reminded me of the Boom Crash Opera song "Onion Skin"
which I dug up on YouTube
 
I prefer their song "Dancing in the Storm"
 
 

Friday 28 September 2012

28 September 2012 - Photoshoped Sunsets

 
Liquify Mesh
 
 
 
Dry Brush
 

 
Accent Edges
 

 
Fresco
 

 
Cutout

Tuesday 25 September 2012

26 September 2012 - Painter (new blog wallpaper)


25 September 2012 - Tapestry Crochet Ball (finished)

 
Made with 3 ply Milford Soft Crochet Cotton and 3mm crochet hook.
 
My sister knit the chevron striped blanket in the background.

 
Tapestry Crochet resources including helpful how-to videos
are on Carol Ventura's wetsite
 

Monday 24 September 2012

24 Sept 2012 - Rescue Remedy

 
It may be the computer that needs the rescue,
it's had to rebook itself and update it's virus scan
:-(

Monday 17 September 2012

17 Sept 2012 - Beans & Lentils

 
The camera reacted to this sun design by turning on
its face-recognition software!
 
I got home a bit early from work and snapped these late afternoon
rain-clouds brewing up, they might bring us some overnight showers.


Thursday 13 September 2012

Sunday 9 September 2012

9 September 2012 - Shadow on Sheet

 
Fabulous sunny breezy Sunday,
getting the sheets dry - hooray!
 
The sun shape is cut out from a cardboard box.

8 September - Sour Sops

 
Officially a weed in the backyard
but they're still pretty flowers.

Thursday 6 September 2012

Wednesday 5 September 2012

5 September 2012 - Hairpin Crochet Circle



 
My second attempt at hairpin lace crochet, still very wobbly.
You can find lots of helpful information on how to do this
on the Stitch Diva website

Sunday 2 September 2012

2 Sept 2012 - Gum Leaves


 
Windy weather last week blew some leaves into our yard
from gum trees in the nearby park.

Saturday 1 September 2012

1 September 2012 - Carlyn Beccia's Painter Pattern Tutorial

 
Small simple pattern used as a repeat element
 
 
It was made in a one centimeter square,
but in Painter the patterns elements are scalable 
so you don't have to start small, you can also adjust
how the pattern tiles horizontally and vertically

 

 
Using Define Pattern to create a seamless wrap-around repeating pattern.
As you draw out over the left edge the pen-stroke appears coming in on the right,
as you draw upwards over the top edge the pen-stroke appears coming in from the bottom,
it's a bit wierd but you get used to it.
 
You add it as a fill which is meant to be seamless but mine has a bit of a white line
 
 
Then using Layer Effects to alter hue and saturation
 
 
 
Finally, using my own patterns with Painter's Pattern Pen

 
 
I created these today with the help of Carlyn Beccia's fabulous tutorial
 
which was available via a link from her helpful blog
 
which was mentioned in her great book
"Digital Painting for the Complete Beginner"
 
which I have on loan from the library.
 
Today was the first day of Spring
(here in the Southern Hemisphere)
and a beautiful mild sunny day outdoors
but I mostly missed it - how did that happen?
I'll go outside tomorrow I promise!
 
 
 
I love making patterns! I've created a new blog for patterns