29 September 2012 - Onion Skin

 

Reminded me of the Boom Crash Opera song "Onion Skin"

which I dug up on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2FPE1Y5_4o

 

I prefer their song "Dancing in the Storm"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-mmg4egLtM

 

 

28 September 2012 - Photoshoped Sunsets

 

Liquify Mesh

 

 

 

Dry Brush

 

 

Accent Edges

 

 

Fresco

 

 

Cutout

27 September 2012 - Sunset Through Street-Trees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

http://www.tapestrycrochet.com/

 

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

:-(

23 September 2012 - Painter (continuous pattern)

 

 

 

 

 

22 September 2012 - Tapestry Crochet Ball (in progress)

21 September 2012 - Mints

20 September 2012 - Strawberries

19 September 2012 - Five Glass Beads Necklace

18 September 2012 - Demerara Sugar Crystals

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.

16 September 2012 - Chalk on Brick

15 September 2012 - Painter (watercolour & Kaleidoscope)

14 September 2012 - Hair Fasteners

13 September 2012 - Sunset Clouds

 

The days are getting longer, it's still light getting home after work.

12 September 2o12 - Lemon & Lime

 

Very juicy lemon & lime.

Sky blue added with Photoshop.

11 September 2012 - Spiral Binding Wire

 

Tidying up at the office,

pulling apart old documents

to recycle

10 September 2012 - Painter (lace)

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.

7 September 2012 - Painter (Oils and Turbulence)

6 September 2012 - Corn Chips & Photoshop

 

Multigrain with Blue Corn

and

Green Chilli, Cheese and Lime

 

 

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

http://www.stitchdiva.com/tutorials/hairpin-lace

4 September 2012 - Painter (kaleidoscope, sponge, eraser)

3 September 2012 - Suburban Sunset Photo

2 Sept 2012 - Gum Leaves

 

Windy weather last week blew some leaves into our yard

from gum trees in the nearby park.

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls2CEf8iduU&feature=youtu.be

 

which was available via a link from her helpful blog

http://blog.carlynbeccia.com/

 

which was mentioned in her great book

"Digital Painting for the Complete Beginner"

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Digital-Painting-Complete-Beginner-Techniques/dp/1908150246/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346501194&sr=8-1

 

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

http://frances-patterns.blogspot.com.au/