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/