Images of the arty kind

[Lesley Cox]

Funny that, as I was just about to add this one, entitled "Last Week's Tulips." I've enjoyed them even as they died. A jar of purple tulips died more gracefully, the petals simply falling off, still in quite good condition.

[cohan]

thanks anne, and armin!
the program is called photoscape-besides adjusting brightness, saturation, contrast etc, i mostly play around with their filters, esp those under pictorialisation-i find the most interesting thing is layering one filter over another to give interesting effects..

anne-- do you have a link to your paintings? i have thought similar things--easier way to do painterly things with images, but then, a)i love the physical process of drawing, painting etc as much as the result, so i wouldn't readily give it up (not that i have made any time for it lately, so the photos satisfy the urge to play with images, at least)
b) without a much more sophisticated program than i have, you naturally have much greater freedom drawing/painting to create totally
c)actually some of these images have given me ideas of ways to play with images in drawing/painting

lori--nice image-- i like the light/colours

[Ragged Robin]

Lori, I love your image of fading flowers with the antique feel - are they all flowers from your garden?

[Lori S.]

Oh, how I wish!    No, everything was frozen off a couple of weeks ago.  I buy cut flowers through the winter to make up for it!  This is what it looks like here now. 

[ranunculus]

Funny that, as I was just about to add this one, entitled "Last Week's Tulips." I've enjoyed them even as they died. A jar of purple tulips died more gracefully, the petals simply falling off, still in quite good condition.

Nice curtains, Lesley ... did you paint them yourself?  

[cohan]

Oh, how I wish!    No, everything was frozen off a couple of weeks ago.  I buy cut flowers through the winter to make up for it!  This is what it looks like here now. 

well, at this moment our gardens look about the same 
i take comfort in small things, such as the afternoon forecast is now -18C, it was -20 dropping to -23, with windchill of -32, now they are not mentioning windchill.... we'll see when i go out for wood...

[Lesley Cox]

Nice curtains, Lesley ... did you paint them yourself?  

Oh yes, of course, along with the wall papers, the artwork in the bathroom and loo, hand threw the porcelain in the dining room and also wove the carpets.

[cohan]

my goodness, i'm amazed you have time to garden! 

[Paul T]

Cohan,

She's a pretty amazing person you know..... she did all that before Breakfast.   

That leaves her plenty of time to do the gardening!

[Lesley Cox]

Cooked a three course breakfast too.

[Paddy Tobin]

Funny that, as I was just about to add this one, entitled "Last Week's Tulips." I've enjoyed them even as they died. A jar of purple tulips died more gracefully, the petals simply falling off, still in quite good condition.

Nice curtains, Lesley ... did you paint them yourself?  

Sorry, Lesley,

I only gave the tulips a quick glance but, after Cliff's comment, I went back to have a good look at your curtains. Don't know what fellow in on about!

Paddy

[ranunculus]

I only gave the tulips a quick glance but, after Cliff's comment, I went back to have a good look at your curtains. Don't know what fellow in on about!
Paddy

Very few do, Paddy ... very few do!  

[ranunculus]

My contribution for today ...

POPPY BUDS

[Paddy Tobin]

Cliff, I love your curtains.
Paddy

[ranunculus]

Cliff, I love your curtains.
Paddy

Pull yourself together, Paddy!         Keep on the rail!