Monday 4 February 2013

Summer Roses


























Top: Summer Rose.
Bottom: Summer Flower.

I was only going to upload one of these pictures, but I couldn't decide which one to upload, so I uploaded them both instead!

Again, they were created in Photoshop. For the first one, I applied a rose paintbrush to a white background and for the second one, I applied the same paintbrush to a coloured background before adjusting the tone and colour to achieve the highlights and shadows that I wanted.

To be honest, I'm quite pleased with the end result. They turned out better than I expected!

Friday 1 February 2013

A Pocketful of Spring

























I was just messing around with patterns and colours - and came up with this one by sheer accident!
I was quite pleased with the results, though. :-)

Saturday 26 January 2013

Evening Snow




















I found this little beauty in our back garden one day last week - and I just couldn't resist getting my camera out...

Fruity Reds


























Top: Fruity Reds.
Bottom: Apples & Tomatoes.

Two versions of the same subject, he he!
My little bowl of fruit and veg as seen from two different perspectives. Just looking at those apples is making my mouth water! :-P

Thursday 24 January 2013

Sunday 20 January 2013

Days of Snow

























I must confess that I'm hardly a great artist - but I just love messing around with different media!
I created this one with good old-fashioned coloured pencils and paper (and more than a little help from my nieces and nephews, since they helped me to colour it in).

Although I originally created it a few months ago, I thought it would be appropriate for now, considering the Arctic weather that we're having at the moment.

As for the little ones...
well, they're just enjoying the snowball fights. ;-)

A Single Berry

























It's freezing here in the UK at the minute! It snowed for most of last week - and it looks as if the bad weather is set to continue for a while yet.

Anyway, I took this one on Friday. This is a close-up of the view I get of one of our holly trees from my study window. We have two beautiful holly trees - and this is what they look like covered in snow.

I wish they had more berries on them, though. Sadly, the birds ate them all. :-(