Hellebore.
Hellebore…
Had a play with one of the few flowers in my garden just now…
Topax fx labs I blended my hellebore with Daily Texture Natural Spring 7….
Good evening everyone…has taken me ages to get to posting again what with one thing and another…
Happy to report I am feeling better than I have done in such a long time…the antibiotics have done their job and I had a good result with my colonoscopy last week…just 3 small polyps removed and my lovely Doctor who I have had for many years said see you in three years…I have been going for this procedure since 2007….
Since feeling me again I have been busy in the garden painting the fences around the back and front garden…a way to go yet but I quite enjoy doing it…also planting summer bulbs and dahlia tubers along with a few packets of seeds…we have had summer weather for over a week now cooler today and it will be the same until Thursday when temperatures rise again…
Thank you all so much for your kind words,votes and visit…
Hope the weather is good wherever you are…x…🥰
Dahlia...
Garden dahlia placed onto Daily Texture spectrum 6...
Peonies from my garden….
In Topaz fx labs I applied Daily Texture Art Journal Spring textures 4 times at different layer modes and opacities…
Then Reflector in Topaz Lens effects…
Amaryllis in a vase…
I placed one of my amaryllis flowers in this beautiful background I got from Daily Texture….
Artwork done in Topaz fx labs…
A Shirley double poppy…
I painted this pretty poppy in the Procreate app on my iPad Pro….
Peonies….
Pretty peonies…
Topaz Studio 2 … my acrylic look preset…AI Clear…
Topaz fx labs….Daily textures Art Journal Spring 2…17 x 4 times at different layer modes and opacities…Topaz lens effects…reflector and single tone…
Garden Peonies...
Daily Texture Luminous Water Color collection....
Perfect for flower photographs...added in Topaz fx labs....
In Topaz Sudio 2 I added my acrylic preset, AI clear and played around until the color changed to this pretty lilac....
Happy Easter to you all...
A chilly one here with mixed weather...
Can you believe we won’t get the vaccine until August now...
That’s the first one.....it has just been on the news saying all modes of transport are cram packed with people heading out to the Islands around Stockholm....hardly saw anyone with a mask on...and the hospital’s are full...
Sooo will stay home as fortunately we don’t have any tourist attractions on our Island but a lot of city dwellers have summer houses out here...fortunately not in our area...
Enjoy whatever you do and stay safe and healthy....
Thank you all so much for your kind words and visits....x 🥰
My Home Grown Ranunculus.....
In Topaz fx labs I applied the Opal texture from Daily Texture 4 times at different layer modes and opacities....
Added my acrylic preset in Topaz Studio 2 also AI Clear....
Hope you are all doing well and keeping healthy...
They have run out of the vaccine here...and lots of people are going away for the Easter break....
We are just suffering the consequences of people going skiing at the end of February in the school holidays...
The hospitals are full...common sense definitely lacking...
But I am happy to say at last I have energy to do the things I love also the chores.... of course....
Can sit at my computer a few hours and play and run around with my camera....and it’s an hour lighter in the evening....
Thank you all for your visits and kind words....x 🥰
My Lily Tulips...
Daily textures used on these beauties...
Texture work done in Topaz Labs fx....
Topaz Studio 2 I used my Acrylic preset and AI Clear...
Chilly grey day just 8c will be the high....
Seenms it’s the coldest Spring we have had for a few years...
So thought these vibrant tulips would brighten the day...
Thank you all for your visits and kind words...
Stay safe and healthy..l.x 🥰
My Garden Peonies...
Feeling arty today and put a few textures from Daily Texture.com behind my
lovely peonies inTopaz fx labs....Added an acrylic preset of mine and A I clear
to the blooms in Topaz Studio 2....
Friday already...where have the days gone?
Been bitterly cold here all week and doesn’t look like it will be any warmer next week...
Want to do some gardening but will have to wait...
Still no sign of the vaccination as yet...
Hope you are all safe and healthy...
Thank you for your visits and kind words...
Enjoy your weekend...🥰
Peonies....
My garden peonies from last Spring...
Added a texture layer then played in Topaz Studio 2
In Impressions with my preset...
Gloomy grey days are back but at last a few Spring bulbs
are peeping through the earth....Hopefully the sun will shine
from Monday onwards...
Hope you are all enjoying your weekend...
Stay safe and healthy....l
Thank you all for your visits and kind words...x 🥰
Forget Me Nots...
Love these pretty spring blooms...
Added a texture or two in Topaz fx labs...
The glass container from the Reed diffuser is perfect as a vase for these blooms...
Laptop is in for a service so no new artwork just now...
Covered in snow again here and freezing cold...
Hope you are all safe and well...x 🥰
Tulips...
Some tulips to brighten a grey day....
Artwork and textures done in Topaz Labs and Topaz FX lab...
So good to be back,just after I posted my Amaryliss image I
had a diverticulitis flare up that lasted weeks...just feeling better this week
and am feeling like picking up a camera again and also doing some artwork...
Hope you are all well...
Stay safe and healthy....🥰
03-Jan-2021
Amaryliss...
I used the Lensbaby Omni on my Meyer Optik Gorlitz Oreston 50mm 1.8f vintage lens on my Sony A6000 camera...
In Topaz Labs I added 2 Daily Textures...Endless 5 and 8...
Topaz Studio AI clear....
Been a while since I did some artwork...always using my vintage lenses theses days so thought it time to get back into art...
We have actually had a small amount of snow which has really brightened the dark gloomy days...I am happy to say...
Hopefully we will get a good snowfall and the trees will be dressed in snow too...
Thank you all for your visits and kind words....
Stay safe and healthy....
Tulip....
My texture....Topaz Studio 2 for artwork..
23-May-2020
Pink Ranunculus...
Topaz studio 2 and Topaz fx labs used for this artwork...
Texture from Daily Texture.com
03-Jun-2020
My Home Grown Ranunculus...
I still have many ranunculus photos from Spring to artify...
This is my favorite one so far...
16-May-2020
Cream Ranunculus...
Shot on my light pad...
Texture work done in Topax fx labs...
Topaz Studio 2... Looks,HSL and aI Clear...
Hope all is well with everyone...summer seems to have arrived here...
Will catch up with comments tomorrow....been busy painting the fence around the front garden...
And today was Mother’s Day here in Sweden so the girls came with a gorgeous standard rose for me...of course we practiced strict social distancing and I did plenty of hand washing and sanitizing...but it was so kind of them as you know I am their stepmother...
Thank you all for your kind words and visits...Take care...
Home Grown Ranunculus...
Shot on my light pad and enhanced with Jai's Opal collection textures ...
From dailytexture.com...
Hope you are all well and happy....
At last the weather is warming up...
Thank you all for your visits and kind words....
11-May-2020
Home Grown Ranunculus With a Texture....
This is the first year I have been really successful at growing and having many blooms...
Last Autumn after I lifted the tubers to store over winter...I noticed they were sprouting growth again...
So I put them in 4 big plant pots and into my mini greenhouse...they grew really well with no watering
and I have learnt they just like filtered sunlight and not so much water...I am so happy with these
beautiful blooms...
11-May-2020
Ranunculus...
Home grown Ranunculus...so happy to have flowers this year...
Think I overwatered them last year...I read they don’t like a lot of watering...
My own texture plus one from 2 Lil Owls...
I added a Raynox clip on macro lens to my Canon 60mm 2.8f macro lens...
Pretty Maids All In A Row...
These pretty Roses were shot on a light pad...
Used my own texture and applied it 4 times...rotating and changing the layer modes and opacity...
AI Clear in Topaz studio 2...Texture work in Topaz FX labs...
Peonies...
Memories of last years peonies...
Texture work in Topaz FX labs..The textures are photos with a vintage lens....
Added the first texture 4 times at different layer modes and opacities...the second one twice...I changed the colors on the texture I added 4 times...masked the texture off the peonies...
Topaz Studio 2 I used AI Clear...
Liseanthus.....
I added 2 different textures twice at different layer modes and opacities...
both photos of bokeh with a vintage lens...
In Topaz Studio 2 I used my Expressionism preset... also AI Clear....
Begonia....
Shot on my light pad as beautiful as begonia are there stems are too floppy to stand up....
I used my Canon 550D with my 60mm 2.8f macro lens...
10-Aug-2019
Feeling Vintage....
Artwork done in Topaz Studio 2....
Peony...
Macro shot of a garden Peony...
Topaz Studio...AI Clear and AI Remix to change the colors a little...
Lisianthus....
Raw file processed in Photoshop Elements.....
Topaz Studio basic adjustments and AI Clear....
Topaz FX labs for texture work...
2 Lil Owls Brilliance in Multiply mode applied twice at low opacities....
Shirley Double Poppy....
Topaz Studio basic adjustments...AI Clear...
Topaz Impressions....my oily arts preset...
Topaz fx labs for texture work...
2 Lil Owls....Dazzle 2....twice once normal layer mode and once soft light...low opacities....
Topaz lens effects...diffusion back into Topaz fx labs to mask where I wanted details....
Abstract Rose...
Rose...
I first used the Fractalius plugin...
In the app Pixlr I put many layers of double exposure and moved each one clockwise a little...changing blending modes too...a first attempt at this and it was fun...
My Lilac Roses...
Pretty roses on which I used 3 layers of Topaz Lens Effects...Diffusion at different opacities and masked the Rose where I wanted details....
29-Jan-2019
Dried Hydrangea....
Hydrangea....
Photographed on my light box...
Topaz Studio Basic adjustments...
AI Clear...
Topaz fx labs for texture work...
2 Lil owls texture...creamsicle 5
applied twice at very low opacities...
Thank you all for your visits and kind words...
Enjoy your weekend....
Amaryllis “Pretty Nymph”....
Shot in font of a sunny window to get a high key look...
Applied 2 Lil Owls textures at low opacities in the screen layer mode...
Sunrise rose.....
A pretty rose to brighten this grey rainy morning....
Raw file processed in PSE 14....ACR....
Topaz Studio....basic adjustments....
Topaz fx labs for texture work....
Jai's Mother's Day texture....changed the color....
Applied six times at different layer modes and opacities....
Topaz lens effects....diffuse to soften the petals...masked the Rose center....
25-May-2018
Pretty new flower in my garden....
New flower in my garden... Cocktail Cosmopolitan ....
Topaz Studio...basic adjustments...
Topaz photo FX Labs...Daily Texture...Breathless14 four times at different layer modes..
14-Jun-2011
Iris....
Topaz Studio...basic edits...
Topaz FX labs...Jais Daily texture...playful spirit 16 applied four times at different layer modes and opacities...
French kiss script...
Fushia....
Topaz Studio...basic adjustments...
Topaz fx lab...Jai’s Daily Texture.... September 2016 3...
wanted a light touch on the background so applied the texture 8 times at low opacities and different layer modes...
Topaz Clarity.....
Hope you all have a great weekend with sunny days....
Thank you so much for your visits and kind words...
26-Aug-2018
Blowin In The Wind....
Topaz Studio...basic edits...
Topaz FX labs...Magnolia textures...
Lucious oils 2...applied 3 times...
different layer modes and opacities...
Topaz Clarity...
French Kiss butterfly....
Sony A 6000,lens adapter,Helios 42...
17-Aug-2017
Cosmos Psyche White...
Cosmos white psyche...
Topaz Studio...basic edits,Al clear...
Topaz FX labs...Jai’s Daily Texture...
Natural Spring 7...twice multiply and soft light...
Topaz Clarity....
French Kiss Butterfly..
25-Aug-2018
Cosmos Psyche White...
Topaz studio...basic edits... Topaz fx labs...Jai's Daily Texture... Breathless 11 twice ....Multiply and soft light... French kiss butterfly....
Poppy...
Topaz Studio basic adjustments...
Topaz fx labs...Daily Texture...Italian garden...
Topaz Impression...my oil glaze preset...
Hope you are all enjoying your weekend...
Here it has been a most welcome rainy day...
With more normal summer temperatures...
Thank you all for your visits and kind words....
Iris....
Iris....an old photo from 2008 I found on an external drive...
Topaz studio basic edits...
In Photoshop I used the smudge tool on the Iris...
Topaz fx labs....Daily texture breathless 11 4 times at different opacities....
Topaz Claritiy...
Hope you are all well...
Happy to say the heatwave has cooled...
Maybe I can get some gardening done...
Thank you all for your visits and kind words....
Dahlia....
Topaz Studi..Basic adjustments...
Topaz fx labs...
Daily Texture...sunflowers in fall...7 times different opacities and layer modes...
Captured light at sea...changed the color...
Topaz Clean...
Topaz Simplify...Buz Sim...
Hello everyone...still melting in the heat...
It's almost midnight here and the best time to sit out and enjoy the cooler evening..
Charlie and Jack enjoy this time too...I really feel for them in this heat...
Thank you all for your visits and kind words...
Enjoy the weekend and stay cool....
03-Apr-2009
Walters water lily revisited....
Walter kindly let me paint his beautiful water lily image a few years ago...
I decided to revisit the image and give it a new look...
First of all I enlarged it...
In Topaz fx labs I applied a Daily Texture...Breathless 19 5 times all layers at low opacities...
Finished it in Topaz Claritiy...
Hope you approve Walter and thank you so much....
Photography by Walter Otto Keonig...
Hydrangea...
Topaz Studio...basic adjustments...
Topaz lens effects...
Topaz Impression...my oil painting preset...
Topaz fx labs...Daily Texture...breathless 11...
Fractalius...
Hope you are all well and not melting in the heat
as we are in Sweden...well over 30 degrees in the sun and almost as hot indoors...
Thank you all for your visits and kind words...
Enjoy your weekend...
Bonica rose portrait...
Topaz Studio...basic adjustments...
Topaz Impression....my oil glaze preset...
Topaz fx labs...Textures from Daily Texture...
Natural spring 3..7....each applied once...
9...applied twice...Multiply and overlay...
Hope you are all enjoying the weekend...
With temperatures over 32 degrees we are melting...
Too hot to be in the sun...the shade is more comfortable...
Thank you all for your kind words and visits...
Bonica Roses...
Topaz Studio basic adjustments...
Topaz fx labs..Daily Texture...natural spring 7...
natural spring 2
Topaz impression in Topaz Studio...my oil glaze preset...
Topaz Clean...
Rain on a rose bud...
Topaz Studio....basic adjustments...
Topaz clean...
Topaz Simplify...Buz Sim...
Topaz fx labs....
2 Lil owls textures....wax storms 8 applied twice...
Pastel light blenders 19...
Hello everyone...
It's that time of year when gardening and
photography takes my time and of course Charlie and Jack...
Not much time over for playing on my computer...
We are having an amazing summer this year so spending most of my time outdoors...
Hope you are all well and having great weather too...
Thank you all for your kind words and visits...xxx
A new rose in my garden...
Morden Sunrise...
Topaz Studio...minimal basic adjustments...
Topaz fx photo labs...Daily Texture....Studio play...
desturated a little....5 times at different layer modes and opacities...
Photoshop...levels adjustments layer...
Hope you are enjoying your weekend....
It's very windy here but sunny...
Nice to cool down after all the heat the last few weeks...
Thanks for your visits and kind words....
Rose....
Renaissence Rose...
Topaz Studio basic adjustments...
Topaz Textures...Amathist...
Chamoisee glaze...
Topaz fx photo lab....
2 Lil owls..Black screen-film 2...29 twice low opacities...
Photoshop....Levels adjustments layer...
Morden Blush....
Topaz Studio Basic adjustments...
Topaz fx labs...Kim Klassen texture applied twice at different opacities...
Topaz Impression...my preset...
One of my new roses....
Red rose...
Topaz Studio...Basic adjustments...
Topaz FX Labs...2 Lil Owls...Artiste 8...
Galactic 30...
Topaz lens effects....
Amaryllis...
Topaz Studio Basic edits..
Topaz fx labs...Daily Texture...New Masters and summer flowers textures...
Topaz lens effects...
Topaz Clarity...
Just before posting I had a play in Snapseed...white balance and glamour glow...
Hope you are all enjoying your weekend...
Thank you all for your kind words and votes...
13-Jun-2018
Peony...
My first peony to bloom....
Topaz Studio...Basic adjustments...
Topaz fx labs....2 Lil owls...Artisan 49
Sherbet 4
Creamcake 9
French Kiss brush French refrain script...
Photoshop..... Levels adjustment layer...
New Tulips in my garden...
Tulips...
Topaz Studio....basic adjustments...
Topaz fx labs....Daily texture...summer splash...my color...
Topaz Buz sim split toned...
Topaz Clarity Fur and feathers 1...
2Lil owls pastel blenders....
Pretty in pink...
Topaz Studio....adjustment smudge and basic edits...
Topaz fx labs...Daily Texture ...Natural Spring 2
Topaz lens effects...
Fractalius....
Friday already...how the week has flown....
Had a couple of cold days but now it's full sun again and getting hot...
Hope you are all enjoying good weather too....
Thank you for all your visits and kind words....
Mini Iris...
Topaz studio basic edits...
2 lil owls texture Vitality 23 twice at different layer modes...
Softly vintage 6...
Light blender 4 and 11...
Lillies...
Topaz studio basic edits...
Topaz impression...my fine wine cafe preset...
Smudge 1 my preset...
Daily texture...captured light sea 4...
Topaz lens effects...
Topaz Clarity...
A touch of Fractalius...
Cosmos...
Topaz studio basic edits...
Topaz impression...my fine wine cafe preset...
Daily Texture....gems in my garden...
French kiss splatter brushes...
A touch of Fractalius...
Two pink roses.....
Topaz studio basic edits...
Topaz impression...my impasto preset...
Texture...2lil owls cream cake 30...
2 lil owls creamsickle 4...
Topaz impression...my chalk smudge preset...
Topaz lens effects...
Topaz Claritiy...
Levels adjustment layer in Photoshop...
Roses...
Topaz studio...basic edits...
Topaz Impression....Geogia O'Keefe my preset...
Daily Texture...Spring butterflies...
Levels adjustment layer inPhotoshop...
Roses...
Topaz studio...basic edits...
Topaz Impression...My impasto preset...
Daily texture summer splash 12 texture
Added twice multiply and normal layer modes...
Levels adjustment layer in Photoshop....
Beautiful sunny day here in Sweden...
Hope you are all enjoying nice weather too...
Thank you all so much for you visits and kind words...
Roses in a vase...
Topaz studio basic edits...
Eighties preset...
Topaz impression....my floral preset....
Daily Texture the grey papers....
My chalk smudge preset....
Levels adjustment layer Photoshop....
White ranucula....
Edited in Topaz Sudio....
One of my textures....
French kiss script...
2Lil owls soft chaos texture 8...
A touch of Fractalius....
Hope you are all having a great weekend...
Still cold here but at least it didn't rain today...
Thank you all for your kind words and visits...
Orchids in pink...
Edited in Topaz Sudio...
Daily Texture Expression 2...
Gems in the garden....
AI remix in Topaz Studio....
Niks....
27-Mar-2018
Just the right shoe...
Just in case anyone thought this was
one of my shoes....I have three different
shoes that my stepmother bought me for birthdays...
They are ceramic and about five inches long...
Edited with Topaz Basic....
2 Lil owls texture...Bijoux 7...
Light blender 22
Topaz clarity....fur and feathers preset 2
19-Mar-2018
Just one Shoe....
Topaz studio for basic adjustments...
2 Lil owls Ariste 6 Texture applied
twice at different layer modes and opacities...
Topaz Simplify....buz sim....
Where has this week gone?
At last we have had a sunny week and
the snow has started to melt...
Thank you all for your visits and kind words...
Enjoy your weekend......
19-Mar-2018
Grandmas rose mug....
Love this rose mug that was my Grandmas...
It must be over seventy years old...
Topaz studio basic edits...
Topaz impression Da Vinci my preset...
2 Lil owls light blender overlay...
2 Lil owls midsummer dreaming texture....
10-Jan-2018
Afternoon Walk....
I used Topaz Studio for basic edits...
The new Topaz AI Remix at low opacities...
Levels adjustment layer in Photoshop...
A touch of Fractalius....
Hope you are all enjoying your weekend...
We are still deep in snow and it's freezing...
Was -11 in the night so I think Spring will be really late this year...
Two doggies here love the snow and are very happy...
Thank you all so much for your visits and kind words....
Fushia....
Applied a Daily texture twice at different opacities...
Topaz Impression,my preset...
A touch of Fractalius...
sunflowers....
Sunflowers with a Daily Texture,paint splashes etc from Jai Johnson...
2 Lil owls texture....
Topaz simplify....buzz sim preset...
A touch of Fractalius....
Good to be back again after yet another virus...
Sofa bound for days...think I have had every virus that's active this winter...
Ah well feeling better now so fingers crossed there won't be any more!
Thank you for your visits and kind words...
Mini orchids...
Editing done in Topaz studio...
Daily texture spatters and drips....
French kiss splatters...
Daily Texture canvas texture...
Topaz simplify buzz sim 2 preset...
Topaz impression my sketchy smudge preset...
A touch of Fractalius....
Thank you all for your good wishes...
Hopefully soon I will be back to good health...
I wish you all an enjoyable weekend...
Sunrise roses...
Photograph taken on my light box...
Jai Johnson Daily texture, paint splatters and drips....
Topaz simplify...
A touch of Fractalius....
Thank you so much for your visits and kind words...
For weeks I have had a virus that appears to be getting better
then returns again and again...hopefully this is the last time as
I am fed up with feeling below par!....
Looking forward to Spring....x
30-May-2017
Gerbera....
Topaz studio....basic edits...
Topaz impression....my fine wine cafe preset...
2Lil owls texture Soft chaos 6...
A touch of Fractalius...
Levels adjustment layer in Photoshop....
Sunflowers....
Topaz Studio.Basic adjustments...
My fine wine cafe preset...
Texture by Daily Texture Canvas play twice
Multiply at different opacities....
Topaz Impression Georgia O'Keefe 2 preset....
Daily texture drips...
Topaz Claritiy....
A touch of Fractalius....
30-May-2017
Gerbera...
Edits done in Topaz Studio...
Topaz Simplify...
2Lil owls Soft Chaos texture my color...
Texture added twice multiply at different opacities...
The gerbera were cream but I changed the color to match the texture...
Finally a levels adjustment layer...
How the week has flown by...
We have a little snow here so Charlie and Jack are happy...
Thank you all for your visits and kind words...
Hope you all have a most enjoyable weekend...x
04-Sep-2017
Cosmos...
New cosmos I grew from seed summer 2017...
Used my own textures and added a few paint splashes...
Topaz impression my preset...
Topaz Claritiy....
25-Sep-2017
Mini orchids...
Still playing with my orchid images...
Daily texture...my colors...
Topaz Impression my overpaint preset...
Topaz Claritiy....
A touch of Fractalius....
27-Jul-2017
Lilac Shirley double poppy...
2Lil Owls textures...
French kiss French script....
Levels adjustment layer...
A touch of Fractalius...
25-Sep-2017
Orchids...
Daily texture my colors...
Topaz impression overpaint my preset...
Duplicate layer....soft light...
Topaz Claritiy.....
Thank you all for your visits and kind words...
Had a bad attack of diverticulitis but happy to say
I am well on the mend now...
So frustrating I couldn't stand the brightness of the computer screen...
A side effect from the antibiotics...
Hope you all have a most enjoyable weekend....
24-Jul-2017
Rose in pink....
Rose from my garden...
2 Lil owls texture...
Topaz impression my preset...
Topaz Claritiy...
A touch of Fractalius unsharp mask...
Hope you all have a great weekend...
Thank you for your visits and kind words...
04-Sep-2017
Sunflowers...
Sunflowers from my garden...
A Daily texture...
Topaz Claritiy...
A touch of Fractalius...
02-Jul-2017
Foxgloves...
I used a texture by Jai Johnson at Daily Texture...
Topaz impression my preset...
Topaz Claritiy...
Levels adjustment layer...
A touch of Fractalius...
Loved these foxgloves I grew from seed...
They were huge...
25-Sep-2017
Orchids in white...
My own textures...
Topaz Impression my preset...
Topaz Claritiy...
A touch of Fractalius....
24-Sep-2017
Cosmos...
Was so happy with the new varieties os Cosmos I grew from seed this summer...
A pink variety here enhanced with my own textures...
Printed out A3and framed ready to hang on the wall....
Thank you all for the welcome back.....
Peach rose...
2Lil owls textures Spirit 2 twice...
Once with screen layer mode and second time with soft light...
A touch of Fractalius...
Topaz impression my preset...
Hope you are all enjoying your weekend...
Sun and cloud here in Sweden so have been busy in the garden...
Thank you all for your visits and kind words...
Pink daisies...
Topaz Impression my smudge preset...
Daily textures grey paper...
Topaz Claritiy....
Levels adjustment layer...
Iris...
2 Lil owls textures...
Topaz Claritiy....
Levels adjustment layer...
A touch of Fractalius....
Misty Lilac...
Topaz Impression my preset...
2Lil Owls Black magic 11 texture...
3 2lLil owls actions...
2Lil owls Franchise paper...
Topaz Claritiy...
Levels adjustment layer....
Topaz Impression my overpaint preset...
Orchids....
Flypaper rainbow trout texture...
Texture I made using a shadow house creations brush ...
Texture I made using a fan brush...
Levels adjustment layer...
Ranucula...
One of my favorite flowers...
Texture from 100 free textures...
French kiss script...
Levels adjustment layer...
Hope you all have a great weekend...
Guess mine will be spent mostly indoors
As it's going to rain until Monday...
Thank you all for your visits and kind words...
Lisianthus....
Mercury code texture...
added twice in multiply and soft light layer modes...
used 2 2Lil Owls actions...
Levels adjustment layer...
Stocks...
Jai Johnson Daily Texture added twice
at different layer modes...
Levels adjustmentb layer...
A touch of Fractalius...
Campion....
Wild campion growing down by the water...
2 Lil Owls forrest texture twice...
Layer modes multiply and lighten...
Levels adjustment layer...
A touch of Snapseed....
Carnations...
Just a 2 Lil Owls texture and
a touch of Fractalius.....
Hope you are all enjoying your weekend...
Summer actually arrived on Friday and it's been hot...
Enjoying pottering in the garden and planting new roses...
Thank you all for your kind words and visits...
Be back when the sun goes down to catch up with my comments....
Pink lillies...
2 Lil owls texture....
Topaz Impression my preset...
Topaz Claritiy...
2 Lil owls light burn texture...
Levels adjustment layer...
Mothers Day Bouquet....
Here is the bouquet my two youngest stepdaughters bought
me for Swedish Mother's Day that was at the end of May...
The beautiful stocks came from there....
Used Jai Johnsons Daily Texture Expression 28 three times
at different layer modes....
Topaz Impression my smudge preset...
Topaz Claritiy...
Levels adjustment layer...
Topaz lens effects....
An action by 2lil owls lovely light...
Then a smokey vignette action also by 2lil owls....
Hope you all have a great weekend...
Going to do some gardening before the rain starts...
Summer has not fully arrived here yet.....
Thank you all for your visits and kind words....
Stocks...
First of all I would like to thank all of you who voted for my first Stocks image as
this morning I was delighted to see it was number one in the Popular photos gallery...
A first time in almost ten years it made my day...
On this image I used Fractalius....
2 lil owls boutique 24...
2 lil owls light blender 28 twice...
First with overlay and then with screen layer modes...
Topaz impression my overpaint preset...
2 lil owls light blender 20 screen layer mode...
Finally a levels adjustment layer....
Stocks...
Just love these beautiful flowers...
French Kiss Texture....
Topaz Impression my preset...
Levels adjustment touch of Fractalius...
Stocks....
Photograph taken on my light box...
First of all I added a touch of Fractalius....
2lil Owls Wonderlust textures twice at different blending modes...
2Lil Owls Light blender 21 screen mode...
Topaz Impression my preset...
2Lil Owls light blender 28 screen mode...
2Lil Owls light blender 28 overlay mode...
Hope you are all having a great weekend...
Grey and rainy here of course...
Happy to play on my computer though...
Thank you all for your visits and kind words...
Stocks....
I applied Jai Jonsons Daily texture Valentine...
Levels adjustment layer...
Fractalius....
Topaz Impression my preset...
Topaz Glow shine preset....
Forget me nots...
Applied a Daily texture twice...
Levels adjustment layer...
Topaz Claritiy...
A touch of Fractalius...
French Lavender...
I used one of my textures that I painted in Photoshop...
A Daily texture on top...
Fractalius...
A levels adjustment layer...
Topaz Claritiy...
Wild Violets...
Topaz Impression my preset...
Fractalius...
Topaz Glow....
Topaz Claritiy....
Mini roses...
I used two different Daily Textures...
Topaz Impression my preset...
Topaz Claritiy...
A touch of Fractalius...
Used Ambience in the Snapseed app...
Foxglove...
Jai Johnson's Daily Texture...
Topaz Sudio Beta...which you can download free to try...just google...
Fractalius...
A touch of Snapseed...
The sun is out and I am happy...
Still been on freezing at night though...
Hope all is well with everyone and you enjoy the weekend...
Got a new Samsung screen for my PC and
Fredrik recommended a HDMI CABLE male both ends...
It's amazing just like I have a new computer...
Now I recommend it to everyone....
Thank you so much for your visits and kind words...
Canterbury Bells...
Jai Johnson Daily Texture...
Topaz lens effects...
Topaz Claritiy....
A touch of Fractalius...
Tete a Tete...
Love these mini daffs,they have been flowering fo five weeks...
Jai Johnson Daily Texture....
Topaz lens effects...
A touch of Fractalius...
Lillies in pink...
At last an hour or so to play...
Jai Johnsons Daily Texture Summer...
Topaz Claritiy...
Topaz lens effects...
A touch of Snapseed...
Hope you all have a great weekend...
We have actually had sun this week so
been busy in the garden and really enjoyed it...
Thank you all for your visits and kind words...
Marigolds...
Jai Johnson Daily Texture...
Topaz Claritiy...
A touch of Fractalius...
Lilac...
French Kiss textures and script...
Topaz Claritiy...
Snapseed...
Peonies...
2Lil owls texture...
Topaz Impression my version of the Da Vinci preset...
Topaz Claritiy...
A touch of Fractalius...
Yellow Rose...
Pretty yellow rose from my garden...
2Lil owls textures...
Topaz Claritiy...
Topaz Lens Effects...
A touch of Fractalius...
Hope you are all enjoying the weekend...
Maybe you have warmer weather than us...
We have had every season today...even snow...
Thank you all for your visits and kind words...
Orchids....
2 Lil owls texture....
Topaz impression my over painting preset...
Topaz clarity....
A touch of Fractalius.....
Bunch of Daffodils...
Jai Johnson Daily Texture...
Topaz Impression my overpaint preset...
Topaz lens effects...
Topaz Claritiy....
Levels adjustment layer...
Sunflower...
Jai Johnson Daily Texture...
Topaz Clarity...
Topaz lens effects...
A touch of Fractalius...
Thank you all for your visits and kind words...
Been so busy,the kitchen is being finished tomorrow...
Will be back then to catch up with my comments...
Good news on the PC front...my friend Ruth loaned me
a screen she's not using to try on my computer and
So happy to say it's working fine again...just have to decide which one to buy...
there are so many to choose from...
Pink Orchids....
Jai Johnson Daily Texture...
Topaz Lens Effects...
Snapseed...
Cosmos..
Jai Johnson Daily Texture...
Topaz Impression my overpaint preset...
Topaz Claritiy...
Topaz Lens effects...
Levels adjustment layer...
A touch of Fractalius...
Hope you all have a pleasant weekend...
Feeling sad tonight because of the happening in Stockholm today...
Having a quiet weekend at home...
Thank you all for your kind words and visit to my galleries...
White cosmos....
Pretty white cosmos with a 2Lil owls texture...
Topaz Impression my preset...
Topaz lens effects...
A touch of Fractalius....
Be back to do my comments later in the day...
My PC can't load Windows...worked perfectly Friday evening...
But Saturday we had visitors and with 3 dogs and two young children
It could have been knocked and something seems to be loose inside...
Anyway trying to get hold of Fredrik my computer guy to see if it can be fixed...
Need a new laptop also as my Vaio can't be updated to Windows 10 and is just 32 bits...
Found a Lenovo one with 12 gigs of Ram that looks promising...
Looks like it's gonna be an expensive month....
Sunflowers...
Jai Johnsons Daily texture...
Topaz Impression my preset...
Topaz Claritiy...
Topaz Lens effects...
A levels adjustment layer...
A touch of Fractalius...
Enjoy your weekend.
Hope the sun shines for you.
It's rainy and cold here...
Thank you all for your visits and kind words...
Cosmos...
Pretty cosmos with a 2 Lil owls texture...
Topaz lens effects...
A touch of Fractalius...
Pink roses...
Jai Johnsons Daily Texture...
Topaz Impression my overpaint preset...
Topaz lens effects...
A touch of Fractalius...
Cyclaman...
Used three of Jai Johnsons Daily Textures...
Topaz Impression my preset...
Topaz lens effects...
Levels adjustment layer...
Fractalius....
Pink Campion...
Pretty pink campion that grows wild down by the water...
Jai Johnson Daily Texture...
Topaz Impression my preset...
Topaz lens effects...
A touch of Fractalius...
Hope you have an enjoyable weekend...
Tha kitchen is really taking shape now and I am really happy
with the result...but what a mess everywhere...
Happy to say I am feeling much better...
Thank you all for your good wishes...it helps...
Also thank you all for your visits and kind words...
Marigolds...
Applied a Jai Johnson texture from Daily Textures...
Topaz Impression my preset...
Topaz Lens effects...
Topaz Claritiy...
Spring blooms...
This image was taken in my garden last May...
Applied a Jai Johnson texture from Daily Texture....
Topaz Impression my preset....
Topaz Lens effects....
Vinca...
A watercolor background from Design cuts...
Topaz Impression my smudge preset...
Topaz lens effects....
A touch of Fractalius...
White Orchids....
Applied four Jai Johnson Daily Textures...
Topaz Impression my overpaint preset...
A touch of Fractalius....
Orchids...
Texture by Jai Johnson at Daily Textures...
Applied twice at different opacities...
Topaz Impression overpaint my preset...
Topaz lens effects...
A touch of Fractalius...
Wanted to bring a bit more detail back so
I placed the original image on top and played with
the layer styles and opacity until it looked how I wanted it to...
Cosmos...
Love cosmos and always grow them in my garden in summer...
Texture by Jai Johnson at Daily textures...
Topaz Impression under painting my preset...
Loved the effect this preset gave...
Levels adjustment layer...
Sunflowers...
Cheery sunflowers to brighten this cold snowy day...
I used two textures...
Topaz labs Impression my preset...
Topaz lens effects...
Levels adjustment layer....
Red Poppy...
Smudge painted the poppy in Photoshop...
I made the background by blurring the image...
Painting it in Photoshop and adding a net effect with
A French Kiss brush...
Levels adjustment layer...
25-Jul-2016
Pink Roses...
Pretty pink roses with a 2 Lil Owls Artistic texture added...
Levels adjustment layer...
A touch of Fractalius...
Hope you all have an enjoyable weekend...
Had a few welcome sunny days this week and
A Bit warmer in the day but freezing at night...
Time is flying by and soon Spring will be here...
Thank you all for your visits and kind words...
Scabacious and Queen Anns Lace...
2 Lil owls texture....
Levels adjustment layer...
Snapseed....
01-Aug-2016
Fading roses...
An image from last summer shot on my light box...
Added a 2Lil Owls texture...
Topaz Glow...
Topaz Claritiy....
How the week has flown...
Had a few sunny days but of course today is grey and cold...
Thank you all for your visits,kind words and votes...
Have an enjoyable weekend...
09-Sep-2016
Close up Fushia...
Minolta vintage lens on my Sony A6000...
Topaz Impression my silky smudge preset...
A 2 Lil owls texture discheveled 15...
An overlay layer at 56% opacity....
09-Sep-2016
Fushia...
Pretty fushia..
I used 2Lil Owls Textures and a French Kiss Script brush...
Levels adjustment layer...
I used a Minolta vintage lens on my Sony A6000...
19-Aug-2016
Scabacious and Queen Ann's lace...
Wild flowers picked near home last summer...
First I used Topaz Glow...
A 2Lil Owls texture...
Levels adjustment layer...
03-Oct-2016
Marigolds...
Marigolds from my garden to brighten this cold grey day...
Used my own texture for the background....
My version of Turner sunset in Topaz Impression...
2Lil owls artiste 2 texture...
25-Jul-2016
Delicate Rose...
On this delicate rose I used two 2Lil owls textures...
French kiss script...
20-Aug-2016
Fushia...
This I will print and hang...
Daily Textures one of the Valentine collection...
Topaz Claritiy fur and feathers 1...
Topaz Impression my preset...
Fractalius...
Levels adjustment layer...
Apple blossom...
Added a texture and French script,also a levels adjustment layer....
Hope you are all well and having better weather than us...non stop rain today...we are not happy as there are as always plenty of outdoor jobs to do...Ah well...house cleaning and keeping the doggies amused...they will not go outside unless I take them...
Thank you all for your kind words and visits...
Enjoy the weekend...
Peony...
Added Lil owls old film texture and a levels adjustment layer....
My first peony to bloom...
Vinca...
Added Lil owls exotic water color texture,French script and a levels adjustment layer...
Renaisence Rose...
A beautiful climbing rose that opens a delicate peach color and changes to this...A gift from two of my stepdaughters on Mothers Day...
Hope you are all enjoying your weekend..been raining on and off all day so had a rest from outdoor work....
Thank you all for your visits and kind words...
Red poppies...
Smudged the poppies in Photoshop,added a texture,French script and a frame in Snapseed....
Pink poppies...
Smudged in Photoshop,texture added and I used a brush to add flowers to the background...
Hope you are all enjoying your weekend...
I have been busy all week painting oil with a stain onto the balcony...so tired as its been very warm I haven't had my computer on all week...Work has started on the back garden too...so I will pop in to Pbase when I can...
Thank you all for your visits and kind words...
Dreamy Apple Blossoms....
Hope you are all having a great weekend and the sun is out...
Cloudy and cool here after two days of rain...at least the garden is happy...
Thank you all for your visits and kind words...
Postcard...
Sorry I haven't been around for a few days...been busy stacking the logs after Peter has split them...just one more hour tomorrow and we are finished...hopefully till next year...
Will catch up with my comments ASAP...
Hope you are all well and happy...
A trio of roses...
Made my own texture and added French script,then used Topaz BW plugin and added a levels adjustment layer...
How the week has flown and I am happy to say the weather is sunny again....
Thank you all for your visits and kind words...
Enjoy your weekend...
Pretty rose...
I made the texture myself, first by blurring a different image with five of the same roses,I then used French Kiss grunge tulle brushes to stamp on the texture in two colors that were in the image...then added French script and a levels adjustment layer...
Moody blossoms...
One texture layer,and a French script brush...
Ranucula....
Used a lil owls watercolor texture and French kiss French script brushes, finished with a levels adjustment layer...
Hope you are all enjoying your weekend...
Been so busy this week power washing the balcony and steps and painting a fence...much to do still and work on the new back garden starts at the end of May..
Weather has changed to really cold today and it's a shock after this last two weeks of summer weather...hope the sun is shining on you...
Gorgeous orchids...
Just a texture background for these beauties...
Asiatic lillies...
Just one script layer and a levels adjustment layer....
Pink tulip....
French Kiss textures and French kiss script brushes plus a levels adjustment layer...
We are still having amazing hot sunny days...making the most of it doing lots of garden work...
Thank you all so much for your kind words and votes...
Cherry blossom...
French kiss texture and a levels adjustment layer...
Hope you are all having a most enjoyable weekend...It's still like summer here with all day sun..Charlie and Jack have been swimming sometimes twice a day and loving it...
Thank you all so much for your visit and kind words...
Pink blossoms...
Pretty pink blossoms just in flower here in Sweden...
Added a Lil owls texture,French script and a levels adjustment layer...
Thank you all for your kind words and votes..
It's been like summer here for a few days and we have been busy in the garden...redesigning the back and work should begin on it soon...
Will catch up with comments tomorrow...
Lillies....
Played with the pixels in Oloneo Photo Engine,added a texture, grunge brush,French text and finally a levels adjustment layer....
Pink roses...
Added a texture,a French kiss grungy frame,
A levels adjustment layer and finally Topaz BW...
Glamourous roses...
For this image I added a Lil owls old film texture,then had a play in Topaz restyle,finally a levels adjustment layer....
Hoping you all have a great weekend.....the sun is shining at the moment here but still a cold chill in the air....
So happy my blood test was fine and I don't have to take more antibiotics....
Thank you all for your visits and kind words...
Double tulip...
Lil owls old film texture,French script and a levels adjustment layer....
Bleeding hearts...
Smudged the blooms,added an old film lil owls texture and a curves adjustment layer...
Anenome trio in moody tones...
Texture added and a French script brush...finished in Topaz BW...
Hope you are all well and happy...
Thank you for all your kind words and votes..
May the sun shine for you all this weekend...
Have a good one...
Anenome...
Smudged the petals in Photoshop,added a texture and a curves adjustment layer...
Anenome...
Used a Shadow house creations texture...
Rose in bud...
One texture from Shadow house creations...Jerry has an amazing collection of textures to download and just asks for a donation to help keep his site going...
Thank you all for your kind words and votes...
Enjoy the weekend, hope the sun shines for you all...
Double tulips....
Made a color palette from the original tulip image in Painter and then painted the texture,added it to the original image and used a Photoshop brush and some text...Finally a levels adjustment layer....
White Rose...
One texture and Topaz BW plugin...
Anenome....
Smudged the Anenome in Photoshop,added two textures and a levels adjustment layer...
Lillies on black...
Lil owls film texture,French script brush and a levels adjustment layer...
Anenomes...
Just one texture and a levels adjustment layer...
17-Mar-2016
Climbing rose...
Painted in painter with Dens funky chunky brush,shadow house creations textures and a music script...finally Topaz Labs BW plugin..
Apple blossom...
Texture plus French script...
Apple blossoms...
One Kim Klassen texture and French script brush...
Sweet Peas...
Oloneo photo engine to play with the pixels...added a Kim Klassen texture and lace brushes in Photoshop...final touch was an adjustment layer of levels...
How quickly this week has gone....
Hope you all have a great weekend...
I will be doing a big back up and clean on my laptop before I send it for an overhaul next week...
Thank You all for your visits and kind words....
Gerbera's in white....
Added 2 lil owls film texture to this black background image and a French script brush from French kiss....
Pink lily....
Painted first in Painter with the round tinting oils brush,made a texture from the colors in the image in Painter,added French script,a texture from 2 lil owls and an adjustment layer of levels...
Lillies...
Smudged Lillies,I then made a texture from the image colors,added it twice once at 100%
opacity and the second time at 50% opacity...French script added...
Hope you are all having a nice relaxing weekend with better weather than we are having here...it's cold,grey and rainy...
Thank you for your visits and kind words....
Cosmos...
Smudge painted in Photoshop,added the same texture twice the first time at 100% opacity, the second time at 45%
opacity...
Golden tulips..
Two textures and French script....
28-Feb-2016
Double tulips...
Added three textures,French script and lastly
ran the image through Topaz BW effects...
Apple Blossom...
Painterly textures from 2 lil owls studio...Smudge painted the blossoms in Photoshop...
The sun is shining today although very cold..it gives a feeling that maybe Spring isn't so far away...Hope you are all having an enjoyable weekend and I thank you all for your visits and kind words...
Flower in blue...
Two textures and French script...
Tulips in pink...
Made my own texture for this one and did the same as on my previous yellow tulip image...
Tulip....
Played with the pixels in Oloneo photo engine,painted the texture in Painter,Painted the tulip,added one texture layer,French script and another texture layer very light opacity,masked the tulip on the two texture layers...I am really enjoying playing with textures and it's fun to try making my own..
Hope you have all had a nice relaxing weekend....Thank you so much for all your kind encouraging words on my textured images...
Tulips...
I painted with an oil brush in Painter then added a texture, masked on the tulips just leaving the texture as background...
Roses...
Added three textures and some French script...
Apple Blossom...
I added two textures and a French script....
Apple blossom...
Added three textures and French script...
Hope you are all having an enjoyable weekend....
Apple blossom....
Smudged in Photoshop,then added two textures...
Faded roses...
Smudged the faded roses and added two textures...
Thank you for all your kind words...
Hope you all have a most enjoyable weekend...
Gerbera's in pink....
Petals smudged in Photoshop, Lil owls texture added...
Tulips...
Smudged tulips on a textured background...
Double Tulips...
Added one texture,French music score and then I smudged the tulips in Photoshop.....
Fading tulips..
Have a great weekend...
Thank you all for your kind words...
Orchids.....
Trying new ways of doing textures sometimes adding more than two as I did in this image...
Lillies..
Textured,toned and framed...
08-Aug-2014
Orchids...
Topaz Impression with a texture...
16-Jul-2013
red poppy...
Topaz Impression with texture...
26-Oct-2012
Sunflowers...
Topaz Impression,Fractalius,PhotoshopCS3 and a canvas texture...
25-Jun-2014
Columbine...
A gritty texture for this pretty columbine....
Climbing rose...
Added two textures and Topaz simplify....
Red Poppies...
Added my deep colored texture...
16-JUL-2013
Dramatic poppies...
I have always enjoyed playing with textures, my own and some I have found on the web...
For the texture for this image I painted splodges of different colors,blurred them and played around with the colors...Its a lot of trial and error!
Thank you all for your visits and kind words...
15-AUG-2013
Fly resting on the poppy....
Pink tulip..
Applied my own splodgy painted texture...
Hope you are all happy and healthy and looking forward to the weekend...
Thank you all for your visits and kind words...
