Cindy Mead
01-14-2010, 10:45 PM
spritely finch of gold
fluttering among blossoms
bright as lemon drops
(haiku that I wrote this past spring)
I worked on this one a bit too long, and am still not 100% pleased with the results, but my eyes are going to drop out of my head if I don't quit ;) I extracted the goldfinch with topaz remask 2, then applied it as an overlay to the painted flower stem.. (used color wash throughout the flower petals). Then used topaz adjust 3 (simplify then flat) on another layer.. tweaked that one a bit then applied a texture overlay in multiply mode to give it a 'painting on linen' effect. My monitor is still not calibrated right, so this may appear too dark to some ..
Thanks in advance for any suggestions or comments :)
fluttering among blossoms
bright as lemon drops
(haiku that I wrote this past spring)
I worked on this one a bit too long, and am still not 100% pleased with the results, but my eyes are going to drop out of my head if I don't quit ;) I extracted the goldfinch with topaz remask 2, then applied it as an overlay to the painted flower stem.. (used color wash throughout the flower petals). Then used topaz adjust 3 (simplify then flat) on another layer.. tweaked that one a bit then applied a texture overlay in multiply mode to give it a 'painting on linen' effect. My monitor is still not calibrated right, so this may appear too dark to some ..
Thanks in advance for any suggestions or comments :)