Theme: C Square Farm

[Anita Bower]

This is a horse farm near our house. I took the photo on an overcast day, desaturated it using Topaz Adjust Sketch, repeated TA Sketch and did more desaturation. I used Transform >Skew to alter the perspective a bit. I then added textures:

"Coffee Shop Painting Texture 3": http://www.thecoffeeshopblog.com/p/t...tal-paper.html
"Texture 164": http://www.flickr.com/photos/lenabem...57624082271697
"Texture 282" http://www.flickr.com/photos/lenabem...ream/lightbox/
"Xanthe": Kim Klassen: http://www.kimklassencafe.com/
"Capri": I've lost the creator's name

[Anita Bower]

Here is the original image.

[Hazel Grant]

Amazing difference. Looks like a fabric print. Only comment would be I'd wish the fence in lower part were a bit more visible. I had to look twice to see what it was. Maybe darken it a little bit with paintbrush? Still, love the photo and the change! Great vision.

[Anita Bower]

Amazing difference. Looks like a fabric print. Only comment would be I'd wish the fence in lower part were a bit more visible. I had to look twice to see what it was. Maybe darken it a little bit with paintbrush? Still, love the photo and the change! Great vision.

Thanks, Hazel. The fence is a problem. My attempts to darken it didn't look good. Maybe I could try again, or, I might clone it out.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Anita, what a transformation! It now looks like an old painting circa Currier and Ives (or earlier - maybe Primitive Art). I tried a quick fix on the fence - dup layer with Unsharp Mask for contrast (Amt. 45, Radius 20) then brushed out everything but the fence.

[Anita Bower]

Anita, what a transformation! It now looks like an old painting circa Currier and Ives (or earlier - maybe Primitive Art). I tried a quick fix on the fence - dup layer with Unsharp Mask for contrast (Amt. 45, Radius 20) then brushed out everything but the fence.

Thanks, Cheryl. I think the fence is improved. I'll work on it.

[Judy Howle]

Very nice Anita! I love those country scenes you are doing. Great choice of textures. I like how Cheryl brought out the fence.

[Anita Bower]

I was unable to replicate what Cheryl did. Here is a version with the fence darkened. Is this better? Too dark?

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi Anita, I love this image and treatment and your final repost gets it just right for me. Nice job! Reminds me so much of a painting you would see hanging on the wall in a very old house.