For the Holiday theme:
This is made from a photo of my mantle decorated with Santas and tree. (I painted all the wooden Santas back in the 90s.)
Spirit of Santa
For the Holiday theme:
This is made from a photo of my mantle decorated with Santas and tree. (I painted all the wooden Santas back in the 90s.)
Judy, this is a very nice Christmas card. Nice collection and great job on the figures! Happy holidays!!
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I can't believe you painted those! Outstanding!!! Man, I wish I had that kind of talent!
What a beautiful mantle setting and a terrific Christmas card. That blue BG really sets off the reds in the Santa suits. :)
Judy, This really is the spirit of Christmas!! You are truly an artist!! The only tiny thing I would change is the light glow off the star-it has a squared look to it. This really is a wonderful card. Wishing you and yours a very happy holiday season!!:)
Thanks Kerry!Originally Posted by Kerry Perkins
Judy, it makes a beautiful Christmas Card and it nicely showcases another talent of yours!
Happy Holidays to you and yours! :)
Thanks Julie! I enjoyed painting Santas for 3 years during my "painting phase" in the 90s. I'm quite content to explore my artistic side on the computer now.
Thanks Denise! Maybe I can fix the star, the glow was part of the brush. I got the brushes from http://www.obsidiandawn.com/glitter-...p-gimp-brushes and had much fun playing with them for over an hour until midnight!
Judy, if I may make a suggestion for the star - take a soft brush, sample the dark blue color, change the brush mode to "color", and paint over the whitish parts. It should darken the color without making obvious brush strokes.
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Thanks for the suggestion but I had a better idea! I brushed on another star with the background color over the white one and pretty much obliterated it plus did a small amount of cloning. Then I brushed on the white star again, a little smaller and a little lower opacity and then brushed just a little with the background color around it and I added 2 other star brushes in the center. And I worked on a couple of other minor problems. So here it is.
Judy, this is wonderful and you have done a fabulous job painting the Santas.
Oh Judy........
You painted the Santas! You are indeed talented.....................a definitive Christmas Card. Simply marv!
Last edited by Jay Sheinfield; 12-19-2010 at 07:47 PM.
Judy, the Santas are amazing. This is so festive looking - I really like it. The repost looks better to me but the OP looked great anyway:)
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Thanks Andrew!
Thanks Jay and Cheryl!
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