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The Magic of Photoshop, Facebook and Copyrights

There are many tools at an artists disposal these days.  One is the Wonderful World of Photoshop when it is done correctly.  Seriously, a bad Photoshopping job can be spotted a mile away.  I spend hours sometimes even days on Photoshopping items, primarily because I don’t want people to know I Photoshopped it.  A sign … Continue reading →

The Paint Box–Ink Wash

Today on The Paint Box I will be demoing how to do an Ink Wash Painting.  In hindsight I should have taught this technique first but with the difficultly of the ink I decided to teach it after I taught basic techniques. One of the keys to a good ink wash painting is finding a … Continue reading →

Wordless Wednesday

My sick, sleeping Booga   We are all on the mend from the “Zombie Plague” (this is what I told a solicitor when he banged on the door yesterday) but it has been a rough couple of days.

Wordless Wednesdays

The Booga and Todd My daughter and her “new” B.F.F. Todd My daughter is so proud of this picture, I think she was in shock I let her use the camera.  Yes, it is the only photo of the two of us from this trip but I like it even though half my face is … Continue reading →

Scrapbooking the 1st Year of Life…

I didn’t believe my cousin when she said, “Good luck keeping up with all that scrapbooking when you have your second kid.”  I thought no way, I love to scrapbook. I will dutifully fulfill my motherly duty and scrapbook just as insanely as I did with Jillian.  Fast forward to today as I am typing … Continue reading →

Photoshop Fun…

I have been taking quite a few photos in the past few weeks (now that I found my camera manual I figured out the manual aperture setting.) I have been playing quite a bit with Photoshop, here are some of the finished ones. Gerber Daisy from my new potted plant. The before Photoshop photo The … Continue reading →

Spring Time Photos…

Yesterday was absolutely beautiful outside so I decided to take pictures of the kids outside. I also played with Photoshop after I uploaded them. I love this photo of my daughter it is definitely one of my favorites. I really wanted to try some things in Photoshop. I love how this turned out my Aunt … Continue reading →