Little Girl Blue

When I started this painting, it was all in shades of purple.  And actually a happy-ish painting. 

Then I realized that from the angle and the purples it looked more like a domestic violence painting.  UGH!!

So in photoshop I played with it a bit. 

I really like this version. 

It's melancholy without being traumatic!!

And no, there is no meaning in it.

The only significance is that I'm working through the color wheel in paintings.

Have a great day!

Traditional Acrylic Painting Meets Photoshop Filters and Brushes

Yesterday during Kylie's naptime I painted this canvas.

This morning since Kylie had me up at 5am and I had free time, I uploaded the picture of it into Photoshop and played.

I love the end result.

I totally dig the grunge look, so adding the depth to the edges was fun.

The picture file when I was finished was huge, so I down sized the resolution and compressed the file in order to load.

Yes, you lose clarity and details, but no one wants (or is willing) to wait five minutes for a picture to load!  Or at least I'm not.

This makes the second piece in the series. 

I'm thinking citrus green for number 3.

Showing off my homework assignment

I've started my Up & Running with Photoshop classes over at http://www.jessicasprague.com/ and here is my first assignment! I love online, self-paced courses as I can move as fast or as slow as I want..

Just gotta say, I am so priviledge to get to spend my work hours learning how to use Adobe Photoshop! Already my students are jealous :) I can't wait to teach them how to use these programs.  I can only imagine what they will be able to create given their tech savy ways.

A little digi scrapping while learning more about Photoshop!

Don't you just love this page!! I made it using Jessica Sprague's photoshop tutorial, click here to go to her website.  Her tutorials are outstanding and very user friendly. I am getting ready to take some virtual staff development courses using Adobe and I think I like her tutorials the best!

If any of you out there have taken online courses in Photoshop, let me know what you liked or didn't like about them.

Have a great day.