Tag Archives: digital art

Watercolour with the Mixer Brush

Posted on May 12, 2019 by lensaddiction

Replicating a real watercolour style in PS or similar has long been a challenge for me.  Mostly because I am not a painter and have no real understanding how paints work in the real world. So eventually I did a … Continue reading →

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Kookaburra

Posted on May 6, 2017 by lensaddiction

After 10 days away I have returned with approx 2000 images to process.  First job is to import them all, and then the time consuming job of editing out the keepers from the blurry duplicates. This image is one that … Continue reading →

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Making Art in Real Life vs Digital Art

Posted on April 15, 2017 by lensaddiction

So my creative time recently has been spent on learning Mixed Media art.  This is my fourth piece, and the largest at 10″ square.  It occurred to me while finishing this off that there are a lot of parallels between … Continue reading →

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Crimson and Lime Green Gerbera

Posted on March 26, 2017 by lensaddiction

While shopping yesterday at a fruit and vegetable barn I don’t usually go to as its on the other side of town, I spotted this bunch of gorgeous crimson gerbera, that are highlighted with touches of lime green on the … Continue reading →

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Digital Watercolour using Rebelle

Posted on February 11, 2017 by lensaddiction

There is a particular style of art I really like, which is a combination of watercolour and sketch.  My Pinterest board has many of these images, all done by talented artists, of which I am not one, when it comes … Continue reading →

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iPad App Art Is Surprisingly Good

Posted on November 13, 2016 by lensaddiction

So after my last post about Waterlogue, a watercolour app that I trialled on my iPad – was recommended to try out Prisma as well. It very much depends on the image to get the best out of these apps … Continue reading →

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Waterlogue App

Posted on October 29, 2016 by lensaddiction

One of the things I find I cannot do well, not being a painter at all, is use Photoshop to do a really good watercolour effect. Today on FB I saw an excellent image that had been done with an … Continue reading →

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My First International Photography Competition

Posted on October 6, 2016 by lensaddiction

For a while I have been thinking about entering my work into some competitions – a recent talk at my camera club inspired me to make the effort and when I saw this competition was available for online digital entries … Continue reading →

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Conceptual Self Portrait – Celebrating Spring

Posted on September 4, 2016 by lensaddiction

This image was the culmination of many firsts today.  It was the first time I went outside to shoot my self portrait persona.  Teddy makes his debut as my companion.  Many new and interesting mistakes were made for the first … Continue reading →

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Overhead Image – Crumpled

Posted on August 28, 2016 by lensaddiction

Something I have never tried before – setting up my camera to take an overhead shot.  Fortunately my lens was wide enough to get everything in the frame (mostly) but I did have to tie the tripod to a doorhandle … Continue reading →

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