A couple of summers ago, I drove north east in search of Lavender fields, I didn’t get very far, as I was distracted by the gigantic Pont du Gard, which surely has to be the worlds most famous Roman Aqueduct! Unfortunately this is a view from the Aqueduct and not the landmark, which I’m sure […]
Apr 24, 2012 | Categories: Blog | Tags: bathers, boats, Fauvist, figures, France, French, Paul Grand, Pont du Gard, Provence, river, Russell Brown Adobe Texture Panel, summer, Summer Painterly Pack, Tutorial, watercolour | Comments Off on river bathers
This was taken one warm summer evening earlier this week when we were visiting family in Alexandra. There’s a lovely track alongside the Manuherikea River and these daisies and some wild poppies were growing in the gravel on the river bank. I processed this by using just two textures, one from Tex Box One and […]
Dec 30, 2009 | Categories: Blog, Uncategorized | Tags: airy, Colosseum Sienna, daisies, flowers, golden hour, Gosgrain, Jill Ferry, landscape, light, New Zealand, open, outdoors, river bank, summer, Tex Box 1, Tex Box 2 | Comments Off on Light
During the golden hour, I came across a vineyard bordering a pine woods, and had to stop for a quick shoot.Its a simple two texture combo, Caramel Soft (full blur) with the soft light setting @ opacity 92%.Necropolis again with soft light @ 100% opacity and fill @ 79%.A slight vignette was also used to […]
Oct 22, 2009 | Categories: Blog, Uncategorized | Tags: arch, Caramel soft, concept, countryside, forward, Getty, golden hour, grunge, Languedoc, Mediterranean, Necropolis, over the hill, path, Paul Grand, pines, published, rustic, summer, Tex Box 1, trees, umbrella pines, vacation, vineyard | Comments Off on over a hill
Here I used our ‘Necropolis’ texture very lightly.By simply running your mouse over the image you’ll see before and after the textures were applied!
Sep 18, 2009 | Categories: Blog, Uncategorized | Tags: back, beach, big sky, blue, blue hat, canvas, concentration, concept, Contra jour, cross ties, desaturated, far away, figure, France, French, illustrative, lady, landscape, Languedoc, legs, letter, low angle, mist, News, pale, Paul Grand, reading, sand, sand dunes, shadow, skies, soft, summer, Tex Box 1, vacation, wistful, woman | Comments Off on The Letter
A simple daisy against the sky is enhanced using our Apple Blush texture -it was so quick and easy to do!
Sep 15, 2009 | Categories: Blog, Uncategorized | Tags: apple blush, daisy, flower, jet trail, Jill Ferry, New Zealand, simple, sky, summer, Tex Box 1, weed | Comments Off on Painting the sky
