Whether it’s remotely logged into work, waiting hours to switch between email messages in Outlook (literally, I’m not exaggerating {all that much}) or watching muay thai fights while I bounce the wee one up and down to keep him happy, I have spent a lot of time on this laptop over the past six weeks.
In the last few days, I decided I should figure out how to use the Photoshop software I’ve had for about six years and have only used to resize or crop photos. Yes, I have a sledgehammer when what I really needed was a pair of tweezers. Oh well. Thanks to the Internet and the proliferation of tutorials, I’ve put a few to work.
I took this photo of the St. Cosme church in Gigondas, France. I thought it would be a fun photo to turn into an oil painting, a water color using two different techniques, and a blue print. Here are the results, along with links to the tutorials. I particularly like Marty from Blue Lightning TV – Thanks!!
Original St. Cosme
Water Color 1, based on this tutorial:
St Cosme - Water Color Technique 1
Water color 2, based on this Blue Lightning TV Tutorial:
St Cosme - Water Color Technique 2
Oil Painting Effect, based on this tutorial:
St Cosme - Oil
Blue Print Effect, based on another Blue Lightning video:
St Cosme - Blue Print