Ann Seeber

Lesson 7 - A Fringed Tulip from last spring at the Orange County Arboretum. The font is Things We Said. This workshop was fun! Thank you, Carole.

I have them also. They love the Oriole's jelly. They sit and "meow" at the cats! They are quite the mimics. I found an old photo...

Here's my Lesson 6 using PSP2023 - I don't do Affinity. I took this photo when we visited the Orange County Arboretum when Debbie was here 2 weeks ago. This little cutie was almost hidden in the lush greenery. I loved the color! I made the linoleum background based on one of the colors in the flower. I added a PSP frame with a transparent border. In fact, I added a second frame over the mask. It was green but I used a blend mode to fade it out. The fonts are am-intex and curlz.

She does look rather annoyed... LOL

Here's my Lesson 5 featuring a young European Starling. The fonts are Coral Reef and Corbel.

Here's a 600x600 piece from the background so you can see the pattern better.

Your Himalayan cat is beautiful! 😻

I assume you are referring to Iba N’diaye / Lesson 4. I'm wondering if you saw my Lesson 3 that had the Mountain Laurel at Childs Park featured? I can't find any comment from you about that one. It is located on page 6.

Here's my Lesson 4 - Daughter Deb took the photo for this one at The Met (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) in NYC. I played with the brushes a bit, used a solid brush to clear up the center of the painting and a really small watercolor to finish the edges. Then I applied a drop shadow to the whole group. The fonts are Niagara Solid and Copperplate Gothic Bold. The text at the bottom reads: The Metropolitan Museum of Art proudly presents Iba N’Diaye: Between Latitude and Longitude, a landmark exhibition celebrating the legacy of Iba N’Diaye, a pivotal figure in African Modernist painting. Tabaski III celebrates the Muslim ritual of sacrifice. Oil on plywood painted in 1970, it is an imposing size, measuring about 5 feet in height by more than 8 feet in width. EDIT: I'll also post the original photo so you can see my transition.

Here's my Lesson 3 featuring a photo by Laurey of this beautiful Mountain Laurel, when the sisters went to a local park in Pike County, PA. The background paper with the kaleidoscope effect worked nicely with this, I think. The fonts are: Montez and MS Modern #20. Here's the text from the bottom: "The George W. Childs Recreation Site is a former Pennsylvania state park that is the site of a number of cascade waterfalls along Dingmans Creek; it has been part of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area since 1983."

I agree, Corrie. She's just turned 5 this month and is as ethereal as a wood sprite! Thanks!

Here is my Lesson 2 - Great granddaughter Magic is taking a dance class, and they produced a cute version of the Wizard of Oz. Magic danced as one of the Munchkin characters. I love the costume! The font is Marguerite for the title and Modern #2 for the text. I tried to make a very subtle plaid and I'm happy with it. Using PSP2023.

Daughter Deb is visiting from CA and her sister, Laurey, met her in New York City where they toured Hudson Yards, The Met and the Natural History Museum. I'll be using Laurey's photos. She has a new Samsung Galaxy cellphone, and her photos are outstanding! This is from the visit to Vessel at Hudson Yards. Here is the journaling text: VESSEL is a structure and visitor attraction built as part of Hudson Yards in Manhattan, NYC. Built by the designer Thomas Heatherwick, the elaborate honeycomb-like structure rises 150 feet and consists of 154 flights of stairs, 2,500 steps, and 80 landings for visitors to climb. My fonts are Franklin Gothic, Lucinda Bright and Frederika the Great. The background paper is from Marisa Lerin kit: Pine Tree bundle. I struggled with the large mask a bit. Ended up putting the last layer of the mask group down below the whole group and then it rendered properly.

Taking the plunge with Hairstyles. I used an old bootcamp template and a kit called Pine Tree Wonderland from Marisa Lerin.

Beautiful, Julie! I honor my father in June as it will be his birthday on the 23rd and it's Father's Day here in the States. He's been gone a long time (born in 1892-died 1981) but I still miss him. I update and post this same layout every year in his honor. As you can see, he was a railroad man - chief night dispatcher for the Erie Railroad for over 40 years.