Illustration Friday: 'Adapt'

-

I've been teaching myself some Photoshop-ping. An apt illustration for 'Adapt'! I used 2 of my watercolour paintings to make this.
This one



and this one


There's nothing like the real thing though is there?
Speaking of which, I had a lovely surprise when I looked out the window yesterday and saw my lupins were growing and hadn't been slugged to death!

The lawn's looking pretty,

and there's a promise of an enormous poppy!

Comments

Anonymous said…
well done! it aint easy, at all
2 June 2009 at 15:12
Jess said…
Thanks Lizzie! I've just managed to make a new photoshop-ped header but it's taken me all afternoon and I think I might need to scream now.
2 June 2009 at 15:20
Teri said…
Sweet illo and that poppy head is enormous! Please show us the flower when it blooms!!
2 June 2009 at 15:31
Jess said…
I surely will. Thanks Teri!
2 June 2009 at 17:23
Ruthie Redden said…
well done, you photoshopped! real useful for saving & altering bits & pieces. It looks like you have some real treasures in your garden.
2 June 2009 at 17:30
soulbrush said…
i haven't even attempted that. go girl.
2 June 2009 at 18:01
April Jarocka said…
You clever thing, you. Lovely job Jessie on the header.
2 June 2009 at 19:05
Pea said…
wow.. love the colourful and cheerful flowers! very adorable art and beautiful pictures !
2 June 2009 at 22:14
Buskitten said…
Hi Jessie!
I love the flower pics, are they from your own garden? Really beautiful. Photoshop is something I would love to a. get, and b. learn - is it hard? It seems really expensive, though, like £500!! Yikes! That is a lot of money! I love what you've done with it April, and as ever, your work is so inspiring. xxx
3 June 2009 at 08:26
kathy hare said…
Your 'Adapt' illustration is beautiful Jess.. x
4 June 2009 at 12:49
Unknown said…
Such a sweet little hedge-hog...plus, the lupines make me long for Maine, where they actually have Lupine Festivals!
4 June 2009 at 15:14
tlchang said…
Do you have a chamomile lawn? Lucky! I've always wanted one of those! (and/or with English daisies and violets and speedwell and any other creeping, blooming thing that is not grass!)
5 June 2009 at 07:55
Jess said…
Thankyou so much everyone :)
Not a chamomile lawn I'm afraid Tara, just a mixture of grass daisies and moss!
5 June 2009 at 13:50
Denise Scicluna said…
the drawing is so cute. i like how you drew the flowers!
11 June 2009 at 21:10
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

More Cottages During Lockdown and a Change in Medium.

-
Image
I've been thinking about why I'm drawing cottages lately.  Maybe it's because there aren't many people around where we live and on our daily walks we rarely come across anyone else which I suppose is a good thing as we're still in Lockdown and have to practice Social Distancing which has now become a very well used phrase in our language! Maybe it's this lack of seeing people around that my mind is turning towards houses and flowers? The ones above are done in ink. I love the pearlescent inks, they're so beautiful when they catch the light. The paintings above and below are painted in acrylic. I've been obsessed with watercolour for a few weeks but I felt I'd like to get some acrylics out again. I've always been like this, going through phases of being obsessed with a particular medium thinking yes this is it! This is my final medium and then finding myself being drawn to changing once again to a different way of wor...
Read more

A Give-away! A Give-away! :))

-
Image
I'm having a give-away but first of all let me show you the two new listings I have on Etsy. Both paintings are painted in pen and ink with watercolour on good quality paper. The top one is called A Musical Journey and measures 7 x 10ins. The second one is called the Big Red Cat and measures 12 x 9 ins. They're $40 each in US dollars which will automatically be converted to your own currency on Etsy (That's approx. £25) CLICK HERE for more details :) And now for the giveaway as promised! Here below are 9 postcards printed from my larger paintings that were originally on canvas. Choose 2 of your favourite ones and if you are the lucky winner, I'll send them to you with an extra little surprise gift. :) All you need to do is to leave a comment on this post and I'll include your name in the draw. Easy Peasy! :) update-update-update..... My painting A Musical Journey has been included in an Etsy Treasury! YAY! :))
Read more

A Double Giveaway!!

-
Image
Hello, I'm here today to tell you about my giveaway! I reached 100 likes on my Facebook page a few days ago,  142 today!  ♥ THANKYOU! ♥  There will be two prizes, one will be my original watercolour painting, painted on thick watercolour paper, with lovely soft hues of pink and mauve called 'Peace' :) I'm also offering you a print on lovely Bristol paper from my mixed media painting 'Open Up To The Best'. Here they are.. Peace,   watercolour painting, 8 x 11 inches Open Up To The Best , art print 8 x 10 inches. (The copyright watermark will not appear on your print.) To Enter: Go to my Facebook page where the link for my giveaway is and 'share' and 'like' the link.  There! That's all you need to do. :) If you're not a Facebook person , that's still ok, just copy and paste one of these pictures above to your blog with a link to this post but don't forget to come back here to tell me that you've...
Read more