Outside our front door....
 An awesome visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art yesterday! Here's a view overlooking the European Sculpture & Decorative Arts 'garden' I wonder who's missing from the front pedestal? 
S-l-o-w-l-y - - u-n-f-o-l-d-i-n-g. . .
OPEN!
There's just something about flowers unfolding....
Which one do you like better? Why? I created this illustration for a contest held at the Catherine Dickson Hoffman Branch of the Warren County Library. I chose to illustrate the Mother Goose Rhyme; " Daffy-down-dilly has come to town in a yellow petticoat and a green gown." Below are the steps of my process: 1. initial sketch scanned into Photoshop 2. tweaked and colored in Illustrator 3. Then adjustments in Photoshop again.  Initial sketch  I traced the sketch with a pen, then scanned it in and tweaked it in Photoshop, then opened it in Illustrator.  I initially colored it in Illustrator using the Live Trace and Live Paint tools...  We thought it was missing something... a "petticoat"! I forgot to add her petals....! Same process again... initially sketched the petals, scanned them in and placed on a new layer in Photoshop.  Decided to make the black squigglies colored and added a ladybug in Photoshop....  A few more color tweaks and added details in Photoshop, and this is the finished product!  Three big dogs were barking in the background!  The vet said Tyler's health is "exemplary" for his age! Yeeaaa! Cool columbine!  Closed...  OPEN!  Floating... flying... hovering...  Closed...  ...Opening...  OPEN!!! | AuthorKathy Rupff - Artist, Illustrator, Designer, Writer, Poetry
FYI... I take photos almost every day, sometimes several times a day around our house, in our neighborhood, and on our travels. Photos are usually posted ASAP or within two weeks of capture date. Click on images for larger view Please leave a comment ~~ I'd love to hear from you! ArchivesMay 2012 CategoriesAll  2012 © Kathleen Rupff. All rights reserved. |
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