Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Watercolor Images from Digital Photos

Ok, here's the last of the digital photo tricks we've been playing with - making pseudo-watercolor images from our photographs.

This one takes alot of filtering, blending, and adjusting of images, but it gives a cool effect. Each image takes about 15 minutes...

Here is a bird-of-paradise from Hawaii...



And here is the watercolor approximation of it.

The colors got kinda washed out - especially on the flower.

The leaves and rock background have a cool effect...

This one needs more work. A real watercolor painting would have looked better...


Here's a nice one from a boat image - sturgeon fishing on the Columbia River in Feb.

The sky washed out too much, but the water and clouds have a nice effect.

I think the boat needs more shadowing and wash effects... we'll keep working on it.