Dark Red Cherries

Painted using various simple brushes from PS. The smudge tool was used with various shaped brushes at low strengths. Eraser, dodge and burn used too.

For: fruit dd contest

Moorcroft Frog Vase

This was done using brush, pen, smudge tools.

For: vase pottery dd contest

Monsoon Season In Arizona

Cheryl Weinfurtner is an artist who's work I admire.

For: watercolour contest

Ares God of War

Ares is a major deity and a member of the Twelve Olympians, a son of Zeus and Hera. God of war, bloodlust, violence, manly courage, and civil order. He was depicted as either a mature, bearded warrior dressed in battle arms, or a nude beardless youth with helm and spear.

For: greek gods contest

Little Bunny Rabbit

For: aaawww contest

Bluegrass Mandolin

For: music flow contest

Sweet Conch

For: sea shells contest

green frog

For: frogs contest

Sweet Iced Tea

CS3 brushes, colors, and layer blend modes.

For: drinks contest

Cheers

For: drinks contest

Bird

Various brushes inherent to CS3, smudge, dodge, burn, blur, and eraser tools used. My aim was to get a water color effect .

For: spring start contest

Sweet Sixteen

My mom from a photograph of her made in 1945 when she was 16 years old. I used basic shapes (eliptical and rectangle marquee) pen tool, brushes and smudge tool. Dodge and burn also used. This is NOT a trace , I was striving for accuracy. Thanks

For: mom and dad contest

Produce Crate Label

Where I come from Peach farms are big business. Different growers and packing houses, around the country, use a brand label for the containers that are used in the shipping of their product. The art work on these labels has become somewhat of a folk art genre of their own, and is collectable.

For: folk art contest

Nose Art

Nose art is a decorative painting or design on the fuselage of a military aircraft, usually located near the nose, and is a form of aircraft graffiti.The practice of putting personalized decorations on fighting aircraft originated with Italian and German pilots. The first recorded piece of nose art ...

For: folk art contest

Beer

I drew this from memory as I did not take any photos of beer. CS3 was used for this illustration.

For: fridge stuff contest

Purple Orchid In Blue Vase

MATERIALS: Color pencils drawn on Vellum. This was cut out with scissors and a xacto knife placed on black 90lb card stock. Final piece was scanned at 600 dpi for upload. I had a great time doing this little project. thats what it's all about anyway!

For: flowers contest