“Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.” ~John Ruskin
Today’s assignment in Kim’s class is to use gradient maps, filters, adjustment layers, textures, and other
techniques, to create a painted effect from a photo.
It was an interesting lesson, but I still haven’t committed the process to memory! I need my notebook beside me!
The countryside around Florence, Italy.
The tower of an old church in Assisi, Italy, stands guard over lush fields.
A view of Assisi from Rocco Maggiore.
Kim Klassen’s textures used: Finale, Sienna and Vintage Gradient on the middle photo.
I need a lot of practice, but these are my first versions of the Painterly Effect.
I used PhotoShop Elements to process the photos.
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Judy
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dancing with light and shadow 
good architecture……………
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Nice images Judy. I do like the “vintage” look.
Hi Jim….thank you very much! I like it too…in fact I’m smitten with the look!! 😉
I LOVE IT ! It’s so beautiful ! These photos are very beautiful and perfect for a painterly effect. Textures are wonderful on landscape photos and you did a very nice job with these ones !
You said you used a vintage gradient, does it comes from Kim Klassen’s store ? Is she selling gradients ?
Have a nice day Judy !
I went to her shop and saw that she has overlays in some of her textures collections. I saw some vintage overlays, I suppose this is what you used on the middle photo ?
Okay….I’m not sure what an overlay is! Could be. I just know it was called Vintage Gradient, and I downloaded it from the class I’m taking. I may have used PSE’s “Overlay” mode to blend it more.
Jocelyne…have you seen Sarah Gardners’s online magazine? Wow. I love it! The images are so beautiful. And neat ideas too… Gorgeous!
Yes, I’ve seen it and it’s a wonderful magazine ! There’s lots of inspiration there. I discovered many photographers too. I’d love to have a paper version also. I really love this magazine, and like you said, the photos are gorgeous !
Yes, wonderful photographers are in her magazine. I feel the same…I’d love a paper version I could get my hands on! Super inspiring!
Actually, Jocelyne, she gave us the vintage gradient for free. I haven’t bought any textures yet. I went to Sarah’s site and loved the textures there! I may buy some yet. Every week I keep getting one or two free new ones from Kim! All you have to do is sign up to get the free textures! Try them! 😉
Yes, I have them too, I signed up many months ago. She is so generous !
Oh, wonderful! Glad you did that! Yes she is!