Hoi An: Boats in the river with a texture overlay

Adding Textures to Photos of Boats in Hoi An, Reworked

Participating in Robyn G’s One Four Challenge has taught me so much more about photo editing! Now I find myself going back over my 6000 or so photos of my two month trip to Southeast Asia with different eyes, and … Continue reading Adding Textures to Photos of Boats in Hoi An, Reworked

Yangon Abstract: Broken Window Mended with Packing Tape

A Word A Week Photograph Challenge – Broken Glass

This week I have been experimenting with overlaying textures of broken glass onto photos, so Sue’s ‘A Word A Week Photograph Challenge – Broken’ is particularly appropriate. This broken window in Yangon was mended with packing tape which was deteriorating in an interesting … Continue reading A Word A Week Photograph Challenge – Broken Glass

Ngapali Beach rocks covered with barnacles and shellfish

Weekly Photo Challenge – Creating Textures on Ngapali Beach

The beach in Ngapali in Myanmar was full of textures. The barnacles and oysters created a piece with contrasting textures. The tiny black shell creatures were working with the white barnacles to create a work of art with contrasting values. Mother Nature carved … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge – Creating Textures on Ngapali Beach

weed against corrugated metal

A Word A Week Photograph Challenge: a Delicate Weed

These tiny yellow flowers on some feathery weeds growing in the alley provided the inspiration for this painting. Here is a photo of this delicate weed growing in my back alley, up against some weathered wood. Watercolour and pencil sketch of this weedy fern-like … Continue reading A Word A Week Photograph Challenge: a Delicate Weed