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"I Can Only Imagine" for Sherrybear

© Graham Robards

"I Can Only Imagine" for Sherrybear

Uploaded: November 25, 2008

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DD - See inside for the original orange flower then I changed the colour to white. Then I took it into PainterX and hand painted using various brushes and a technique I learnt for my homework this week. Finalising it with a texture. Very pleased with the results! ~pat

Comments

Barbara Waldoch November 25, 2008

Cool work, Pat! #1041178

Ray Clarke November 25, 2008

Beautiful creation Pat.!!!(R) #6800878

Graham Robards November 25, 2008

Gosh I forgot to upload the original image!

Musical Version can be found
HERE

~Pat #6800897

Graham Robards November 25, 2008

Here is before I painted. #6800918

Graham Robards November 25, 2008

Thank you very much Barbara! ~Pat #6800927

Graham Robards November 25, 2008

Very kind of you Ray, thank you!!! ~Pat #6800928

Dr Silly level-classic November 25, 2008

Beautiful. One of my favorite songs. My grandaughter made me buy the CD, because your other grandfather played it in their car. She was 6 at the time. I not only can Imagine what it will be like in Heaven, but also what God has in store for me here on earth. :O) #6801029

Colette M. Metcalf November 25, 2008

Very beautiful image!!! #6801300

Sherry McClead November 25, 2008

OMGosh Pat this is just wonderful!!! The painting technigue is just beautiful!! You really came up with a wonderful image to go with this song... WOW... and I thought you might have trouble matching an image with the song... silly me I should have known better!
Thank you so much for the dedication... you are a true artist Pat... with a talent for touching peoples hearts...

Sherrybear :}

now where did I put the kleenex... #6801406

Graham Robards November 25, 2008

Hif there family, guess what? I uploaded the wrong image here, I was practising with tinting and this one didn't match the song. I'll upload the paler version tomorrow and it will be a Dedicaton to Doc.

I am feeling so warm and fuzzy I was able to stir your emotions. Yes this is the painting style I am learning but I think folk up at BP have it set to auto painting, the computer does all the work, just sit back and watch it happen, I did one tonight but it wasn't the same then I got too tired to finish it. ~pat #6801856

Graham Robards November 25, 2008

Thank you ever so much Collette, your kind words mean such a lot! ~Pat #6801860

Bill Knaps November 25, 2008

Beautiful work Pat. Bill #6802050

Graham Robards November 25, 2008

Thank you Bil, very kind of you, I uploaded the wrong image, this one I was mucking around with,my husband prefers the other one. Thank you aging cousin! ~pat #6802096

Graham Robards November 25, 2008

OOOah, that was a typo, I mean 'thank you _again_ cousin' NOT aging cousin, so sorry Bill! ~Pat #6802157

Laura E. Swan level-classic November 25, 2008

What a neat project you have been working on, Pat! Would love to hear more about paint brushes. What are they? Different sized dots we can use to add or remove?

Really pretty! xx -Laura :) #6803003

William C. Raco level-classic November 25, 2008

This is beautiful, Pat
Excellent technique #6804635

Karen Kessler November 25, 2008

Thanks for sharing the before & after, Pat! I like what you did with it...and LOVE the song! #6804653

Rajeev 270293 Kashyap November 26, 2008

Beautiful image & Wonderful creation Pat! #6809200

Graham Robards November 27, 2008

Hi there Cousin Laura, this course is rather interesting. The one on BP only goes for four weeks, this one is 16 in total so is more in depth.

The brushes are paint brushes, one of the courses will be on making them myself. They come in different sizes for water colour, oil, blending,cloning.

We works on tracing paper to start with cloning the original on to another copy. Then the work begins of selecting what type of brush to work with.

There is also an auto painting feature, that is rather interesting and one I would imagine that is used up here as it takes ages to hand paint. I will most likely take advantage of it later and then hand paint some.

~Pat
#6817388

Graham Robards November 27, 2008

Thank you so much for your encouraging words William! ~Pat #6817391

Graham Robards November 27, 2008

Hey sister Karen, thank you my dear friend, I shared the before and after as I thought you would be interested, that is good you were! ~pat #6817394

Graham Robards November 27, 2008

Oh Rajeev, I am so honored by your words! Thankyou! ~Pat #6817396

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