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Totally convinced our neighbors played a trick on us last night

Marilyn Sholin — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:55:02 +0000

Totally convinced our neighbors played a trick on us last night, originally uploaded by marilynsholin.

Carpet of leaves covered our entire front lawn this morning and the car, driveway and more. Yesterday we clearly had a driveway and road in front of the house. All gone!

Forever Asheville Painting Work in Progress

Marilyn Sholin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:34:04 +0000

Working on a new digital/acrylic painting and I thought it would be fun to share the steps and give some hints and tips. I started with a reference photo that I took this past summer as I was walking past someones car. The idea that this truly represented Asheville, NC came to me immediately that it had the laid back feeling.

Original Capture

Now I needed to open it in Corel Painter 11 and I painted it with artist oils brushes looking to get as much of a brushstroke as possible into the painting. While I used the photo as photo reference it’s clear all the changes made to the painting as it is transforming into a painting.

After Painting in Corel Painter 11 with Artist Oil brushes

Next I felt it looked a little dull and needed some punching up. Opened the image in Photoshop and tested out a few TOPAZ FILTERS on it and ended up using something in TOPAZ ADJUST. This gave more detail and also punched up the colors. When I was finished with that I opened NIK SHARPENER 3.0 and did some sharpening on the painting to pop more of the brushstrokes so I know it will print well. If you want to check out these filters use the links to TOPAZ and when you check out put MSHOLIN into the coupon code and you will get a discount. Same with NIK filters. Coupon Code: MSHOLIN gets a discount on them.

Below is the final digital painting. Next step will be to add acrylic paint to the canvas. I will update this post and show the before and after paintings: the digital file vs the acrylic painted canvas. Final version will be Pigment Inks with Acrylic Paint.

Topaz Filters and Nik Sharpener Applied

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@fletcher_kitten On the Counter

Marilyn Sholin — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:55:38 +0000

@fletcher_kitten On the Counter, originally uploaded by marilynsholin.

It’s Kitty Day on the blog! Enjoy this our baby being as cute as he can be. Follow him on Twitter for more of his antics!

Golden Paints Colors I Use the Most

Marilyn Sholin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:32:49 +0000

Paint Colors from Golden Paints

The Marathon Press webinar from September 30th had some lists in it as part of the slideshow. These are from there. If you missed the webinar which also has 25 minutes of video of me painting and describing what I am doing, you CAN still buy it and download it! As a matter of fact, you can buy any of my Marathon Press webinars there! BUY IT NOW

Materials and Products

Marilyn Sholin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:30:23 +0000

From the Webinar

Digital Paint Meets Acrylic Paint UPDATE!

Marilyn Sholin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:27:39 +0000

I did a webinar today with @marathonpress and it was so incredibly awesome I had to share it with you all! I did four videos showing me painting with acrylic paint on my digital painting printed on canvas. We had over 50 people watching and for the first time combined live webinar with slides and me chatting live with recorded video. It was incredibly AWESOME and the good news is even if you never signed up and missed this ground breaking event you can still get it! I showed digital files versus the painted final paintings. I had fun…I was stupid, I was just “ME” and you get to see it ALL! You can register and buy the video HERE

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Don’t yell at me for promoting the BEST info at the best prices. REALLY I don’t have time to do this every day. I want everyone to be successful and HAPPY!