I’m not even going to discuss my lack of daily photos. I will share my latest photographic endeavor, however.
We are NOT done with the bathroom, but all that is left is painting trim and wainscoting. Not that bad- almost done and then you’ll see the finished project- next week if all goes well. However- with 18 people coming over for Thanksgiving, I need to get that bathroom in usable order. We have all the neccessary things working and the walls painted. I had 3 Ikea Ribba frames needing artwork suitable for the bathroom and it would be nice to have something up on the walls.
While perusing my pics, I kept noticing my pets. I have a lot of bad quality photos with funny expressions and it hit me. I could make these watercolors or frescoes- or comics. The “blur” wouldn’t matter! And they’d be colorful and humorous photos for the walls…. and so….
my quest for distorted faces began….
and it has become an obsession….
I’ve got so many prints now (and only 3 frames) it might turn into a seasonal gallery of photos that change quarterly.
For those of you who would like to try this at home, it’s quite easy. My tips are for Photoshop Elements. You want to be sure you are resize the image to 300 dpi- and crop to the size you want to make (in this case, 8×10). I also upped the saturation so the colors look a little more artsy. Then I used the “watercolor” preset- fiddling with the settings until I liked the effect.
Then I uploaded to Costco and picked them up the next day. So easy!!! And so much fun! Surprisingly, Keith even liked the idea (i was afraid he wouldn’t!).
If you do this, let me know with a comment and a link to your photo!
