The Pixeladies - Last Series of Photoshop Elements Instruction (in 2023)

As Pixeladies Deb Cashatt and Kris Sazaki prepare to retire at the end of 2023, they're teaching their last Photoshop Elements instructional series. Level 1 is just concluding. Level 2 starts in February followed by Level 3 in March.

I've had Adobe's Photoshop CS (a cloud application) for some time and recently became aware that Adobe's Photoshop Elements was available for download at a one-time cost. (It's not actively marketed on the Adobe site. You have to search for it.) So, I jumped at the opportunity to buy Elements and cancel the cloud app. Note: The cloud app is not intuitive to learn or use, and for me -- the monthly fee was too high for the value/use I got from it.

In order to make sure I'm learning how to use the creative capabilities of Elements, I thought it would be great to learn from The Pixeladies who have a great reputation in the quilt world for their work with printing on fabrics and making quilts. That means they know the important functions creatives need for their work and how to make it as easy as possible for printers. I'm learning a lot and am looking forward to knowing a great deal more by the end of April!

This is a 4-patch that I made from a photograph using multiple layers, a filter, and using a brush tool to paint over some elements. It tickles me when I see fun things develop from an understated original photographic image. This is pretty cool!

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Visiting The Hague and Amsterdam (Netherlands), and Paris!

Since late March, I've been planning an international solo trip that included meeting up with friends. The planning is what makes a trip an adventure, and it was definitely fabulous -- now that it is in the rearview mirror -- so to speak. During my two weeks abroad, the sights visited included the: Mauritshuis, a lovely art museum (The Hague, Netherlands) Binnenhof (The Hague, Netherlands) Delft (Netherlands) Kasteel de Haar, a castle (Haarzuilens, Netherlands) Museum Speelklok (Utrecht, Netherlands) Walking Tour of Amsterdam (Netherlands) Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Dutch Resistance Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands) De Oude and Nieuwe Kerks aka old and new churches (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Anne Frank House (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Sainte Chapelle/Conciergerie (Paris, France) Giverny - Monet's residence at one time (outside Paris) Versailles (outside Paris) Musee d'Orsay/VR Event titled 1874 Impressionists First Exhibition

New Project in Progress

I'm working on a new project with multiple layers and shapes of different colored organzas. It is an interpretation of lighting on an ice rink...from a show I recently saw. There is a lot more stitching to do, but I like how its coming along. I'm learning organzas are not easy to work with especially when you layer them and have overlaid edges. The fabric also tends to ravel easily. This post also linked to http://ninamariesayre.blogspot.com .

Concertina Dazzle Days

If you don't know what a Concertina Sketchbook is, it is folded paper (back and forth) that looks like the bellows of an accordion when done. Concertinas can be home-made or purchased, and they are fun to work in. The photos above are of three continuous two-page spreads from my own Concertina (the one on the right - the latest). The mark-making was done with Sharpie markers, Posca pens, Micron pens and Sakura PenTouch markers. All the shapes and color choices in the images above were spontaneous as well as the details. There was no plan. What I like about these is that each two-page spread collaborates with the next one and so on (as the designs spill over from one spread to the next). As new ones are created, they add to the wonderful visual feast. One of the things I love doing with these also -- is to crop sections and digitally mirror them to form symmetrical designs. The results are occasionally delightful. In fact, this one was made from such a process and has a n

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