Another painting

[Pauline]

[sharlmitch]

Pauline,

That's just beautiful! Great Job!

Sharon

[Shari]

Pauline - that is beautiful - as always. I just had my first try following a tutorial that Su posted this morning. It has been one of those phone ringing days and even thought I left it at times I had about 12 interruptions. No way to learn something. Don't know if I will ever get to where you are but I can see it is fun trying.
Shari

[smiles]

Pauline,
You have that painting technique down pat!! Great job!

[kroberts]

Pauline,

That's gorgeous!

[Shari]

Pauline - can I ask a question? If you can do such beautiful work in Photoshop - why would one need to get Painter X? Is it like Elements to CS2 - many more extras? Just wondering - you remember that post about one purchase leads to another!!!!
Shari

[Robyn]

Very nicely and subtly done Pauline. Did you do this in Painter?

[Pauline]

Thanks everyone. With every painting I do it gets easier.

Robyn, no this was done only in photoshop. I am now posting my ones done in painter in that gallery and keeping the ones here strictly photoshop. Although when I do work in painter I always do my prep in photoshop first and some times come back to photoshop for the finish.

Shari, interesting question and believe me I did ask myself that. There is so much PS can do, but then there is so much Painter can do. They really are two different programs and Painter really is more like painting than photoshop is. The brushes are much more intuitive and true to life.
For example when I am working in painter and I paint with one colour then change to another colour and paint over what I just did the colours will blend together like real paint. You don't get this with PS. I know people could say you could smudge them but it's not the same. There are also blending tools in painter that photoshop doesn't have. That being said, I am enjoying putting some of the techniques I learn in painter to use in photoshop and viceversa. I like to try things out in one and then see if I can do it in the other. Some things turn out better in PS, but that's only because I am more comfortable with it.

I'm working on a watercolour painting right now in painter and boy it's a chore. It really is like watercolours and it's rough going but I want to learn so I will persevere.