Stoic

We woke to snow this morning, all the way to sea level.  Not much, maybe an inch.  Being Flower Friday I've blipped this stoic daisy, but have thrown three into extras.  By mid morning is had all gone, the sun shone for a time, then more snow, more rain, more sun....repeat repeat - just one of those kind of days....temperatures reached 4 deg, brrrrr.

Craft group this morning, had to go out for a time this afternoon, then backed up all my images, good job done.

Thanks for all the hearts and comments for yesterdays abstract - for those that asked how - here are 9 very simple steps to follow. (have to simple for me to follow) - endless options.

1.) Open any image in Photoshop
2.) With your background layer selected, go to Filter – Pixelate – Mezzotint. Make sure your mode is set to “Medium Lines.” Press OK..
3.) With your background layer still selected, go to Filter – Blur – Radial Blur.  Amount (100) – Blur Method (zoom) – Quality (best). Press OK.
4.) Repeat step 3 as many times as you like.  I usually like to run it about 3 times.
5.) Duplicate your background layer.  Keyboard shortcut CTRL/CMD J. This will create a duplicate layer called “Layer 1” right above your background layer.
6.) Select your background layer.  Then go to Filter – Distort – Twirl.  In the Angle number box, you want to put in a positive value number.  Let’s put in 80 for now.  Press OK. You can always try different ones the more you experiment.
7.) Select Layer 1 above your background layer.  Then go to Filter – Distort – Twirl.  In the Angle number box, you want to put in a negative value number this time.  Let’s put in -80 for now.
8.) With Layer 1 selected, we want to change the blending mode of this layer. In your layers palette, right above Layer 1, you will see the word “normal.” Click on that and it will expand a variety of choices.  Depending on the colors and exposure in your image, will depend on which blending mode works best here. Click through the various options until you find the one you like the best on your image. I like Darken, Multiply, Lighten, Exclusion and Difference modes for Twirl art. But choose what works best for you.
9.) Flatten your image. You can stop here or work on it some more.

Rio Games opening tomorrow, starts just before 11 am - a user friendly time.

Rainie