Posted in Digital Painting, Haiku, Sacred Floral, Stillness, Beauty and Grace, tagged corel painter, digital art, Digital Painting, florals, flower, gardenia, Haiku, photoshop, Poetry, secret love on April 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
sultry hearts blossom
arouse the scent of passion
flames a secret love
Normally, I use a the liquify filter in Adobe Photoshop to move and push color into shapes. Recently, someone shared with me that the same effect can be done in Corel Painter X. In this floral painting of one of my favorite flowers, the gardenia, I [...]
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Posted in Digital Painting, Haiku, Poetry, Sacred Floral, tagged cactus, cactus flower, contemporary art, desert, desert flower, Digital Painting, floral, flowers, Genece Hamby, Haiku, Poetry, purple on April 23, 2008 | 5 Comments »
hot, scorching breath of
rugged land carries stillness
into soft beauty
Painting this desert flower, my thoughts think of Vi from Soul Food who doesn’t just live in the desert, she reflects the majestic qualities of the desert. I added a new brush stroke to create a raking effect for subtle grooves in the flower with the desire [...]
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Posted in Digital Painting, Digital Painting Tutorials, Haiku, Poetry, Sacred Floral, Stillness, Beauty and Grace, tagged Adobe Photoshop, corel painter x, Corel PhotoPaint, daily painting, florals, Haiku, lily pads, lotus, lotus flower, midnight blue, muddy swamp, Poetry, sage, sketch, tutorial, watercolor on April 21, 2008 | 8 Comments »
at dawn she rises
and emerges from the depth
of a muddy swamp
In this daily painting, using Corel Painter X, my first step was to do an acrylic wash of a deep midnight blue blended with soft dark green for the waters and background. Next, I sketched the lotus flower and lily pads using a soft white [...]
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the trumpet of love
yields its beauty and essence
in pink persuasion
Start with a black background, paint green streams of color into shapes of leaves. I used a Watercolor brush to shape the green leaves. After putting leaves on the black background where you want, paint a pink circle ball where you want the main flower to be in [...]
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Posted in Digital Painting, Haiku, Poetry, Sacred Floral, tagged "morning dew", "wet kisses", contemporary art, Digital Painting, floral, flowers, Genece Hamby, green, Haiku, kiss, Poetry, spring, white on April 11, 2008 | 4 Comments »
in serene array
morning dew touches the face
full cheeks, wet kisses
– genece hamby, contemporary artist & poet
http://www.shibuistudio.com
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noble white petals
yield the stillness of a dream
takes your breath away
a liquid blue soul
serene in beauty and breath
she waxes and wanes
I love the beauty of white, waxy flowers that can be found on many tropical islands. In this painting, the white flower began to blend with colors of the sea as I allowed my mind [...]
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Posted in Digital Painting, Haiku, Poetry, Sacred Floral, Stillness, Beauty and Grace, tagged azelea, birth, center, contemporary art, digital art, Digital Painting, floral, flowers, Genece Hamby, pink, spring on April 6, 2008 | 8 Comments »
at the birth of spring
the center prepares to give
seeds carrying joy
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Posted in Digital Painting, Haiku, Poetry, Sacred Floral, Sacred Nature, Stillness, Beauty and Grace, tagged beauty, contemporary art, death and decay, death and dying, Digital Painting, Genece Hamby, grace, Haiku, letting go, passing away, Poetry, rose, stillness, sweet surrender on April 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
enwrapped by sunlight
still waters flood the tulip
in sweet surrender
-– genece hamby, contemporary artist & poet
http://www.shibuistudio.com
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Posted in Digital Painting, Haiku, Poetry, Sacred Floral, Stillness, Beauty and Grace, tagged blue, center of a flower, contemporary art, Digital Painting, feeling blue, floral, flower, Genece Hamby, Haiku, iris, letting go, Poetry on April 2, 2008 | 8 Comments »
deep in the dark blues
the center works on letting go
of any hard edges
– genece hamby, contemporary artist & poet
http://www.shibuistudio.com
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In yesterday’s post, I offered to create a short tutorial on how to use the Liquify Filter in Adobe Photoshop or Elements in order to “push color” into defined shapes. Although this image is the final result, if you would like to use the tutorial to create your own visit http://atelierdigital.wordpress.com/2008/03/31/pushing-color-digital-painting-tutorial/
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