Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Whimsical Angels-African Art Patterns-Fancy Art Metal Sculptures- Making a Day Feel Creative

What makes up a creative day? Here a my list. African art and patterns, whimsical angel drawings, fancy art metal sculptures. Those creative thoughts, meeting your potential, are endless, if you want them to be.

African art and patterns, whimsical angel drawings, fancy art metal sculptures, the ways of doing creative things are endless. How fantastic.

I set my mind to things and go. I coax myself, read books, watch creative videos or movies, hang out with artistic friends, make list of what I will Pro Paint Shop tomorrow that is different from today. I try. I take in everything that I have been given, my talent or whatever you choose to call it, and I act on it. I practice every single day. This is my world of art and what motivates me.

For you? Well you must come up with your own list! Start today, why not?

Whimsical musicians artwork,
exotic lap dancing,
a crazy mix I know!

Fine art whimsical angel commissions,
art work in butterfly garden,
dragon force,
map faery tale adventure,
enchanted fairies,
enchanted arms walkthrough,
funny quotes, Dye Paintball Products poems,
free online games,
baby handprint poem,
love poems,
funny poems,
free myspace layouts,
whimsical angel pictures,
whimsical angel drawings,
whimsical angel commissions,

I paint everything and take photos.

African art and patterns,
yes, I paint that too.
Free galleries, always in mind... oh yes!
Funny pictures, I do a few.
Pet horoscopes, why not?
Custom airbrushed clothes, I can ... maybe.
Landscapes still life portrait commissions,
yes indeed I have that on my list.
Pictures of kittens cats, well ya! I can do that!
Tell me what you need.

Whimsical musicians artwork,
yes,
fine art whimsical angel commissions,
yes,
art work in butterfly garden,
yes,
giclee canvas art work,
YES,
modern art paintings and posters for sale,
possibly... well of course,
vintage original authentic hawaiian prints,
sure!
Hawaiian art prints photos posters,
of course...

and oh yes I do indeed... dream I can do it all.

Collect whimsical angels,
whimsical sitting bride and groom,
Halloween coloring pages,
siamese cat and butterfly garden,

and I..

fancy art metal sculptures,
grim reaper drawings,
free online drawing pages,
elves in folklore and myths,
pixies fairies elves colouring pictures,
tiny angels. innocent angels,
one winged angel, tiny angels,
feminist surrealism surreal,
intelligent core visionary.

And oh my darling I cater to...

free birthday cards, art decor stencils,
fine art paintings reproduction,
fairies in art,
mystical fairies,
pixie fairies, mythical faries,
pixies fairies,
drawings of fairies,

and ohhh la la yes indeed I do at times think of...

chocolate and dessert recipes,
Chinese tattoos, free tattoo designs,
tattoo designs,
star tattoos,
tattoo gallery,
exotic lingerie,
chia pets,
Britney Spears photos,
(what will she do next?)
runaway love,

I wanna love you,
love me or hate me,
chocolate and dessert recipes!

I think of...

sedu beauty tips,
beautiful agony,
exotic lingerie,
hot women, I paint them

I think about those silly...yes I said silly
country song lyrics,

Then there is all that fantasy that I do indeed LOVE...
always waiting.
Fairies illustrations,
humpty dumpty illustration,

ah me
make it rain,
grim reaper artwork.

Fix me up then
get ready for the show.
Sedu hairstyles how to,
how to save a life,
sedu hair style tips,
sedu hairstyle tips,
sedu beauty tips,
one wing in the fire,

and ohhh la la!

Still consider all those make up days
play up days
repair of oneself days

Clean it all up
get ready for new inspirations.

Spring cleaning yard and flower bed,
a poem about spring cleaning,
lyrics for music,
lift that couch don't sweep under the rug,
wwe divas,
flower fairies garden ornaments,
paint them too?

And I think of my 'little bit wild side'
I cannot help myself.

Mark my place.

I hope to travel
ahhh yes
I hope.

Yet I have my island.
Hawaiian fun food,
Hawaiian food tours,
Hawaiian flower tattoos,
ahh me...
ahhh me...
let all of these things fly!
Let this be the most wonderful day ever!

Why not?

ABOUT Kathy Ostman-Magnusen

I paint and sculpt female fantasy art and map faery tale adventures. I dream of beautiful women on canvas and art of exotic women.

I have illustrated for Hay House Inc.,"Women Who Do Too Much" CARDS taken from Anne Wilson Schaef's book. I also illustrated for Neil Davidson, who was considered for the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing, and several other publications. My paintings are collected worldwide.

Giclee canvas art work, greeting cards & posters are available for sale on my website:

http://www.kathysart.com

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Monday, December 8, 2008

Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 For Image Editing - 11 Good Reasons to Choose Paint Shop Pro Over Photoshop

I have been using Corel's Paint Shop Pro for several years. As a professional photographer, Tulip Fabric Spray Paint absolutely depend on it for my daily image editing and management. Though I am in the minority of professionals who don't use Photoshop, I take pride in using and promoting this very powerful and cost-effective image editing suite. Here are several reasons why this is a great tool for professionals and amateur photographers. These comments are based on Paint Shop Pro Photo X2 (PSP/X2).

1. Cost. The base product is $65, with occasional sales or specials offering it for under $50. Corel also bundles it with painter essentials, media recovery, a thumb drive and more under the "Ultimate" package for under $80. Compare this to Photoshop elements at $95 and CS4 at $700. PSP/X2 is much closer in capability to CS4 than elements. And upgrades are very reasonable and frequent.

2. Workflow. The Express Lab feature lets you quickly make edits to many files quickly. The Smart Photo Fix will make suggested changes to an image to improve attributes such as brightness, contrast and more. For rapid processing of many images, this tool is very capable.

3. Shortcuts. There are several ways to activate most of the features, including assigning new shortcut keys to frequently used functions. For example, I map Alt-F1 to the Levels adjustment, and Alt-F2 to Curves. Within those dialogs, you can also assign presets so that you can reproduce certain settings with a single click. This alone saves me hours each month when editing hundreds of images.

4. Costmetics. I take a lot of people pictures, and quick cosmetic editing is one of the strongest attributes in this product. The makeup brush deals with blemishes, lines and skin tone differences. The toothbrush whitens teeth, and the suntan brush does what you expect it would. I can complete a cosmetic edit on a high school senior boy in just a minute or two. And the results are very good.

5. Paint Shop Pro Picture Tube Adjustment. The good contrast tools, Curves and Levels, are quick and full of features. Straighten allows you to rotate and crop to a horizon line. White balance and other color adjustments are equally strong. Black and white conversion and "time machine" film style emulation give you some great creative options. There are many great features for image editing, cleanup and creative change.

6. Workspace. You can define, save and retrieve different workspaces for different editing activities. This lets you open and anchor dialogs and change other settings on how the program operates.

7. Plug-ins. Many if not most plug-ins designed to work with Photoshop will also work with PSP/X2. I use one called Virtual Photographer which gives me even more opportunity to artistically edit images.

8. Automation. There is a robust scripting language which allows you to automate tasks such as resize, watermark and rotate. Any function that can be done on screen can be recorded using a macro mode, and saved and edited. These scripts can then be applied in bulk to any and all images in a folder. I use this feature to copy and resize images to a new folder for upload to my lab for proofing prints. You can also bulk rename files so that they follow a name scheme and sequence. This is great for renaming the keeper images from an event such as a wedding.

9. Preservation. You can enable Preserve Original mode, where the original images is saved in a lower folder, able to be recovered if you wish to go back. This simple feature gives you the peace of mind that your images are preserved regardless of your editing.

10. Layers. I use the Layers capability very often. It is very strong, for both text and graphics/images. Special characteristics such as emboss and drop shadow are available. Layer masks and interactions provide for very powerful and quick image changes. I often produce partial color black and white images using layers and the Channel Mixer and the eraser brush. I can create nearly all partial color edits in under 5 minutes, often in under 1 minute.

11. Development. Corel releases a new version of PSP about yearly. Each new release is more stable, faster and brings more technical and non-technical features for users of all levels. My per-year cost of use is probably $50 or less, and that's purchasing every upgrade as it comes out.

12. Opportunities. I do have some needs that aren't met by PSP/X2. The browser could be more capable with image viewing, ranking and moving/copying. I use another tool for the portion of my workflow that I call "Image Triage", but I would prefer they beef up their browser interface to handle this capability. I would consider this a feature request.

This is my personal experience from my use of the product, not a comprehensive feature listing. As a professional photographer, I am very satisfied with the performance and capabilities of the product, and find it to be very cost effective and productive. I encourage you to try the product as an alternative to the other image editing products out there.

John Huegel is a photographer in the Erie, Pennsylvania area who specializes in Seniors, Dance Studio, Families and other groups. He is active in many charitable and volunteer activities in the Erie area. His work can be seen at http://jhphotomusic.com

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Monday, December 1, 2008

Green Building in Louisville trying to become LEED Platinum Certified (WHAS TV11 Louisville)

(WHAS11) - Its an art studio, office space, reception hall, and will soon house a new restaurant, and its all very green. The Green Building opened up in fall in downtown Louisville and its the first commercial building in Louisville to try to become certified green.

In an age where technology offers endless solutions, it can be fairly overwhelming to find a quality house painting contractor. In fact, it can be hard to figure out where to even start. One way or another, you will have to narrow your options down so that you're not bombarded by your options. And you may not even have to Spyder Paintball on the computer to do it.

You'll want to start looking for a good house painting contractor by asking your friends, family, and neighbors for referrals. By asking people you know, you are able to weed out testimonies down to the people that you know you can trust. They can set you up with a great contractor as well as let give you some advice on your painting project in general. Their experiences may be able to help you avoid some mistakes.

If you can't find someone you know to give you a great house painting contractor referral, you may still be able to get some sort of testimony from an actual Behr Paint Color Chart When you're interviewing contractors, require that they provide you with at least three references. Ask references to name the contractor's strengths and weaknesses, and be sure to ask whether or not they would recommend them.

Before you turn to technology, try the old fashioned way of using people as resources. People have a way of conveying feelings and thoughts that a website may not. Locating a great house painting contractor may just be a matter of leaning on some reliable people who are happy to put you in the right direction.

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Monday, November 24, 2008

My rules suggesting free software (The News-Press)

Many Good Booters have asked what Abstract Paintings I use in selecting the free software programs I recommend.

Buying a new car can be draining yet rewarding all in one. Once the new car is off the lot and in the driveway it is like bringing home a new toy. Paintball Bunkers beautiful glisten of the brand new paint, the new car smell of the interior and the smooth acceleration of the brand new engine can make any new car owner fall head over heels for their new car. You've been taking care of that car since day one; not getting a scratch on it and washing it once a week. But you can't avoid everything. Driving to work one day you see paint splattered on the roadway but you can't move into the oncoming lane of a two lane road because you are approaching a blind bend. The paint is unavoidable. You drive the car right through the paint and it still has its strong scent. That can only mean one thing. The paint is fresh and it is now all over your brand new car.

How do you remove unwanted paint from a car? This method works but it takes a lot of time and a lot of elbow grease. The first step in removing the unwanted paint is to get the car out of the direct rays of the sun. If the paint is only on one side of the car; turn that side of the car away from the sun. Make sure you wash the car before doing anything else. There are plenty of different items that can be used for removing unwanted paint from a car. Some of them are paint thinner, goo gone and anything with acetone in it such as nail polish. Paint thinner can work but you have to be very, very careful. The paint thinner can ultimately remove the original paint from your car.

After applying these substances to the vehicle make sure you rewash the car and then put a coat of wax on the area that was covered in the unwanted paint. When removing the unwanted paint from the vehicle make sure you don't use your fingernail to scratch off the paint but use a soft rag dipped in soapy water. Spray the paint remover onto the areas of the car you are working on at the time and rub gently but with some elbow grease. Also, don't work on the same area for an extended period of time or the original paint job will begin to wear off. Move from area to area, slowly removing the unwanted paint.

Since you drove through the wet paint on the roadway, it is splattered on the tires and on the plastic covers above the wheel attached to the body of the car. Those plastic covers can be removed to clean them. Also, take off each wheel and clean it with soap and water. That should be enough to get the paint off of the wheel. If not, you can use paint thinner since there is no other paint on the wheel.

The process works but it takes a good handful of hours to get the paint completely off of the car without ruining the original paint job.

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Falling Away - The Anna Ross Project

Live performance by The Anna Ross Project of "Falling Away", one of Anna's original songs. Videographer: Todd Elkins, using a Kodak EasyShare digital camera. Converted (to reduce file size) with K-werkx Front End Converter.

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Jew's harp improvisation

Jew's harp improvisation about one theme played with jew's harp from Zella Mehlis in key C - Selfmade recording with a simple digital camera Olympus C-765 Ultra Zoom on Saturday, the 26th April 2008.

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Sunday, November 16, 2008

Spring Time in Venice (Venezia) Italy

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We visited Venice with the Vantage Tour Group for about three days to explore this fascinating city with it's winding streets (alleys really) lined with small charming shops, bridges and canals. Visiting Ducal Palace and taken a Gondola ride down the Grand Canal and around the smaller ones.


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