http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2006/04/01/coffee-at-the-alcove/ Daily painter, California oil paintings, Daily paintings and landscapes of California Thu, 17 May 2012 09:50:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2006/04/01/coffee-at-the-alcove/#comment-9427 Thu, 21 Sep 2006 10:06:02 +0000 http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2006/04/01/coffee-at-the-alcove/#comment-9427 I really like the added green color in the final. It adds a nice touch to the sketch. I really like the added green color in the final. It adds a
nice touch to the sketch.

]]> http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2006/04/01/coffee-at-the-alcove/#comment-2493 Sun, 30 Apr 2006 15:26:23 +0000 http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2006/04/01/coffee-at-the-alcove/#comment-2493 [...] Here’s a brief tutorial from Karen Winters (www.karenwinters.com/kblog). She sketched the tree in pencil (while her hubby queue for coffee, hence the title of her post) then digitially painted it in layers using Photoshop. I’ve created a grad from green to brown, pulled back the opacity to 50%, and set the grad to multiply… [...] […] Here’s a brief tutorial from Karen Winters (www.karenwinters.com/kblog). She sketched the tree in pencil (while her hubby queue for coffee, hence the title of her post) then digitially painted it in layers using Photoshop. I’ve created a grad from green to brown, pulled back the opacity to 50%, and set the grad to multiply… […]

]]> http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2006/04/01/coffee-at-the-alcove/#comment-2340 Sun, 23 Apr 2006 04:06:11 +0000 http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2006/04/01/coffee-at-the-alcove/#comment-2340 What a beautiful drawing! You are very talented. The tree you drew is called a Camphor. What a beautiful drawing! You are very talented. The tree you drew is called a Camphor.

]]> http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2006/04/01/coffee-at-the-alcove/#comment-2045 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 06:27:55 +0000 http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2006/04/01/coffee-at-the-alcove/#comment-2045 Thanks for the update, this is so interesting! Thanks for the update, this is so interesting!

]]> http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2006/04/01/coffee-at-the-alcove/#comment-2040 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 21:19:28 +0000 http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2006/04/01/coffee-at-the-alcove/#comment-2040 I am so grateful that you share your talent. I love to see the creative process, since I'm not an artist and have to express my creativity in other ways. This is wonderful. Thanks again for sharing. I am so grateful that you share your talent. I love to see the creative process, since I’m not an artist and have to express my creativity in other ways. This is wonderful. Thanks again for sharing.

]]> http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2006/04/01/coffee-at-the-alcove/#comment-2036 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 15:28:32 +0000 http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2006/04/01/coffee-at-the-alcove/#comment-2036 Wonderful sketch, Karen. Reminds me of so many trees I've seen and wanted to capture. You did it! Wonderful sketch, Karen. Reminds me of so many trees I’ve seen and wanted to capture. You did it!

]]> http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2006/04/01/coffee-at-the-alcove/#comment-2034 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 06:30:10 +0000 http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2006/04/01/coffee-at-the-alcove/#comment-2034 This is beautiful. I love the softness of the colours, it gives it a misty quality. This is beautiful. I love the softness of the colours, it gives it a misty quality.

]]> http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2006/04/01/coffee-at-the-alcove/#comment-2028 Sun, 02 Apr 2006 21:28:01 +0000 http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2006/04/01/coffee-at-the-alcove/#comment-2028 Ha! I want this tree! You better keep an eye on it, Karen, or it's going to be snatched for my trees sketchbook! ;D Really nice drawing. Ha! I want this tree! You better keep an eye on it, Karen, or it’s going to be snatched for my trees sketchbook! ;D Really nice
drawing.

]]> http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2006/04/01/coffee-at-the-alcove/#comment-2024 Sun, 02 Apr 2006 15:15:16 +0000 http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2006/04/01/coffee-at-the-alcove/#comment-2024 Love it, and what a delightful day... I wonder if it is a nut tree? Walnut? Love it, and what a delightful day… I wonder if it is a nut tree? Walnut?

]]> http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2006/04/01/coffee-at-the-alcove/#comment-2023 Sun, 02 Apr 2006 14:51:04 +0000 http://karenwinters.com/kblog/2006/04/01/coffee-at-the-alcove/#comment-2023 Karen - This is lovely! The background is added in, too? I was thinking I ought to get a notebook with neutral brown paper for some sketching after seeing this... Hmmmm.. Karen -
This is lovely! The background is added in, too? I was thinking I ought to get a notebook with neutral brown paper for some sketching after seeing this… Hmmmm..

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