ColourMe weekly #11

Photogaphy ebook Giveaway winner*

The winner, picked at random, for the fabulous ebook 'The key to taking pictures like a professional photographer' iiiiiiiiisss.................

Lyndsey. Well done Lyndsey, if you could contact me with your full email address I will get the ebook straight to you.

Don't forget though peeps, if you head on over to Katies website you can purchase the ebook or the hard copy and get a 20% discount using the code 'coachhouse'.

Thank you to all of those that took part in the Giveaway, I wish I could offer you all a copy.

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Wow, I almost missed it this week. I've not done much blogging over the last few days, not really sure why, I guess I'm having a Blah to blogging week.

This image is of a Camelia I have blooming away in my polytunnel.
I took the picture over the last couple of days - I must remember to get some of the entire shrub as it is absolutely smothered in blooms - for the first time I might add.
Such a shame it has to sit away in the polytunnel  where I'm the only one that gets to see it but Sadly it won't survive the salt laden sea winds we get here and I lost the last one  so I ain't risking this one.

I'm quite suprised by how many colours I managed to pick out of this Camelia. I figured there'd be one or two tones of Cream only - who knew!
One day  I'll have to learn how to make all those little colour boxes the same size, at the moment I'm having to create each individual colour box with the rectangle tool and then grab the colour with the eyedropper tool and fill it in with the paintbucket tool - soooooooo tedious!

I'm linking this one over at Rosies 'Leavesnbloom studio' as always and would like to thank her for hosting and hope she has a speedy recovery soon.

ColourMe weekly #10

ColourMe weekly #10

This weeks entry for ColourMe weekly over at 'Leavesnbloom studio' is a photo I took a couple of years ago at a local harbour called Dunbeath.
It's a lovely place to sit on a decent day, the beach is pebbly but there are so many sandy beaches around here that a few pebbles aren't an issue and in fact make for a nice change when out with the camera.
This particular image was recently a submission in the EditMe challenge I take part in each week and had some fabulous edits. This edited version was what I came up with.

I really like the brushes I used on this one - though I couldn't tell you what they were called - they have a kind of water reflection type effect going on.

Hope you guys enjoy!
If you'd like to head on over to Rosies website you too can have a go at joining in ColourMe weekly or even check out the other fabulous edits.

ColourMe weekly #9

ColourMe weekly #9

I really enjoy taking part in ColourMe weekly over at Rosies Leavesnbloom studio and this week I decided I would Colour up a photograph I took of a drawing done by my artist daughter Leanne.
This Barn Owl image is amazing and is part of some artwork Leanne did for her Advanced Highers in Art, it now has pride of place on a large bare wall going up our stairs.
The Artwork itself is fairly large being A1 in size and is completed using Pastels. The detail is beautiful but unfortunately the photograph does not really do this justice.

Fantastic isn't it!
Leanne also did a Snowy Owl with the same medium so maybe one day I'll get that loaded up here too.
Perhaps I'll also upload photographs of our own Birds of Prey including the Barn Owl!

Linked up to:

'Blueberry craft and hobby time'
'My 3 boybarians' 
'Not just a housewife' 
'Lil Luna' 
'Funky Junk Interiors'

ColourMe weekly #8

ColourMe weekly #8

Originally I wanted to use a photo of my last Great Dane for this weeks ColourMe but no matter how long I spent on the image it just didn't look right so I gave up and went back to floral images - but at least this one has a thorn to it.

This photo was taken recently and believe me it wasn't an easy flower to get an image of.
You see those thorns? Well they're about 2" long and the entire plant is massed with them and just for good measure those thorns will pierce any amount of clothing layers you can throw at it, I've tried!
The plant is a Gorse bush and our land is plastered with them, apparently the founder of our village planted them on his 'plantation' land to feed the cattle in the winter - youch!
I'll admit that Gorse (or Whins as they are known locally) have a beautiful flower with the most lovely scent plus  the seed pods make a funny popping noise when they burst, BUT it's as invasive as the ruddy Triffids and a nightmare to get rid of.
After years of cutting down and burning the stuff we are left with brand spanking new fresh bushes that will grow to a height of 7ft within a few years.
Now we have to get down and dirty if I want pasture land for a horse and we're going to have to Grazon 90 the whole lot, plough it, seed it and constantly mow it until it gives up.
Problem is, this plant seeds prolifically and seedlings are popping up all over the place....... in abundance.

I'm posting this on the ColourMe weekly over at 'Leavesnbloom Studio', why not mosey on over and check out the other entrants.

Linked to:
'Night Owl Crafting'