First attempt in years

fluffybunny · **Posted:** Mon Mar 25, 2013 2:01 am **(#1)**

Hi guys,
Haven't been able to paint for the last few years, but due to an unexpected side-effect of some new medication for an unrelated condition, I have regained some of my lost muscle fine motor control.

Took one of my recent sunset photos as a reference, produced a 10 colour palette from the original photo's colours and then I used my tablet to paint the sky, trees, clouds.
I then gimped it up a bit.

Pretty happy with the results. Wasn't expecting miracles, because I was a poor painter before I lost the ability to control a brush.
But being able to produce something again, is better then not being able to produce anything at all.

Cheers,

Esper · **Joined:** Jul 17, 2012 **Posts:** 2769

its a beautiful painting, fb !

im glad you came back and i want to say im sorry i hurt your feelings
i can be pretty rough sometimes...

dinasset · **Posted:** Mon Mar 25, 2013 2:35 am **(#3)**

This is REALLY digital ART!
Congratulations...and continue letting all of us benefit of your extremely good painting style.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

That is very beautiful fluffy.

Erisian · **Posted:** Mon Mar 25, 2013 5:06 am **(#5)**

That is gorgeous. I love the simplicity of it. Very serene and almost photo like.

he4rty · **Joined:** Aug 30, 2012 **Posts:** 2174

Fluffy - Thats really nice.

AnMal · **Posted:** Mon Mar 25, 2013 1:15 pm **(#7)**

fluffybunny: that's a very beautiful painting! i love the silhouette effects you get when you take photos with a sunset in the background and your painting takes that effect and improves it. lovely work, hope you'll post more of your paintings.

2-ton · **Posted:** Mon Mar 25, 2013 9:27 pm **(#8)**

Very nice, I would hang that up in my house...well, not with that frame, lol.

sallyanne · **Posted:** Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:39 pm **(#9)**

Very nice Fb.
There is hope for me yet.

pirate541 · **Joined:** May 27, 2011 **Posts:** 707

Great painting !
Thank You for sharing

fluffybunny · **Posted:** Tue Mar 26, 2013 5:26 pm **(#11)**

Firstly let me say that I really appreciate you guys taking he time to comment.
It is very encouraging. I am hoping that the effects of the new medication continue and the mood strikes me to start painting again.

I know "Art" is very subjective and styles, experience and skill levels vary greatly between artists. Comparing my feeble efforts to the quality of a lot of the people here like comparing chalk and cheese. But hopefully other beginners will be encouraged to post their efforts too. IMO, this is not a competition on who's artwork is the 'best', but an opportunity to share, learn, encourage and gain inspiration. Come on, don't be shy, share your work and maybe you will be an inspiration to someone on the other side of the planet who stumbles across it while surfing the web..

@Esper: I no longer see the content of your posts so I cannot make any comment.

dinasset wrote:

Congratulations...and continue letting all of us benefit of your extremely good painting style.

AnMal wrote:

...hope you'll post more of your paintings.

You both should be careful what you wish for - you may end up regretting it... :hehe

2-ton wrote:

Very nice, I would hang that up in my house...well, not with that frame, lol.

I agree I wouldn't use that frame either, it just suits my fluffybunny persona

sallyanne wrote:

There is hope for me yet.

Not quite sure what you mean be your last statement, would you care to elaborate?

gramg wrote:

How do you create a color palette from a photo

No big secret there gramg, open your image/photo in Gimp, then locate the 'palette' window it's under Windows->Dockable dialogs->Palettes. Then right click any of your existing palettes, and choose Import Palette.
Select from Image, then reduce the number of colours as required and save your new palette.
Hope that helps.

steeno · **Joined:** Nov 28, 2012 **Posts:** 85 **Location:** France

Fluffybunny,
Very nice painting !

If this can help you and because I find sad that communications be misinterpreted, I allows me to copy and paste the comment of Esper.

its a beautiful painting, fb !

im glad you came back and i want to say im sorry i hurt your feelings
i can be pretty rough sometimes...

I take this opportunity to tell you that your presence on the forum is also appreciated as well as all members, the diversity of each can only bring positive things to the forum and Gimp.