June 2012 Creative Color Challenge - Red & Roses

July 01, 2012

June 2012 Creative Color Challenge - Red & Roses

Oops! I forgot to post this yesterday! The Creative Color Challenge for June was Red and Roses. This is the palette that Louise provided for us:

And this is my piece. Again, I created this in Photoshop. I'm still playing around with different tools and settings. I added drop shadows to the collar, pinafore and dress, and also added some textures as well so it doesn't appear "flat."

The background was created using a variety of brushes and colors from the palette on the right. I also added a bit of red "glitter" too.

You can check out some of the other challenges here: Red & Roses

As always, thank you so much for stopping by!

Hugs and Toodles!

Jul 1, 2012 11:18:31 AM | Art/Blog Challenges, Digital Art

6 Comments

Hi Anita, this piece is really interesting - I can't believe it's done in photoshop, it really looks like a photo of a mixed media piece... must be the drop shadows :-) Great work!

Posted by: Mandy Kopelke | July 01, 2012 at 07:01 PM

Anita - I am amazed at your photoshop skills. I love the dress, the background texture is amazing.

Posted by: Lori Moon | July 04, 2012 at 06:19 AM

Thank you Lori! I appreciate that! Compared to what there is to learn about Photoshop, I still consider myself a novice...so this means a lot to me! Thank you SO much for stopping by! Hugs!

Posted by: Anita Van Hal | July 04, 2012 at 09:39 AM

Hey Mandy...I think the drop shadows make a difference too...thank you SO much for stopping by! Hugs!

Posted by: Anita Van Hal | July 04, 2012 at 09:40 AM

I tried to visit the link that you gave us with some of the work that other people did for the challenge. I am getting an error message that indicates that the link is broken, so maybe you could check that.

I like what you did with the background. It looks like a collage. I like the shades that were used for the challenge. Personally, the first thing I thought of when I saw it was high heel shoes. Specifically, platform heels. I would have used the darker tones for the heel.

Posted by: Megan@mozy | November 13, 2012 at 01:58 PM

Hi Megan...thank you for stopping by and commenting...I have no idea what happened to Louie's links...the challenges are no longer there...sorry 'bout that! Anita

Posted by: Anita Van Hal | November 14, 2012 at 03:39 PM

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