This is another of my favourites. I can’t remember the exact date I painted it… it was roughly January or February of 2006. I used acrylic on cardboard (but HOW I used it is a secret!), approximately 63cm x 51cm. View my website to see more… / sarahbentvelzen.com http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolor:mocha/framestyle:flat30/mattecolor:off%20white/product:framed-print/size:medium/view:preview/10814-13-colour-attack.jpg
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Featured in the group Photography 101 / Nikon D80 Nikkor 18-135/38mm 1/30@f/5.6 +-2eV HDR / Matt screen, backgroung light / ART / CIRCULAR QUAY & OPERA HOUSE AT NIGHT / SYDNEY / PANORAMAS / CLOUDS / COUNTRYSIDE / STILL LIFE / TENNIS / DOGS / MISCELLANEOUS /
I did this drawing for the “Cute n Creepy Christmas” Challenge, i did about 5 crap one’s and i dont really like this one haha but hey i paid my dollar so i gotta enter something :o) /
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Here Comes Santa Claus / © 2008 Fine Art Photography and Digital Art by Sharon Anne Mau This wonderful illuminated vintage sign is displayed on the exterior wall at the Santa Claus House in North Pole Alaska This is a postcard I created from one of my images taken at the Santa Claus House in North Pole Alaska! I used the Magic Wand to highlight the Santa and his airplane to preserve it’s original texture, and then worked the background wall. I desaturated the colours, Dodge and Burn, added polished stone texture and quite extensive enhancements, Spiky Halo, Drop Shadow, and two borders, one with a chisel edge. I am researching to find the name of the artist who created the sign. It was during the day when I took this shot, and the sign was not illuminated. The sign is a wonderful artist’s creation of metal work hanging on an exterior wall with strings of Christmas lights attaching it to a banner which reads Ho Ho Ho!!! 01 October 2007 / Santa Claus House / North Pole Alaska / Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi / F stop: F/9.0 / Exposure: 1/250 second / Focal length: 56.0 mm / Flash: flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode (16) Metering mode: pattern (5) Dimensions: 2400×1663 Shutter speed (Tv): 8 Letters from Santa ~ “Santa’s most colourful period was undoubtedly during the early twentieth century. Fueled by the international postcard craze that lasted from 1900 until well into World War I in 1917, images of St. Nick in a multitude of costumes and activities filled mailboxes and scrapbooks around the world. What had started out as a plain postal card in Austria in 1869, evolved in a few years to highly decorated, multicoloured and embellished greeting cards that many considered works of art and few wanted to throw away. With German manufacturers in the lead, an international industry developed that was able to produce beautiful chromolithograph and photographic postcards by the millions at a reasonable price. Liberalized postal regulations (which included permission to write personal messages on the cards), coupled with reduced mailing rates and rural free delivery in the United States, gave birth to the glorious era of the “penny postcard” ~ and thousands of them were Santas. It was during this time that we were made aware of Santa’s great ability to be a “man of the world.” It was obvious that he was still the prime source of Christmas gifts around the globe, but then we found that he really was not limited to just reindeer and sleigh in making his deliveries. We saw him aloft in a balloon; he was flying an airplane; he was captain of a boat; he drove automobiles of every conceivable make and he made steeds of many animals, not just the white horse, as Saint Nicholas. Yes, he was still above all, the friend and patron of children; we found him communicating with them not only through the mails and in department stores, but on that new-fangled invention, the telephone.” ~ Source: http://www.hwcn.org/link/cpc/cpc_klimch.html “Many current American ideals about the way Christmas ought to be derive from the English Victorian Christmas, such as that described in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. The caroling, the gifts, the feast, and the wishing of good cheer to all – these ingredients came together to create that special Christmas atmosphere. The custom of gift-giving on Christmas dates only to Victorian times. Before then it was more common to exchange gifts on New Year’s Day or Twelfth Night. Santa Claus is known by British children as Father Christmas. Father Christmas, these days, is quite similar to the American Santa, but his direct ancestor is a certain pagan spirit who regularly appeared in medieval mummer’s plays. The old-fashioned Father Christmas was depicted wearing long robes with sprigs of holly in his long white hair. Children write letters to Father Christmas detailing their requests, but instead of dropping them in the mailbox, the letters are tossed into the fireplace. The draft carries the letters up the chimney, and theoretically, Father Christmas reads the smoke. Gifts are opened Christmas afternoon. From the English we get a story to explain the custom of hanging stockings from the mantelpiece. Father Christmas once dropped some gold coins while coming down the chimney. The coins would have fallen through the ash grate and been lost if they hadn’t landed in a stocking that had been hung out to dry. Since that time children have continued to hang out stockings in hopes of finding them filled with gifts.” History of Christmas Traditions
Featured in Alphabet Soup – May 17th, 2009 / Featured in Amazing Orton Effect group in 2008 Created with Redfield Fractalius Plugin. / Any text can be added to the card if needed.
/ __________________ Fictional traditional painting, 18×24cm / Acrylics, gouache & watercolour on canvas. / Creation Date: 02.12.2008 — / / — © All images copyright ROUBLE RUST / Spyridoula Bleta / All the images in this gallery are copyrighted, are NOT part of public domain & may not be reproduced, copied, edited, transmitted, uploaded, downloaded, or published in any way without my permission. Any violation of this copyright law will result in a lawsuit.
Nikon D70s | f4.5 | 1/100 sec Featured in the Bokeh group on December 21, 2008
Discreetly candle lit table after Christmas Eve
Photographed at Pembroke Dock, Wales one misty Easter morning. The sun was just managing to break through, revealing the very faintest of detail on the water. I could just make out some white blobs in the mist and with autofocus struggling, I managed to capture this quiet, soft, simple image. Canon 10D / 1/125th sec at f14 / 35-135mm Canon EF lens at 135mm / ISO 100 Processing: Cropped and cleaned up in Lightroom, contrast manipulated to enhance detail, gentle unsharp masking.
A fractal created in Apophysis, and postprocessed in PhotoImpact. The smaller stars are also fractals and added separately. MUSIC Stars
A composite of 2 fractals. The central fractal was created in Apophysis, and the background in Tierazon. Postprocessed and blended in PhotoImpact.
Beautiful table decorated in all that resembles Christmas!
A selection of Still life pastel paintings by Maria Paterson / my bubblesite / my website see more calendars art of the northern rivers / circus
1 sale so far / Little Profiles Christmas Series / You can get a series of 12 in the Little Profiles 2010 Calendar now available / / ... The Vintage Bauble - / although Victoria had begun to / show signs of aging, there was no doubt / she was still the most beautiful / bauble on the Christmas Tree ... - pen drawing on a slip of scrap paper when far too tired doing silly doodles at 2am – strange thoughts creep in like this one … welcome to Little Profiles – a new series Others in the Little Profiles series: /
Sweet little lady, all dressed up, waiting patiently for Santa to arrive
Something seasonal. A fractal created in Apopyhysis. Background and text added in PhotoImpact. Music Beethoven’s Ode to Joy
Digital paintng based on previously loaded artwork (see Dreamers Tree). FEATURED in ‘Lifeline’ December 2009 / FEATURED in ‘Trees’ December 2009
Yes, he’s still a baby. But he’s out of the box, looking at all the pretty colors. And seeing them HIS way! As is. / Canon Rebel EOS xsi / Lensbaby Composer / / /
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