#Caturday: Fun With Photoshop – More Bill…

Here’s little Bill aka William ChatNoir aka Phoebe, our new-ish elderly rescue cat. She’s been with us about 4 months now and things are settling down between her and our OG Naughty Tortie, Sparta Puss. It’s costing us a fortune in bribes – all sorts of kitty treats. Sadly, Bill’s human died and she wentContinue reading “#Caturday: Fun With Photoshop – More Bill…”

More Fun With Photoshop: Bill’s Story 2.

I had so much fun with Photoshop and William ChatNoir (aka Bill) yesterday that I had another go today. I put Bill through a Poster Edges filter and then into a Gradient Map with Orange, Yellow, Red and Blue. Poster Edges really picked out the subtle patterns on the voile curtain. Bill is an elderlyContinue reading “More Fun With Photoshop: Bill’s Story 2.”

#Caturday: Fun With Photoshop: Bill’s Story 1.

I took a few photos of our new rescue kitty, William ChatNoir, or Bill for short, on our window seat, backlit against the spiral net curtain. She’s a black cat and the photos are perfect silhouettes in black and white, and I fancied playing with some of them in Adobe Photoshop. I ramped up theContinue reading “#Caturday: Fun With Photoshop: Bill’s Story 1.”

#InternationalBlackCatDay

Today is #InternationalBlackCatDay and here’s our not-very-international black cat Bill (short for William ChatNoir – blame Husb – he’s a Trekkie). She’s been with us for about 3 months now and she came via the Cats Protection rescue centre in Bridgend (she was originally Phoebe). Husb and I had been thinking about adopting an olderContinue reading “#InternationalBlackCatDay”

Life Drawing, Cheese And Cats Protection

Just back from life drawing at Swansea Print Workshop. It’s an intense 3 hours and it’s late now so I’ll post the rest tomorrow. And this came earlier – a lovely delivery from The Welsh Cheese Company … they use sheeps wool for packaging and our local Cats Protection recycle it for insulation for theContinue reading “Life Drawing, Cheese And Cats Protection”

Faking It Slowly

I dropped into Facebook’s Wine and Cheese Painting Club on Friday, to practice and improve my skills. It looks like a fairly simple work but it’s surprisingly complex, with loads of layering, stippling the colours over each other.  It’s going to be a long job. This is what I managed in the hour and aContinue reading “Faking It Slowly”