My Creative Images Promoting Digital Photo Artistry and Digital Photography
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January 2021
Welcome to the Mycreativeimages Magazine I will start the 2021 issue with a reminder of the magic that is weaved into the photo-art included in this magazine. I remind you that all this artwork started with a blank page, no matter the underlying reason for creating the artwork. I remind you that many hours of work have been poured into learning the techniques of manipulating photographs and then turning a blank page and an idea it into truly unique and in some cases very personal artwork. Take a look at the opposite page, it shows a basic list of the basic tools that a Photo-Artist starts off with. Add multiple years of practice learning photography techniques, followed by learning how to use programmes such as Photoshop, understanding colours, textures and layer, working out how to cut areas out of one photo and use it as a texture, colour layer or blend it into another photograph seamlessly. Photo-Art is made with a purpose. Photo-Art is made with passion.
Featured artists Bernie Tuffs Claude Trew David Walker Joyce Simpson James Hurley Julie Cowdy Keeley McCleave Norma Slack Susan Jones Vivien Capper
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It takes imagination, time and artistic talent to create any type of art and this is evident from the hundreds of images packed into the last 34 mycreateiveimages magazines: https://issuu.com/mycreativeimages I hope you enjoy this months magazine. James Hurley Photo Artist / Magazine Editor
Cover Artwork by Susan Jones https://www.instagram.com/sulisloveswater/
All images in this publication are sourced / created by the artists, unless otherwise stated on their websites or social media pages and as such must not be copied or sold without the express consent of the artist. This publication is created and owned by James Hurley, Šmycreativeimages.com 2020. Please feel free to share the magazine but do not make changes to any of the content.
The basic tools of a Photo-artist:
A blank canvas.
+ Inspiration.
+ The desire to create.
+ A yearning to tell a personal story.
+ The ability to use all available tools and develop techniques to turn inspiration and desire into printed artwork.
Bernie Tuffs Hello! I’m Bernie and I live in the little seaside town of Margate and having lived here all my life, I couldn’t live anywhere else now! I’m continually inspired by the scenery here, with skies and light that so excited famous artist J.W.Turner, who said of this area, “…the skies over Thanet are the loveliest in all Europe”. Apparently, a love of the sea stayed with him all his life and I can well understand that! Painting with light holds a real attraction for me - the gentle light that is still strong enough to dispel darkness. I’ve always been arty, progressing from childhood sketching, through gouache and then oil painting, then paper crafting and scrapbooking which led me to digital scrapbooking and finally to Sebastian Michaels and Photo Artistry. Now I feel I’m home and am having so much fun with my art!
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Next Year Will Be Better
Claude Trew I am a retired lady who is a keen photographer and I belong to a local camera club. However, while I enjoy entering the competitions organised by the club, I feel that the style of photographs that are most successful in club competitions is inhibiting my creative output. I am following some online courses to try to improve the artist in me. So far I have enjoyed every course I have done and hope to share my work with a bigger audience. This is an ongoing process.
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Buddy - hand painted
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Magic Library
Harvest Mouse
David Walker The flexibility of PhotoArt only comes to light as you become more aware of the alternative working processes you have available with your hardware and your software. I have developed the habit of producing several alternative versions around each photographic image I select mainly, in the first instance, to ensure I look at as many alternate processes as possible. It is easy to fall into the trap of producing “more of the same” from one original photograph to the next. The outcomes are really quite interesting and you can go further by merging some of these alternatives to make yet another version! This month I took a fairly boring view in that very pretty Cornish village and fishing harbor, Polperro. I have always missed the high tide, so if you are tempted to visit, it is worth looking up the tide tales first. I tidy up the photograph in the accustomed manner for digital photographers and then work on turning the photo into PhotoArt. Five alternatives versions of this photograph were produced and these make up my January 2021 entry for the “My Creative Images” digital magazine. Next month I intend to focus on sporting images, again highlighting the flexibility of the PhotoArt genre.
https://www.vista-foto.com/
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Polperro Perspective
Polperro Perspective 2
Polperro Perspective 3
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Polperro Perspective 5
Polperro Perspective 4
Joyce Simpson Most of my goals for 2020 have been ditched. I was hoping to get a foothold in the Art Fair world but that wasn’t to be. I’m not one to be beaten and always want to find the positive. My lockdown meant more time spent at home and the opportunity to enrol on the Photoshop Artistry course. I have learnt so much and my skills have improved beyond expectations. A local independent business is now selling my framed prints and I can call myself a published artist. It’s not been such a bad year after all. As for 2021 my goal is to get some of my work into an exhibition or two – well you never know how things are going to turn out.
www.joyce-simpson.pixels.com
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Day Into Night
Sunset
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Salford Quay Watercolour
Under Construction
James Hurley James is a Photo Artist that captures landscapes photographs as well as painterly portraits either in the comfort of his home or on location. He is based in Huntingdon, near Cambridge, and has a passion for incorporating his emotions and frustrations into surreal artwork and painterly landscapes. James is a self-taught photographer and Photo Artist he loves photography and the digital mixed media approach to artwork. His artwork ranges from simple colour corrections in landscape photographs to enhance an image, to a complex piece of art that is made up of multiple images blended together with textures and masked out with brushwork. This month James continues to exploring the fun side of photo-art which and is presenting a set of images that tell Fairy tales and Scifi Adventures, along with some black and white images of tree reflections in flood water taken in Hartford, Huntingdon in December. “You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” Ansel Adams
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To start a journey you must had a destination set in your mind. be prepared to overcome all obstacles or to find alternative routes round them to reach your goal.
Sometimes the destination you choose seems impossible to reach. Dont let that deter you. learn from negative thoughts, walk passed them and leave them in the rear view mirror and keep moving forward.
gifts should be given unconditionally from the heart, with no ulteria motive or selfish intent.
Julie Cowdy I am a photo-artist based in North Yorkshire, although we live in the Occitanie region of France most summers. My work is informed and inspired by my journey through art; I’ve been a fashion designer, art teacher and property presenter, until I retired and then realised how interesting and rewarding photography can be. My work covers different genres including narrative, still life and floral subjects. My images have been exhibited online, in International salons and in a solo exhibition. Through post-processing techniques I create unique results, combining my original images with painted and photographed textures. The result is creative photography which often tells stories to engender emotional responses. Botanical art has always interested me and the iconic rose illustrations of Pierre-Joseph Redouté, the great 19th century botanical artist, seem to have inspired my love of photographing flowers, fruit and vegetables. So recently, I have chosen to take a closer look at the fruits of the earth. In doing this, I wanted to create a new take on a traditional subject, with each one created in a trompe l’oeil style. The addition of antiqued framing is a nod to the illustrated plates in botanical books of old. The decision to suspend each specimen with rustic string was a practical presentational solution. I was delighted to receive notification in November 2020 that I have been awarded ARPS, which means that I am an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society.
https://www.facebook.com/Julie-Cowdy-Photography-640242869458291/
Fruits of the Earth, Pear
Mirage
Vintage Timepiece
Keeley McCleave I studied illustration at art college, so there is a story-telling feel to most of my work. During the summer I re-discovered my love of illuminated manuscripts and was inspired to incorporate some richly detailed page borders in some of my compositions. I love the way borders can draw the viewer into an image and help tell the story. More recently my attention has turned to the festive season and I have had fun playing with different aspects of a British Christmas, drawing on folklore, historical costumes and traditions. I love Christmas, so always find it a springboard to creativity! I hope you enjoy my work, as much as I enjoyed creating it.
Ophelia
Ophelia Sinking
Mermaid
Lady of the Lake
Lady Macbeth
Norma Slack I am an artist from Northern Ireland who enjoys working with a variety of mediums and experimenting with new techniques. This includes photography - digital and alternative such as cyanotype, paint, collage and a variety of mixed media. My work is driven by emotion and a sense of connection to place, people and life events. When you view it my hope is that you will get a sense of my love for what I do and that certain pieces may remind you of connections and events in your own life. The art I share here all includes a elements of a digital or photographic processes. More of my work including a sample of my illustrated poetry book, Thunder In My Soul can be viewed on my website
www.normasue.com
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There’s More Than One Way Home
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Abstract Earth 4
Abstract Earth 5
Susan Jones My name is Susan Jones I have loved photography all my life, though I was rejected from the photography class at school due to not having my own SLR camera. About 20 years ago a bought a DSLR and haven’t looked back, I love taking photos, mostly studio but as often as possible getting out and about, particularly London. I have been using Photoshop for a few years, and to my joy found Sebastian Michaels Photoshop Artistry courses and then Awake and have learned so much about Photoshop and continue to learn every day. I love the program, I love changing plain photographs into fantasy colourful worlds. I hope you enjoy looking at my work as much as I enjoyed creating it.
https://www.instagram.com/sulisloveswater/
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Happy New Year Goodbye 2020
Happy New Year Hello 2021
Vivien Capper Hello my name’s Vivien and I’m from the beautiful county of Kent, England though currently living on the coast near Rome in delightful Italy with its exciting, lively way of life and vibrant colours and designs. I started out as an artist in 1982 developing Indian ink artwork of a variety of subjects especially figurative artwork and abstract floral designs, then progressed into creative photography and digital artistry thanks to Sebastian Michael’s amazing courses at ‘Photoshop Artistry’ and the advanced courses ‘Awake’ and ‘Kaizen’. My inspiration is drawn from my love of nature, figurative artwork and Italian design using many textures, patterns and colours. I’m thrilled to have some of my artwork in various publications including: Living the Photo Artistic Life, My Creative Images and have had various artworks mentioned in the Shift Art Challenge and was thrilled to win the challenge with a piece called ‘The Mysterious Cobbled Street’ in 2018. Now in 2020 I am concentrating on a series of Fresco-style Art taking my inspiration from Italian Frescos. This involves a lot of patterns, swirls, designs and colours and adding them to the model. Most of my models are from my Photoshop Artistry and Awake courses and the Colby Files.
http://vivienartdesign.com
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Tulips in Abstract
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Porcelain flower medley
It’s in your eyes
The Painterly Seine
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