Profound Powers of Alchemy

As part of Beyond Layers studio trial, I set up some fabric as a background against a little wooden cabinet.  It gave extra warmth to the image over all  and then I added an orton effect and a couple layers of Kim's texture Felicity.  I like the little studio work, and need to collect some interesting things to shoot, I seem to keep using the same pieces over and over.

Paints

This weeks challenge in Beyond Layers group with Kim Klassen was to create a little mini photo studio.  I want to get some foam core boards to make a couple sides for background but for now I am using a long strip of freezer paper pinned to the wall that drapes over a small cabinet and it allows a seamless background.  For this image I added a muslin fabric to lay the watercolor pallet on and the strawberries.  After some adjustment layers I used Kim's texture Revolution and Poetic, added a couple decorative brushes and a bit more adjustments.  Enjoy ~

Drawing Without An Eraser

I tried something new with a studio type photo of one of the rabbits in my collection and a few colorful leaves left from fall.  I just put the rabbit and leaves on some freezer paper for the background so it would be plain but I think I could have used a white flour towel too!  Maybe next try I will use that.  So here I have used a couple of layers and a recipe from The Test Kitchen
http://photoshoptestkitchen.com/.  I only did a couple little things different than the tutorial showed but I like the soft over all effect and how it took a very stark image and transformed it into something more.   The Brush I used is an art brush that was added at the last, Life Is The Art Of Drawing Without An Eraser.  Enjoy!