I have had a few comments about my recent experimentations, changing photos into paintings and sketches. For some time know I have felt the software I was using was a bit restrictive because it had a limited amount of features and set styles. It never did quite what I wanted.
I have finally got round to [...]
Archive for August, 2009
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Photo Painting
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 10th 2009
Filed under Holidays, Malmesbury 2009
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Good friends are good for your health.
Irwin Sarason
26 Comments CherryPie on Aug 9th 2009
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Cheers ;-)
I will shortly be going out with friends that I haven’t seen for ages and hopefully much fun will be had by all.
16 Comments CherryPie on Aug 8th 2009
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PhotoHunt – Low
From the top of the triumphal arch in Brussels the ground seems very low and the car underpass even lower still. The arch was erected in 1905 and is the centre piece of the Parc du Cinquantenaire (Jubelpark), which is an urban park of 30 hectares. The park is home to three [...]
22 Comments CherryPie on Aug 7th 2009
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More Fun from Moo
On and off for a number of months there have been technical problems with my local PCS site which meant I had to investigate temporary solutions to host the posts.
During the process the inevitable happened and I revamped and updated the style of the page. Well it is still a work in progress really [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 6th 2009
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A Bit of Magic
A few of my blog friends asked about how I managed the pencil drawing in my PhotoHunt picture last Saturday. Does a girl have to give all her secrets away?
Oh all right then This magic page made the transformation for me.
And here is one I made earlier:
Before transformation…
After transformation…
16 Comments CherryPie on Aug 5th 2009
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Media Myths & the Civil Service Again
Last Friday the Government announced plans to radically reduce the compensation paid to civil servants who are made redundant. The proposals are published by the Cabinet Office and are described as “reform” of the civil service compensation scheme. The proposals actually represent a cut in contractual rights to a decent redundancy compensation at a time [...]
21 Comments CherryPie on Aug 4th 2009
