Swans at Slimbridge

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Lovely painting Julie, thank you for telling us the technique you've used

Posted by Petra Palmeri on Tue 21 Feb 10:31:33

It works very well, and the swans are very elegant :)

Posted by Sarah Bottjer on Tue 21 Feb 19:09:19

A favourite bird and you've given it a great treatment.

Posted by Tom Benson on Thu 19 Jul 22:01:59

this is a lovely painting of swans, again, it is like a photo, so crisp and clear :-) you are talented :-)

Posted by Rebecca Louise Saunders on Mon 24 Sep 13:12:32

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31/03/2015

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This was a small experiment with a photograph my husband took when we visited Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Centre last weekend. I loaded the image into Photoshop Elements and then put a posterizing filter on it after which I painted it using some of the colours and abstraction. I was very pleased with the result and might try the technique again.

About the Artist

Julie Bosley

I drifted into painting following four years of City and Guilds creative Embroidery where I found I was enjoying the back-up art work almost more than the embroidery. I did an A level in art and design in 2006, and then joined a life painting class. For the last three years I have belonged to a…

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