I spent the evening working on another of the steps in Matt's Texture class. Since I used his photo and background texture at the outset, I won't claim it as my own, but I'd like to think you'd be surprised at how far this came from the original! It's loaded with so many good ideas, I want to try again with an image of my own. There's also so much to remember, it's going to take repeated practice, but I really enjoy these! Thanks for all the comments on my past efforts!
@golftragic I bought this 12-video course from Matt Kloskowski...same teacher whose classes I took in Costa Rica and Tuscany. He's such an excellent teacher and I've bought other of his courses, so I thought this would be a good way to spend time in quarantine. We also have access to a FB site with others taking the course, so we can see their progression, and if in need, get help from others or from him. My many textured photos from a week ago were lessons from his class I was trying to work out. He offers the photos & textures he works on so it's easier to follow along, and being a slow learner, I decided to try it that way for a change! https://mattk.com/course-list/ I got the blending course and scenic bundle package...loving every minute of it!
@Weezilou Thank you very much Louise. I'll take a note of all that for future reference. I'm currently doing a 30-day course on Photoshop from Blake Rudis. Matt K is one of my favourites too, though I'm never likely to meet him in the flesh. Living down here has its downside.
@golftragic Until we were all smacked in the face with Lockdown, you *almost* had a chance! He was going to be doing his next class in New Zealand. In Tuscany we had a lovely couple from Melbourne; loved their personalities! I hadn't planned to go to NZ, but it would have been nice for Aussies and NZelanders to have an opportunity to study with him! (I know Blake Rudis's work through ON1)
@Weezilou I would have seriously considered going across the ditch to do a course with MK, but am now thinking my mobility problems probably preclude doing anything like that now. I've been following Blake Rudis for yonks, albeit selectively. He's now narrowed down to using only the Adobe suite of apps after trying all sorts of other bits and pieces over the years. My only problem is that he's a died-in-the-wool PC bloke and I'm an equivalent Apple girl and also that I don't want to use Adobe Bridge, preferring Lightroom. But I can cope with all that, he's a great teacher and can impart information very well.
@jamibann@ludwigsdiana@pusspup@redy4et Thank you all; I posted my "school supplies" so you could see the starting photo. No comments are necessary...nothing about that will have been my work!
