Workshop Challenge
Heleni gave us 2 topics for our first concept challenge this year. The first is Eretz Nehederet, which literally means A Wonderful Country. There is a very popular TV show of that name which is a very satirical. In my work I chose to go the conventional way and try to show my love for my adopted land.
I also made the choice of doing both projects digitally. The main reason being that I love PS and have neglected its creatives aspect mainly compositing. At first I thought to find a painting by one of Israel's famous painters but in the end chose one of my own landscapes. I wanted to work with text so I chose a poem that expressed my feeling called Song for Love words by Ayelet Zioni . I did some digital painting on my image plus placed the text in Hebrew as part of a frame element. I haven't worked much with text so this was quite a challenge and I learned a lot. Also since Hebrew is written from left to right I had to write it backwards... couldn't use copy and paste because PS mirrored the text.
The second project was a phrase from the marriage vows:
Khalil Gibran on marriage. I used Topaz simplify filter.
Heleni gave us 2 topics for our first concept challenge this year. The first is Eretz Nehederet, which literally means A Wonderful Country. There is a very popular TV show of that name which is a very satirical. In my work I chose to go the conventional way and try to show my love for my adopted land.
I also made the choice of doing both projects digitally. The main reason being that I love PS and have neglected its creatives aspect mainly compositing. At first I thought to find a painting by one of Israel's famous painters but in the end chose one of my own landscapes. I wanted to work with text so I chose a poem that expressed my feeling called Song for Love words by Ayelet Zioni . I did some digital painting on my image plus placed the text in Hebrew as part of a frame element. I haven't worked much with text so this was quite a challenge and I learned a lot. Also since Hebrew is written from left to right I had to write it backwards... couldn't use copy and paste because PS mirrored the text.
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Behold, you are consecrated to me with this ring according to the law of Moses and IsraelI chose for this concept a wedding image from my daughters wedding. I used the text from The Prophet by
Khalil Gibran on marriage. I used Topaz simplify filter.
And stand together yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.
The Prophet by Khalil Gibran
I will be photographing all the work by my workshop artists and will put up a link here.
