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Hi everyone, welcome to our first winter edition of Artists Down Under for 2025.
What a bizarre few months we have had with the weather, floods at one end of Australia and drought at the other. Please stay safe everyone and keep an eye out for your neighbours.
This month we have some amazing art to share with you all from our artists, plus I am delighted to see that quite a few of our artists are all getting together to create their own little art challenges. We have Coffee & Pixels, Chinese Whispers and also the Quote Challenge by the Art Buddies, plus we have our regular Monthly Artists Photography Challenge, this month the theme was “Paparazzi”.
We have our regular Photoshop tutorial by Andrew Haysom (my favourite) and I would like to introduce to you our Special Artist “Trish Hoskin”. Trish is a very talented artist and I am delighted to be able to share some of her work with you.
Well thats it from me, I really hope you enjoy what we have put together for you all.
Stay safe, enjoy life and look out for one another.
Pam Henderson
Rosa Perry - Lets Party
Hemant Kogekar - Barcelona
Backgrounds: Foxy Squirrel Laitha’s Designs - Jai Johnson - White Lane Studio Copyright 2017 © Artists in this publication are responsible for any rights appertaining to their work.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/88165766@N05/ https://www.artistsdownunder.com.au/artist-3/karen-waalwyk/
RED WREN IN AUTUMN
https://www.juliepowellphoto.com/ https://artistsdownunder.com.au/artist-2/julie-powell/
QUIET REFLECTIONS OF THE INNER MIND
WAVES OF ISOLATION
https://colincampbell.myportfolio.com
https://artistsdownunder.com.au/artists-1/colin-campbell/
https://artistsdownunder.com.au/artist-3/meaghan-pryor/
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Three ADU members receive a special gift
Our very good Awake friends Teddi Rutschman of Foxey Squirrel and Diane Stafford from WhiteLaneStudio continue to give gifts as a reward for members of the Artists Down Under group who contribute to the ADU Facebook page by regularly posting their artworks and supporting other members with their comments.
Teddi, from Virginia, USA, is well known for her fantastic sets of digital designer backgrounds, masks and all kinds of wonderful elements ready for designers to add to or build a wondrous creation.
Teddi Rutshman can be found at http://www.oscraps.com/shop/Foxeysquirrel
One artist will receive a Foxey Squirrel Kit
Diane Stafford from Chester, UK, designs Photoshop textures and overlays for photo artists and photographers to use in their digital artworks. Diane has created another special kit just for Artists Down Under for the month of JUNE.
Two artists will receive a Diane kit each. Diane Stafford can be found at https://whitelanestudio.co.uk/biolinks
The JUNE lucky winners are
Foxey Squirrel Gift Voucher
- Jane Tovey
Diane Stafford (WhiteLaneStudio) Texture & Overlay Kit
- Andrew Haysom
- Dave Simpson
https://shiftart.com/shift-art-photoshop-challenge-results-may-2025/
Denise Hunter Logan
Strong Roots Grows Hope
LIVING THE PHOTO ARTISTIC LIFE
https://issuu.com/thephotoartisticlife/docs/living_the_photo_artistic_life_-_issue_no._123?fr=sYjRjYzg0NDE1MDQ
Congratulations to the following artists for having their images chosen to appear in the International magazine “Living The Photo Artistic Life”.
Denise Hunter Logan
- Behind Every Mask A Story Unfolds
Sue Masterson
- Spirits Of The Sea
- Magical Unicorn Ride
Helen McLeod
- Being Free
- Feeling Inflated
Ilona Abou-Zolof
- Contemplative Light
- Butterfly Dance
Christina Brunton
- Swirl
- Petals
Kim Ricci
- Bloom
CatBeagle Creations
- Beyond Travel
Maureen Maxwell
- Golden Angel
Rosa Perry
- Circus Fish
- Chronicles Of The Skyfish
- Bubble Maker
Sandra Dann
- In A Land Far Away
Penny de Jong
- Happiness
Christina Brunton - Swirl
Christina Brunton - Petals
Ilona Abou-Zolof - Butterfly Dance
Kim Ricci - Bloom
Maureen Maxwell - Golden Angel
Sandra Dann - In A Land Far Away
CatBeagle Creations - Beyond Travel
LIVING THE PHOTO ARTISTIC LIFE
Helen McLeod - Being Free
Helen McLeod - Feeling Inflated
Sue Masterson - Magical Unicorn Ride
Rosa Perry - Bubble Maker
Sue Masterson - Spirits Of The Sea
Rosa Perry - Circus Fish
Ilona Abou-Zolof - Contemplative Light
Rosa Perry - Chronicles Of The Skyfish
Penny de Jong - Happiness
Denise Hunter Logan - Behind Every Mask A Story Unfolds
www.behance.net/colinkillick https://www.artistsdownunder.com.au/artists-1/colin-killick/
https://artistsdownunder.com.au/artist-3/kim-ricci/
https://www.facebook.com/snapnshootdesigns/ http://www.artistsdownunder.com.au/artist-4/pam-henderson/
https://artistsdownunder.com.au/artist-2/dennis-rickard/
COFFEE IS BITTER
https://photos.kogekar.com/ https://artistsdownunder.com.au/artist-2/hemant-kogekar/
INNER CITY II
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SOME PHOTOSHOP INSPIRATION
NIK COLLECTION 8
SHARING MASKS WITH PHOTOSHOP
By Andrew Haysom
DXO Labs have just announced version 8 of the NIK Collection, the 30 year-old set of programs that make up one of my favourite Photoshop add-ins.
There are a number of changes to the collection, but this article concentrates on one major change that I think makes the upgrade price worth it on its own. That is, the ability to share masks with Photoshop. This is two-way sharing – you can send masks you have created in Photoshop into the NIK Collection programs, and you can send masks created using the various NIK local adjustment features (control points, control lines, control polygons, luminosity masks and the new colour masks) back to Photoshop as well.
This introduces a lot more flexibility and work-flow options, such as using masks created with Photoshops advanced mask creation tools (Select Sky, Object Selection etc) in the NIK programs.
It must be noted that this new feature currently is only available for Photoshop, and not other host-applications, and for this new feature to be available in Photoshop the NIK programs must be invoked as Photoshop plugins rather than from the Filter menu.
This ability to run the NIK Collection as Photoshop plugins is also a new feature in version 8, and adds a separate dockable panel for each application that adds further ease of use.
Figure 1 shows the Photoshop Plugins menu, what the docked icons look like and shows an example of a couple of the dockable panels. In addition to the nine NIK applications, a dockable panel is also available for the NIK Preferences (shown in Figure 1).
SOME PHOTOSHOP INSPIRATION (CONT
It is in the NIK Preferences panel that you turn on or off the ability to transfer masks from Photoshop to NIK. If the Send masks to plugin option is set to All masks then all masks in your PSD file will be made available in NIK, if it is set to Selected masks you will be presented with a dialog box (see figure 2a) where you can select the masks you wish to send to NIK. Please note that the masks are labelled using the layer names in your PSD file, so this is another good reason to name your Photoshop layers well.
[Figure 1 – NIK Collection 8 Plugins]
[Figure 2 – Sending Photoshop masks to NIK]
SOME PHOTOSHOP INSPIRATION (CONT .....)
After applying any of the NIK presets or filters, in the local adjustments section you will now see a new icon that looks like a rounded rectangle with a downward pointing arrow. This is the Import Masks button (see Figure 2b), pressing this will present the Import Masks dialog where you can select the mask you want from those sent to NIK. Press the + icon next to a mask name to use that mask.
When you’ve selected a mask, it will be shown just like a mask you may have created with one of the NIK masking tools (see figure 2c).
To send masks you have created using the NIK local adjustment tools, use the Apply Options button that makes up the right hand side of the Apply button that is used to save your changes back to Photoshop (see Figure 3).
[Figure 3 – Sending NIK Masks to Photoshop]
Clicking the right-hand side of this button shows an options menu, from this menu choose Include Plugin Masks to reveal the masks menu (see Figure 3). From this menu choose the masks you wish to send back to Photoshop or choose to send back a merged mask.
When you are returned to Photoshop you will find your masks created in NIK in the Channels panel (see Figure 3).
I have found one “bug” in this new functionality, or at least one occasion where it is not working as I think it should. This is when you modify a Photoshop mask with the Density and/or Feather sliders. These modifications are not honoured, that is the mask is passed to NIK as if the Density = 100% and the Feather = 0. I have reported this to DXO via a support request, hopefully this will be fixed in a future release.
Andrew Haysom
STATUE FROM KOBE, JAPAN
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SHRINE IN NARASOMA RETREAT, UBUD BALI
MARINA HOBBS ( AUSTRALIA )
MY BIRKIN BAG
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WINDING WAVES
https://www.artistsdownunder.com.au/artist-3/mick-rooney/
‘COFFEE and PIXELS’
by Maureen Maxwell
THIS MONTHS CHALLENGE THEME IS
AUTUMN IS A SECOND SPRING WHEN EVERY LEAF IS A FLOWER - ALBERT CAMUS
Andrew Haysom - Autumn Colours
Prue Wright - New Spring
Karen Waalwyk - Autumnal Flower
Rosa Perry - When Leaves Become Flowers
Christina Brunton - Autumn Is The Second Spring
Julie Powell - Autumn Days
Maureen Maxwell - Beautiful Autumn
Jenny Davidson - Autumn Camellia
Bev Terawskyj - Autumn
Ilona Abou-Zolof - Autumn Beauty
Penny de Jong - Autumn Leaf Flowers
Denise Hunter Logan - Tapestry Of Colour
https://artistsdownunder.com.au/artists-4/sharon-rankmore/
https://artistsdownunder.com.au/artists-3/lynsey-stirland-mitchell/
UP, UP AND A CUPPA
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EVIL EYE
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DENISE HUNTER LOGAN ( AUSTRALIA )
LOST IN THE BLUE
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CHINESE WHISPERS #91
“Strange
World”
STAGE 1
STAGE 2
Pam, with her usual flair, has done a superb job in creating this magical scene with these scary little characters. She has created a mysterious story out of a few elements. Is that Elf King feeling a little threatened by the odd character at the top of the stairs?
ENJOY!
Maureen Maxwell
Maureen Maxwell
Pam Henderson
art by TRISH HOSKIN
OFF TO THE MAD HATTERS BALL
SWEET CAROLINE
UNDER THE STEAMPUNK SKY
SUMMER VIBES
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ABSTRACT PAINTING NO. I
http://www.artistsdownunder.com.au/artist-3/maureen-maxwell/
ABSTRACT PAINTING NO. II
ABSTRACT PAINTING NO. III
DENISE CAUCHI ( AUSTRALIA )
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http://www.artistsdownunder.com.au/artist-4/penny-de-jong/
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A COLLABORATIVE GROUP OF PHOTO ARTISTS
QUOTE CHALLENGE by the Art Buddies
A little background:
In our Art Buddies group, we’re a vibrant mix of ADU members from across Australia, each contributing individual talents and viewpoints. Our team includes Christina Brunton, Denise Cauchi, Ilona Abou-Zolof, Marie Helyar, Marina Hobbs, and Robyn McLauchlan. We gather regularly on Zoom, taking turns to set our creative challenges.
Quote:
This month, Denise Cauchi chose the quote.
“Time is always running away from us”.
Our Art pieces:
We’ve each crafted a variety of art pieces inspired by the same quote. We hope our creations motivate you to share your own interpretation on the Artists Down Under Facebook page. Your artistic expression matters to us, and we are excited to see what you create!
Christina Brunton - TIME Is Running Away
Denise Cauchi - time Keeps Running Away From Me
Ilona Abou-Zolof - Time Is Running Away
Marie Helyar - In Silken Ribbons Time Descends
Robyn McLauchlan - Father Time
Marina Hobbs - Running Out Of Time
https://www.2-galleries.com/
THE CONCLAVE
https://artistsdownunder.com.au/artists-1/al-bamass/
AVIARY II
https://www.sandradimagery.com/
FRANKIE FOX
https://artistsdownunder.com.au/artist-3/margaret-kalms/ https://www.artofwoman.art/
artists photographic challenge theme: monthly artistic down under PAPARAZZI
Bev Terawskyj - Paparazzi
Christina Brunton - Paparazzi
Karen Waalwyk - Paparazzi
Prue Wright - Paparazzi
Ilona Abou-Zolof - Paparazzi
Denise Hunter Logan - Desperate To Stay Newsworthy
Rosa Perry - Click
George Koncz - Paparazzi
Penny de Jong - Paparazzi Pursuit
Pam henderson - Paparazzi’s Paradise
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