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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://essentialscafe.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss"><channel><title>Kirk</title><link>http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/default.aspx</link><description /><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007.1 SP1 (Build: 30415.43)</generator><item><title>Imagined Backyard Scenery</title><link>http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/picture6664.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:50:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">94f072bb-af80-43d2-a392-8c7d264995b0:6664</guid><dc:creator>Kirk</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/picture6664.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/commentrss.aspx?PostID=6664</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=6664</wfw:comment><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/picture6664.aspx" &gt;&lt;img src="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/images/6664/thumb.aspx" alt="Imagined Backyard Scenery" border="0" &gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Imagined Backyard Scenery&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;A hand sketch transformed by the incredible PE4&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:content url="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/images/6664/original.aspx" type="image/jpeg" height="768" width="1017" /><media:title>Imagined Backyard Scenery</media:title><media:text type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/picture6664.aspx" &gt;&lt;img src="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/images/6664/thumb.aspx" alt="Imagined Backyard Scenery" border="0" &gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Imagined Backyard Scenery&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;A hand sketch transformed by the incredible PE4&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</media:text><media:thumbnail url="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/images/6664/thumb.aspx" height="76" width="100" /><media:credit role="photographer">Kirk</media:credit><enclosure url="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/images/6664/original.aspx" length="796010" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Queens on high!</title><link>http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/picture3732.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:18:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">94f072bb-af80-43d2-a392-8c7d264995b0:3732</guid><dc:creator>Kirk</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><comments>http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/picture3732.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3732</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=3732</wfw:comment><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/picture3732.aspx" &gt;&lt;img src="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/images/3732/thumb.aspx" alt="Queens on high!" border="0" &gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Queens on high!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;OK . . . I followed this one and even wrote it down as I went along. Here is the process for this one:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Queen Annes&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Colored Pencil Drawing&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Process:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Canvas Layer: (bottom layer)&lt;br /&gt;Brush&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;6.2&lt;br /&gt;Opacity - &amp;nbsp;100%&lt;br /&gt;Grain&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;24%&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Layer 1: (layer on top of canvas - sizes manually altered prior to beginning process)&lt;br /&gt;Brush&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;29.7&lt;br /&gt;Opacity - &amp;nbsp;70%&lt;br /&gt;Grain&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;30%&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Source Image: (top layer)&lt;br /&gt;Opacity - &amp;nbsp;37%&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:content url="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/images/3732/original.aspx" type="image/jpeg" height="683" width="1024" /><media:title>Queens on high!</media:title><media:text type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/picture3732.aspx" &gt;&lt;img src="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/images/3732/thumb.aspx" alt="Queens on high!" border="0" &gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Queens on high!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;OK . . . I followed this one and even wrote it down as I went along. Here is the process for this one:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Queen Annes&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Colored Pencil Drawing&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Process:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Canvas Layer: (bottom layer)&lt;br /&gt;Brush&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;6.2&lt;br /&gt;Opacity - &amp;nbsp;100%&lt;br /&gt;Grain&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;24%&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Layer 1: (layer on top of canvas - sizes manually altered prior to beginning process)&lt;br /&gt;Brush&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;29.7&lt;br /&gt;Opacity - &amp;nbsp;70%&lt;br /&gt;Grain&amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;30%&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Source Image: (top layer)&lt;br /&gt;Opacity - &amp;nbsp;37%&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</media:text><media:thumbnail url="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/images/3732/thumb.aspx" height="67" width="100" /><media:credit role="photographer">Kirk</media:credit><enclosure url="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/images/3732/original.aspx" length="686378" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Rose</title><link>http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/picture3705.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:37:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">94f072bb-af80-43d2-a392-8c7d264995b0:3705</guid><dc:creator>Kirk</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/picture3705.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3705</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=3705</wfw:comment><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/picture3705.aspx" &gt;&lt;img src="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/images/3705/thumb.aspx" alt="Rose" border="0" &gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rose&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I used a couple of presets here including chalk and pen &amp;amp; ink. I do these individual processes on their on layers so I can adjust them or delete them if I don&amp;#39;t like them.&amp;nbsp;I really have to remember to take notes as I&amp;#39;m doing this so I can explain better. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:content url="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/images/3705/original.aspx" type="image/jpeg" height="683" width="1024" /><media:title>Rose</media:title><media:text type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/picture3705.aspx" &gt;&lt;img src="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/images/3705/thumb.aspx" alt="Rose" border="0" &gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rose&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I used a couple of presets here including chalk and pen &amp;amp; ink. I do these individual processes on their on layers so I can adjust them or delete them if I don&amp;#39;t like them.&amp;nbsp;I really have to remember to take notes as I&amp;#39;m doing this so I can explain better. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</media:text><media:thumbnail url="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/images/3705/thumb.aspx" height="67" width="100" /><media:credit role="photographer">Kirk</media:credit><enclosure url="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/images/3705/original.aspx" length="550791" type="image/jpeg" /></item><item><title>Flower Painting</title><link>http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/Flower-Painting.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:07:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">94f072bb-af80-43d2-a392-8c7d264995b0:3663</guid><dc:creator>Kirk</dc:creator><slash:comments>5</slash:comments><comments>http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/picture3663.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3663</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=3663</wfw:comment><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/Flower-Painting.aspx" &gt;&lt;img src="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/images/thumb/Flower-Painting.aspx" alt="Flower Painting" border="0" &gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Flower Painting&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My first render that came out decent with Essentials 3.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><media:content url="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/images/original/Flower-Painting.aspx" type="image/jpeg" height="768" width="1024" /><media:title>Flower Painting</media:title><media:text type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/Flower-Painting.aspx" &gt;&lt;img src="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/images/thumb/Flower-Painting.aspx" alt="Flower Painting" border="0" &gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Flower Painting&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My first render that came out decent with Essentials 3.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</media:text><media:thumbnail url="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/images/thumb/Flower-Painting.aspx" height="75" width="100" /><media:credit role="photographer">Kirk</media:credit><media:category>flower photo manip daisy </media:category><enclosure url="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/images/original/Flower-Painting.aspx" length="800890" type="image/jpeg" /><category domain="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/tags/flower/default.aspx">flower</category><category domain="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/tags/photo+manip/default.aspx">photo manip</category><category domain="http://essentialscafe.com/photos/kirk/tags/daisy/default.aspx">daisy</category></item></channel></rss>