A tutorial from best photoshop tutorials on how to turn your image or photo into a canvas style painting. This canvas painting effect will look nice on a scenery image with lots of colors blended together.
http://best-photoshop-tutorials.blogspot.com/2008/12/turn-photo-into-canvas-painting.html
Youtube has a great little 7 minute clip discussing what is art. Very cute!
There is also an interesting group called the Phartists where artists and photographers get together.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/phartists.shtml
"The greatest lesson, though, that both photographer and painter can learn in each other’s company is the mutual joy of creativity. We Phartists go back to our rooms at the end of a day of work and study each other’s output for the day, commenting, discussing, and mutually appreciating. We know that whatever the medium, an artist is blessed to have the privilege each day of seeking the stunning, finding and using his or her skills to share the exquisite beauties that non-artists too often ignore and pass by. "
The Phartists are hosting a summer exhibition (& sale) of their various works at the Venice Art Center (Venice, Florida). The opening night reception is June 27th and the exhibit continues until August 15th. They invite you to stop by.
