Flower Art, Creative Fun With Your Digital Camera

You can use your own clipart or use some of the free flower clipart you can find on this site. Please note: this page has many graphics and may take up to 2 minutes to load depending on your connection speed.

Collage Art with Your Favorite Pictures

Here is an example of a flower art created by combining pictures from three different nature walks. Each walk was in a different local park.

Below see the three pictures used to create this flower art.

These are the pictures I used to create collage above:

The log picture was taken at River Walk in Naperville, Illinois. When I saw this hollow tree trunk growing out of the oak, my imagination went to work. I had the picture of something growing in the center. It is fun to help nature along and get those creative juices flowing. 

The flower is a clipart created from the picture of this Cinquefoil picture was taken at Herrick Lake, Wheaton IL. Clicking on the thumbnail will take you to the larger picture.  

Have fun with this and see what you can come up with.

You may recognize the maple leaf picture from the clipart page. I used it with a transparent background to place in the middle of the log to the left.  

You can use these same methods to create your own flower art. I would love to see and display some of your creations. 

Painted Daisy

Here is another simple creation that looks like a painted flower. I took the picture of a yellow shasta daisy taken at Morton Arboretum and adjusted the brightness and contrast to get the picture you see on the bottom. The picture on the right is the original picture taken at the park.

Other effects with your Photo Editing Software

Some photo editing software, such as Microsoft Photo Editor includes special effects such as:

Chalk and Charcoal, Emboss..., Graphic Pen, Note Paper, Water Color, Stained Glass, Stamp, and Textures

This picture looks like a textured painting after using Microsoft Photo Editor. Click on the thumbnail to see larger image.   I used the following steps to create this effect:

1. Open the original photograph  2. Apply the water color technique.   3. Save as (giving new name so you don't lose orininal) 4. Apply the textures technique choosing sandstone as the medium 5. Save as (again using identifier to save)

When finished you will have 3 pictures one of the original, one water color and one textured water color. The final, textured water color is what you see here.

For the real expert in flower art I like to visit my favorites artist Georgia O'Keefe at Art.com

Enjoy your art creations and let me know if you would like to share your work on the site. Please send suggestions and ideas to Sally through our contact us form.

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