Love it! (Cries out to be rendered...by everybody :`)

Thanks, guys...Dermot, thanks a bunch about the trees (just noticed a bark texture patch needing attention, though :`) I was also happy with the way my old bushes and flowers looked. BTW the watercolors were built in PSP from fotosketcher conversions of the twilight renders:

...supposed to have a wrought iron gate in the front too, but for security at the zoo the rolling gate was used instead. Here's the twilight renders (I might need to find some photo peeps for these from now on) and the watercolors:

I'm just very happy with all I've learned in the last two weeks following the couple of threads about using FotoSketcher...here's my attempt to put it all together:

Yeah, David, makes a lot of sense. And taking it thru FotoSketcher a second time to bring it all together is genius! Thanks so much for sharing! Best, Tom.

David, you are the Master indeed! Care to share more about the "watercolor splatter" images...please?

I like

Lovely! as usual, Pete!

Lovely!

1. Now that food has replaced sex in my life, I can't even get into my own pants.

2. Marriage changes passion. Suddenly you're in bed with a relative.

3. I saw a woman wearing a sweat shirt with "Guess" on it. So I said.
   "Implants?" She hit me.

4. I don't do drugs. I get the same effect just standing up fast.

5. Sign in a Chinese Pet Store: "Buy one dog, get one flea..."

6. I live in my own little world. But it's OK. They know me here.

7. I got a sweater for Christmas. I really wanted a screamer or a moaner.

8. If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?

9. I don't approve of political jokes. I've seen too many of them get
   elected.

10. There are two sides to every divorce: Yours and Shithead's.

11. I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you
    want to annoy for the rest of your life.

12. I am a nobody, and nobody! is perfect; therefore, I am perfect.

13. Everyday I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive days
    I've stayed alive.

14. How come we choose from just two people to run for President and 50 for
    Miss America?

15. Isn't having a smoking section in a restaurant like having a peeing
    section in a swimming pool?

16. Why is it that most nudists are people you don't want to see naked?

17. Snowmen fall from Heaven unassembled.

18. Every time I walk into a singles bar I can hear Mom's wise words: "Don't
    pick that up, you don't know where it's been!"

19. A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend
    will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"

OOPS! Missed the original and it seems my email chain moves a lot slower than some.

A successful rancher died and left everything to his devoted wife.

She was a very good-looking woman and determined to keep the ranch, but knew very little about ranching, so she decided to place an ad in the newspaper for a ranch hand.

Two cowboys applied for the job. One was gay and the other a drunk.

She thought long and hard about it, and when no one else applied she decided to hire the gay guy, figuring it would be safer to have him around the house than the drunk..

He proved to be a hard worker who put in long hours every day and knew a lot about ranching. For weeks, the two of them worked, and the ranch was doing very well.

Then one day, the rancher's widow said to the hired hand, "You have done a really good job, and the ranch looks great. You should go into town and kick up your heels." The hired hand readily agreed and went into town one Saturday night.

One o'clock came, however, and he didn't return. Two o'clock and no hired hand. Finally he returned a round two-thirty, and upon entering the room, he found the rancher's widow sitting by the fireplace with a glass of wine, waiting for him. She quietly called him over to her..

"Unbutton my blouse and take it off," she said. Trembling, he did as she directed.

"Now take off my boots." He did as she asked, ever so slowly..

"Now take off my socks." He removed each gently and placed them neatly by her boots.

"Now take off my skirt.." He slowly unbuttoned it, constantly watching her eyes in the fire light.

"Now take off my bra.." Again, with trembling hands, he did as he was told and dropped it to the floor. Then she looked at him and said:

"If you ever wear my clothes into town again, you're fired."

Lovely, David...I'll be watching your process with much interest!

Well, I love it! (A little more sketchy line style would help, I think.)

Thanks, Guys...and I know you're right on a couple of counts: both PSP and I have some trouble with warm hues...they get "hot" really quickly, and I haven't found the solution yet. (I've since done a dozen variations on the first but still none better than the one I posted.) The "dead" trees in the second are just the few of the companion set to oaks I'm about finished with. I was impatient to see how the finished ones looked rendered and decided to add the trunks as space holders for the final render...caught me. Posted the image because I really liked the lighting.

Here's another I'm pretty happy with, along with the Twilight render...haven't matched the mood in the DWC (will try again) but thought it worked anyway and I think the tech is coming along nicely (see full size details). What do you think?

Model a section of the desired siding...white material, background, etc.; adjust the shadows till you get what you want; render (a big one) with TwilightRender or some other; then manipulate in PS.

...whatdaya think?

Pothier...nice renders, and splendid model!

Well, I'm happy...thanks a bunch, Pete!

Oli...I am sooooo happy to hear this! Have fun!