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[Happychappy]

    Very nicely done Jennylynn. Patricia

[Denise808]

Another one nicely done Jennylynn! I have yet to start on this 

[Tousabella]

Holy Dinah....Mary Lou n Jenny...you are just on fire this month for challenges!!  Great work on the beautiful paintings. They are truly "wall hangers"!!
Way to go!!

[njnjgirl]

Thanks Retta! 

[jennylynn]

yes thanks again everyone  , you say the nicest things  very much appreciated

[Happychappy]

Here  is my submission for the painting challenge. Must apologise for I when I photographed the painting, I caught a bit of my desk in the picture.  Don't know how to eliminate or crop it to get the bottom portion off.  My apologies.   R ..... A......Y!!!!  Where are you          Patricia
 

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[jennylynn]

patricia what a lovely clean crisp painting  love everything about it job really well done 

[Happychappy]

   Oh! Jennylynn, you are always so kind and your comments really uplift me.  Thank you so much. Patricia

[ImBatman]

Nice work Patricia.

To crop you need edit it in your image editing software. Paint, Paint.Net, Photoshop, Gimp etc.

After it is loaded, you use the selection tool to draw a rectagle around the bit you want to keep and then, depending on which program you use you use the menu or a button to crop (eg Photoshop it is Image>Crop). Just check your program's help.

Photoshop also has a Crop tool that you draw the rectangle and can move it around, then crop when finally ready.

MS Paint (Win 7 Version) it is just a case of using the selection tool to draw around the part you want to keep then click on the button on the toolbar, straight under the View menu there is a button for Select then to the right the top button is Crop.

The Crop tool always looks like two Ls. Like the cardboard Ls you use as a viewfinder - the ones you slide back and forth when trying to frame a view to draw or paint.

Batman.

[Happychappy]

   Batman, thank you so much for walking me through the "cropping" exercise but this computer business is like speaking another language to me. When I left the work force, computers were just coming in and the little I know, I have had to teach myself through trial and error. However, I have copied your instructions and will give it a go.  I had a problem downloading the photographs into my Gallery and then I remembered Ray saying that I have to reduce them in size and told me what to do with "Power Toys for Windows XP" and I was quite proud of myself for being able to do it!  Anyway, I will see what program I have on this computer ... it may be Photoshop. Thanks so much for your help which is much appreciated.  Patricia

[njnjgirl]

Very nice painting Patricia.  I really like the building.

[Happychappy]

   Thank you Mary Lou.  Patricia

[C.Bodine]

Ladies, these are all lovely paintings!!!    

[Lillian]

I love your painting, Patricia!   

[Happychappy]

    Christina and Lillian for your always welcomed comments which are much appreciated.  Patricia