Creative Editing Part 1: Impressionism

 Inspired by a photo of my dear friends in a replica "Monet's Garden" at the Garfield Park Conservatory, I set out to learn how to create an impressionist image.  For this first tutorial, I used the directions on Graphics.com, with a few tweaks of my own.

Original image:

Impressionism #1: (straight from tutorial)

 

 

#2 (Experimenting)

#3 (More artistic)

#4 (enhanced #3, increased brush strokes)

Which is your favorite?