Tutorials « Deviant Scrap. How to Paint Vibrant Landscapes Trailer. Watercolor Demonstration of "Rachel's Tulips" by Liz Fluehr. Rachel's TulipsWatercolor, 20" x 17" framed Collection of C.
Vippus. MIGHTY ART DEMOS and TUTORIALS. Time to Wish, Step-by-step sample. First, I start by outlining the main shapes as a road map of where I'm going.
Then I start in on the eyes. This is about 7x10. I usually work pretty large, but since this is such a close up point-of-view, I was able to work smaller. I'm working in graphite on Duralar, which is cool because it's a transparent support. So I can lay it right over my initial sketch without having to transfer. This is the final value study. For her hair, I start by deciding where I'll need lights and darks. Finals layers of color are added to the girl and fish. Final illustration. Painting Watercolor Flowers Step by Step: Pansy Power Birgit O'Connor. By Birgit O’Connor When painting small flowers like pansies, it’s often hard to recognize a good composition from a poor one.
The immediate response is usually to clump the small flowers together and make a bouquet. I recommend, instead, treating the pansy as you would any other flower: Focus on shape, shadow and color—the elements that can transform these small wonders into a bold composition. 1. Mixing Naples and Indian yellow, I started with the lightest petals and worked one petal at a time, filling each petal with water and adding the color to the outside edge with a No. 14 brush. Tips for Painting White Flowers in Watercolor. By Birgit O’Connor Infinity (watercolor on paper, 30×40) by Birgit O’ConnorWhen you’re painting a white flower, you’re really painting with water and very little color.
First, figure out the values. Before you start to paint, study the value changes within the white petals. Here is an exercise that will help you learn how to change values by just adding water. First create a grid made up of four columns and six rows on a sheet of cold-pressed paper. Find the rest of this “Watercolor Handbook” column from the Spring 2002 issue of Watercolor Magic—plus 4,000 pages of instruction—on the Watercolor Artist 10-year CD (2001-2010). Do you “like” our ArtistsNetwork facebook page? • Watch art workshops on demand at ArtistsNetwork.TV • Online seminars for fine artists • Instantly download fine art magazines, books, videos & more. How to Paint Water Drop, Birgit O'Connor, Watercolor Flowers. Inspired by flowers in her garden, these bold splashes of watercolor by Birgit O’Connor make very interesting compositions.
To see more floral painting demonstrations from O’Connor, see “Fancy Flowers” in The Artist’s Magazine (March 2008). Summer Rain (watercolor, 22×40) Birgit O'Connor Watercolor Demo on Mighty Art Demos. Extractions – Pen Tool — Scrapbookgraphics. Approximately 100% of my layouts use extracted images.
A lot of kind, sweet, and friendly people have asked me, “What is the method you use to extract?” There are many ways to extract an image from its background and today we’ll be covering how to do it with the Pen Tool. Have you noticed this cute little icon on your Tool palette? Such a little guy yet he wields such power. While Pen Tool may sound scary, he’s really quite friendly. I like to think that extracting with the pen tool is just like cutting out an image with a pair of scissors. Let’s get started, shall we? First open up the image you want to extract. As we erase the background, we want to make sure that: a.) our lines are smooth, b.) all of the background has been properly removed and c.) to make sure we’ve gotten rid of any stray pixels. Create two layers and fill them with both a dark color and a light color.
Create a new fill layer (circled in red) and choose Solid Color. PaintboxTV. Tutorial: Paint a Watercolor Bridal Portrait with Corel Painter. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a soft watercolor vignette, perfect for a bridal portrait.
Today I’d like to share with you a technique for creating portraits with a watercolor look. This is a fast and easy technique, and doesn’t use the somewhat difficult watercolor brushes that come with Painter. Instead, you can download and use the custom brushes I developed for these kinds of portraits. You can download them here. Unzip the file, and then copy both the folder “Bob’s WC Brushes” and the file Bob’s WC Brushes.jpg into your Painter brush folder.
Bob’s Soft CapBristle – a variation on the ever-popular Captured Bristle variant of the Acrylics category. Bob’s Soft CapBristle is used to paint the majority of the work, and then you’ll use the Edgers to feather out the edges. If you’d like to follow along, the stock photo I used here is free, and can be downloaded here. Corel Painter Tutorial: Painting Realistic Texture in Trees - Introduction.