Software:  PhotoImpact 10, 11, 12 and X3

    Title:         Moonglow Painting

    Author:    Maureen Eves-Lavis

    Level:      Beginner/Intermediate

    Tools:      Various paint tools

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MODES and WORKSPACES

Versions 12 and X3 has the ability for customised workspace modes, choose your own personal settings or Full Edit providing you have all tools available for this tutorial.

Version 11 has five work modes.  You will see them listed in the My Workshop Menu.  For the purpose of this tutorial, ensure you are working in "Advanced Mode" in order for all tools to be available to you.

Version 10 has two work modes, Basic and Standard. Basic Mode features a simplified workspace with larger buttons and the most common functions, whereas,the Standard Mode displays all of the functions.  We will be using the Standard Mode in this tutorial.If you see Standard Mode faded out as shown, then this is the mode you are using.  If you change from standard to basic you will lose any presets you may have saved.

Use this arrow as a bookmark to keep your place in the tutorial.  Just left click, hold and drag to where it is required.

Texture can be downloaded here

(texture courtesy Acadie)

Select canvas size 1000 x 800 150 res. colour #53535D

Remember to save often as .ufo and work in Mode

Step 1

Select Airbrush, size 50  colour white (no soft edge no transparency) and place onto canvas and tap with mouse or pen until desired strength of moon is created.  Change size of brush to 120 and tap again over previous painted moon, but not exactly over.... make selection slightly to one side and tap again until desired reflections and fuzziness is created.

Step 2

Painting clouds..... you can either paint your cloud using the Charcoal brush with Fog present, and darkening colour or alternatively you can use cloud form from Easy Palette.  If using the latter you will have to modify your selection.  You can then choose to underpaint these cloud forms with either the airbrush or charcoal brush with fog present.  

Step 3

Oil brush, size 140, Random 25,  brush head size 20, density 20, transparency 87, wet control 46 colour #E6EDFF  delta hue 0, delta saturation 27, delta brightness 24, advanced 17, u.  Gently and lightly paint over bottom surface of canvas.  Change to blur tool level 1 and gently smooth over centre of canvas and various parts here and there.

Step 4

Now for the grass:  Bristle brush, preset grass everything else at default.  Brush grassy parts as shown or use your own imagination.  Click out of mode.

In mode, bristle brush, split 2 default settings paint tree trunk.  Change to paintbrush, almost black and paint branches.  Click out of mode.  

Step 5

Select tree by clicking on it - whilst it's highlighted, press Edit Active Objects only

With paintbrush selected, medium gray colour choose texture paper 10 and lightly brush over trunk and thicker parts of branches.  To darken shaded part of tree use burn tool.

Step 6

Finishing touches, do highlights on trees, ground and add more grasses.  A fence can be added and more trees.  

Use the burn tool to darken few areas and the dodge to lighten the beam from the moonglow.

To frame your painting you can do the following:

Open a new white blank canvas, size 1000 x 800.  Right click on your painting, All, convert to object and move over to blank canvas.  Align to centre.  Click Shadow,  all round one (5th one along)  transparency 75, shadow size 100, soft edge 40. Merge all.  Righ click again, All.... convert to object.

Choose the bristle brush, grass preset, blue-gray colour, brush size 40, transparency 50.  Effect paint on edges

I hope you enjoying doing my tutorial.

Happy Painting!

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