creatvie-designs-poppies-painting

Software: PhotoImpact 10, 11, 12 and X3 Title: Painting Poppies Author: Maureen Eves-Lavis Level: Intermediate/Advanced Tools: Paint and bristle brushes, dodge and burn. Materials: Zipped Outline
Description: Poppies are beautiful delicate flowers that come in other colours besides red. However, the red poppy is my favourite and also used for Remembrance Day. You can of course paint your poppies in whatever colour is your favourite.
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 to you for this tutorial. Version 11 has five 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. Remember to save often Use this push-pin to help keep your place whilst working through the tutorial. Just left click, drag and drop to where you need.
	Let's begin by opening a canvas of 350 x 500 with a resolution of 150. You can choose to use the .ufo outline in the zip file or draw your own poppies. Unzip and extract to a folder then open in PI. WORKING IN MODE Choose the paint brush size 10, transparency 98, soft edge 50, colour #FF0000 begin painting the petals with a light upward stroke from the centre to the outside of the petal, following the shape and contour of the petal. Don't be heavy handed and blast the petal with colour, keep in mind these are to look soft and delicate. Don't worry if you go over the edges/outline as this can be cleaned up by using object eraser. It is good practise to save each petal as a separate .ufo.
	When all petals are painted, change brush size to 4 and transparency to 84, soft edge 50, colour #F38B8B - click on Edit Active Objects Only This enables you to just paint the petal highlighted. Gently and very lightly dab the outside of the petals to and form shading within the petal.
	Change the colour to #B40606 brush size 10, transparency 96, edit active objects only, paint some darker strokes, again, moving upward from centre. This will give the petals depth. Alternate between #F38B8B and #B40606 and raising and lowering the transparency as required also the brush size, depending on stroke. Always keep the strokes light.
	For the centre - pollen, change to bristle brush with preset - pepper dot with default settings, change colour to #150101 and lightly dab centre of flower - don't make it perfectly round. Change colour to #F6CF99 and dab around edges of pollen.
	Gently blending the petals with light and dark colour with the paint brush - be careful not to overdo it and always choose a high transparency. When you are happy with the petals, right click and Merge as a Single Object. At this stage you can use the dodge and burn tool, again on low settings and use sparingly. Finally, paint your leaves and the buds in the same manner.
	You can keep the flower heads and save as a .ufo. These can be used in other projects, particularly with the stamp tool as shown here with the smaller flowers. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and Happy Painting!
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