Colour By Numbers: Photoshop Tutorial I’ve been experimenting with water colour painting and using Photoshop to create ‘Colour By Numb…
Colour By Numbers: Photoshop Tutorial I’ve been experimenting with water colour painting and using Photoshop to create ‘Colour By Numbers’ images and printing them on water colour paper to paint. / I thought that maybe other people might be interested, so I took a found image of Audrey Tautou the French film actress and created a visual record of the steps. / The images are clickable for the larger versions. Photoshop CS2 was used but any version will do. That can be done simply, two ways: / a. Image>Mode>Grayscale / b. Image>Adjust>Desaturate Then I resampled the image from 16cm x 13cm at 72dpi to a size that would fit onto an A4 sheet (30cm x 21cm) at 200dpi. / Image>Image Size / Constrain proportions: check / Resample image: check – Bicubic sampling / Resolution: 200 pixels/inch / Height: 20 cm – the width changes proportionally automatically. 2. For this image I wanted to bring out some detail from the dark hair. / Image>Adjust>Shadow/Highlights / Shadow amount: 100% / Note: If using pre CS2: Image>Adjust>Brightness & Contrast can be used for similar results. Image>Adjust>Posterize / Levels: 4 (this is the amount of tones the image will be reduced to.) I found the result to be unsatisfactory due to the rough edges and parts of the image not being clearly defined. So I returned to the previous state. 4. Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur / Radius: 3 pixels Levels: 4 This time the edges are clearly defined and rounder. 6. To achieve the above: / a. Using the Magic Wand tool: tolerance 1, contiguous NOT checked, click anywhere on the white parts of the image. This selects all the white elements. b. Create a new layer (click the ‘page with bent corner’ icon at the bottom of the Layers pallete. c. Edit>Stroke> / Stroke: 2 pixels / Colour: light gray (click the coloured rectangle which opens a colour picker) / Location: inside d. Select>Deselect You will have a layer with the ‘stroke’ or selection edge colour gray. As the rest of the layer is transparent it will be hard to see against the checkerboard, so create a new layer below this layer and the fill it with white: / Edit>Fill / Contents: Use: White Repeat the stroke instructions for the other 3 tones, each on a new layer. Make sure the posterized image layer is selected when selecting tones with the Magic Wand and then select the relevant blank layer to colour the stroke. 7. This is the image with all four tones outlined or stroked. / This perfectly acceptable, but if you want to separate the tones a bit more… Use the Magic Wand as before to select a tone. Then: / Select>Modify>Contract: 3 pixels / Colour the stroke as above. Repeat for the other 3 tones. 9. If you want to be able to paint the areas with correct tones/colours you can add numbers using the Type tool: 10pt & light gray, as for the strokes. / Note: a new layer is created for type. / I duplicate the current type layer each time by selecting the type layer and dragging it to the New Layer icon. / Then using the Move tool, I move the type where I want it on the image. / When finished I make all layers invisible, except the type layers for the the relevant number: by clicking off the eye icon to the left of each unwanted layer. / Then Layer>Merge visible 10. Print the image on a sheet of water colour paper or similar thickness. I just bought a 12 sheet, A4, 220gsm, water colour pad at Big W for $8.30 which is reasonable. / If you paint in water colours the numbers/strokes may show through if they are too dark or the paint is too thin, experiment to get the best result. “ This is my first attempt with watered down acrylics that had a gouache effect and covered the strokes. / You could use gouache, oils, felt-tip markers, pencils etc. I hope this tutorial was helpful and clearly understood. Let me know if something is unclear or you have a question. / Upload any experiments to this journal entry if you like. I would love to see what people come up with.
Gallery26 is a group of artists formed primarily of Redbubble artists and is the creative collective of Steve McLaren aka bodymechanic..
Gallery26 is a group of artists formed primarily of Redbubble artists and is the creative collective of Steve McLaren aka bodymechanic / The show was hung on the 14th of May, 2008 and its doors opened on the 16th of May. Just take a look at how brilliant it looks!! If you would like to join us for drinks to celebrate this fantastic exhibition and meet the artist’s responsible for the work you can do so on the 24th of May at Braemar Gallery, 104 Macquarie Road, SPRINGWOOD at 1.30pm.
Today I started to reflect on my Journey on RedBubble since I joined in March 2008, and I came to the realization that it has taken many …
Today I started to reflect on my Journey on RedBubble since I joined in March 2008, and I came to the realization that it has taken many unexpected turns…. / / I had found RB through reading the posts on Empty Easel, and thought “why not?” / I was already listed on a number of artists’ sites and thought “this will be just another community of artists to join”... / / The first thing that was striking about RB was the absence of advertising and the ease of negotiating the site…uploads were fast as well…I hate waiting…. / / But soon I came to the real reason most of us love RB…the community….the uncompromising support for each other’s endeavours, and also for me, the perfect venue to showcase the collections of work I do outside of my main portfolio… / / I was also given the opportunity to instruct, something I also love to do, with my writings on Chinese Brush Painting, and I hope to be able to continue writing How-To articles on many different topics… / / So as the Journey continues, I would like to once again thank all those wonderful people who have me on their watchlists, and always take the time to comment on my latest offerings, {you know who you are} I now number you among my friends, and also those who have just found me and continue to compliment my work… all the group moderators who have chosen my work to feature….among them are All Things Orange, Fine Arts, Artists of the Orient, Illustration, All things Poetic Prose and Philosophical, Homepage {twice}, Mature Woman, and A Novel Idea…. those who have bought my work…..this is beginning to sound like and Oscar speech and if I don’t stop I will start thanking all the “little people” very soon, and believe me there are none…..... / / I hope this Journey continues to be as enjoyable as it has been so far…Janis
Some Great Sales Today of Matted Prints..I’m so pleased!! !http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/mattecolor:black/product:matted-p…
Some Great Sales Today of Matted Prints..I’m so pleased!! / In the Summertime / Autumn Light / Blue Night / Time to Start Anew It must be someone with a love of trees…they will make a great grouping together…thank you so much..
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/ Closing Time And every drinker every dancer / lifts a happy face to thank her / the fiddler fiddles something so sublime / all the women tear their blouses off / and the men they dance on the polka-dots / and it’s partner found, it’s partner lost / and it’s hell to pay when the fiddler stops: / it’s CLOSING TIME Thank you so much
/ Moondance...
/ Moondance / Yesterday / Reflected Glory Thank you so much
_I have been nominated among other wonderful Bubblers, for an award for the most helpful Bubbler...I am totally flabbergasted…..surp…
I have been nominated among other wonderful Bubblers, for an award for the most helpful Bubbler...I am totally flabbergasted…..surprised and pleased…thank you so much... I have met so many wonderful people here who take the time to comment on my work every day….they make it so much easier for me to continue to work at my painting, by their encouraging and wonderful words, and each day I look forward to another RedBubble day..... A Redbubble day is a great day…and today is truly a Redbubble day... Please view the forum to view the nominees HERE
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/ Early Morning Feed Thank you to the Group Moderators
With grateful thanks to Bevanimage who bought some of my paintings tonight .... _I am…
With grateful thanks to Bevanimage who bought some of my paintings tonight .... I am so pleased Grateful thanks also to DanaMS _ who purchased “I am the Memory of a Moment of Happiness... If you would like to view the larger images, please click on each painting ...
First Things / !http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolor:black/framestyle:flat30/mattecolor:off%20white/product:framed-print/siz…
First Things / / Still Life The Outsiders / / Towards the Light Creative Poetry Challenges / / Autumn Water Thank you to the Group Moderators
The Tropical Collection is doing well…..Laminated Prints this time !http://images-1.redbubble.net/img/art/border:blackwithdetail/p…
The Tropical Collection is doing well…..Laminated Prints this time / Piper Nigrum / Bamboo Night / Tropical Fandango / Couleurs Fantastiques Thank you so much
Hibiscus Morning sold just now, and I’m pleased to say that the Tropical Series is also doing well in original sales... / !http://image…
Hibiscus Morning sold just now, and I’m pleased to say that the Tropical Series is also doing well in original sales... / / Hibiscus Morning Sequestered in their wiry pods, / the hibiscus opened last night after a long silence. Thank you so much.
Thankyou soooo much everybody who voted!! really rapt….my painting Three [Changes ]. inspired by a trip to Winton, outback Queensland…
Thankyou soooo much everybody who voted!! really rapt….my painting Three [Changes ]. inspired by a trip to Winton, outback Queensland ]when all was so dry and then the rains came and the changing difference in the land / Painters in modern times“
It’s a great weekend…features, challenge win and now sales of two calendars.. How great is that !http://images-0.redbubble.net/i…
It’s a great weekend…features, challenge win and now sales of two calendars.. How great is that / The Trees I have always felt the living presence / of trees. / the forest that calls to me as deeply / as I breathe, / as though the woods were marrow of my bone / as though / I myself were tree, a breathing, reaching / arc of the larger canopy / beside a brook bubbling to foam / like the one / deep in these woods, / that calls / that whispers home. / Seasons To Everything there is a Season and a Time for every Purpose under Heaven.. The buyers are not known to me, but I would like to thank them for their purchases.
Todays Sale is a Canvas Print..... RB does a great job of these, and I’m extra happy when one is sold !http://images-3.redbubble….
Todays Sale is a Canvas Print..... RB does a great job of these, and I’m extra happy when one is sold / Out There This painting is part of the second Journey series and is the 7th stage for the travellers... Thank you so much
Thank you so much. !http://images-1.redbubble.net/img/calendars/page:0/product:calendar/size:medium/view:preview/2762213-3-a-custom-...
Thank you so much. / A Custom Creation I can create custom calendars using any of my images...
*I’m really pleased to see that my painting is in the Spotlight and that I am also named as featured member in the group, Berries Fruit a…
I’m really pleased to see that my painting is in the Spotlight and that I am also named as featured member in the group, Berries Fruit and Seeds. / Tomatoes The street / filled with tomatoes, / midday, / summer, / light is / halved / like / a / tomato, / its juice / runs / through the streets It enters at lunchtime, / takes / its ease / on countertops, / among glasses, / butter dishes, / blue saltcellars. / It sheds / its own light, / benign majesty..excerpt Pablo Neruda Thank you so much to the Group Moderators
Thankyou for buying a print of my art,Grass Tree Cunninghams Gap ,Sonbeth I really appreciate it sosoooo much , Gini / !http://images-1…
Thankyou for buying a print of my art,Grass Tree Cunninghams Gap ,Sonbeth I really appreciate it sosoooo much , Gini /
A Matted Print just posted... / !http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/mattecolor:black/product:matted-print/view:preview/2755820-3-the…
A Matted Print just posted... / / The Mango Tree Thank you so much Anna
A Canvas Print…xlarge size... / !http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art/product:canvas-print/size:xlarge/view:preview/2794081-4-the-sap…
A Canvas Print…xlarge size... / / The Sap Bucket A Calendar / / Tropical Fantasy Thank you so much
This painting, along with the whole Tropical Series has done really well in sales I am really pleased !http://images-0.redbubble.n…
This painting, along with the whole Tropical Series has done really well in sales I am really pleased / Tropical Fandango Thank you so much
How nice to post work and be featured in an instant !http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolor:black/framestyle:flat30/mattec…
How nice to post work and be featured in an instant / The Stranger O you’ve seen that man before / his golden arm dispatching cards / but now it’s rusted from the elbows to the finger. Thank you so much.
Woke up this morning to a wonderful sale of a Framed Print of “Gus And Woodrow~ Lonesome Dove”! This painting was a very big turning p…
Woke up this morning to a wonderful sale of a Framed Print of “Gus And Woodrow~ Lonesome Dove”! This painting was a very big turning point in my art career…up until this piece my portraits had been the size of a dime or just barely a part of the painting…to scared to put myself to the test of the human face… But this movie came out in the late 80’s and I was never the same in my art expression again. / This is my first ever portrait of the human likeness and Gus and Woodrow helped me break the block of fear. / This painting still hangs in our front entry to welcome all that come to visit. My heartfelt thanks to the mystery buyer…this is a wonderful gift. / Susan
2nd Feature for Closing Time !http://images-1.redbubble.net/img/art/framecolor:black/framestyle:flat30/mattecolor:black/product:fram…
2nd Feature for Closing Time / Closing Time And every drinker every dancer / lifts a happy face to thank her / the fiddler fiddles something so sublime / all the women tear their blouses off / and the men they dance on the polka-dots / and it’s partner found, it’s partner lost / and it’s hell to pay when the fiddler stops: / it’s CLOSING TIME Thank you so much
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