| Nature has it's own set of principles to be defined for realistic painting, however, there may be times when the desired effect may require something Whimsical. |
| The Technique used in this Tutorial is a unique one and I call it "Painting with the Erasure". How do you paint with an Erasure you Say? Read on... |
| The Brushes used in this Tutorial are NOT installed from this CD, however, You will find a link to them located in my (*Valuable Links) menu. You may however, subsitute any image brush of your choosing for this tutorial. |
| 1.) Create a New Document, then press D on the keyboard to set the Foreground/Background Colors to their default. |
2.) Click the Create
a new layer button 
(located Bottom) of the Layers palette to generate
a New blank layer. |
3.) Select the Brush
tool  .
Carry the brush over the work area and Right-Click to Open the Brush-Picker.
(Change the library to the set you will be working with.) Or...Click
the blue arrow 
(located Top Right corner) and a pop-out menu will appear. I Selected
ekrcreepytrees.
A dialog box will appear, just click OK and the correct library
will load. Select a brush to use. (If your using the same library
as me, adjust the Master Diameter to 500 px, then you can click
the blue bar (Top of program) to Close the library. Click once to
deposit the image, then press V to Select the Move
tool  ,
You can then Drag the image to position as needed. |
 |
| 4.) Go to Layer > Layer Style > Pattern Overlay. When the Layer Style palette appears, click the Downward triangle (next to the pattern preview window) to Open it's library. Select a Pattern, then click OK to apply. |
 |
| 5.) Next, go to Layer > Duplicate layer. When the dialog box appears, just click OK and a Duplicate will be Created. Now, Repeat Step 4 for this layer and Select a different Pattern. (The two images below will actually be stacked, they were separated merely for viewing purposes.) |
  |
6.) Select the Erasure
tool 
and Right-Click on the work area to Open the Brush-Picker.
Click the blue arrow
and the pop-out menu will appear. Select Reset
Brushes. A dialog box will appear, just click OK and the
correct library will load. Select the Soft Round
27 pixels brush and start painting the second Pattern into
the image until you are pleased with the results. (Actually, the
Erasure is removing Pattern 2 revealing Pattern 1 below.) |
 |
Copyright © 2006-2007 Glenn Schemenauer - Spacific
Designs™ - All rights reserved. |
 |
