SURREAL PAINTINGSMrs Ras

FIND A PIC OF A FACIAL FEATURE AND THEN COLLAGE IMAGES ONTO IT TO CREATE A

CONCEPTUAL SURREAL PICTURE

WHEN HAPPY WITH YOUR SELECTION, MERGE ALL LAYERS DOWN

IMAGE>ADJUSTMENT >HUE AND SAT.

IMAGE>ADJ> BRIGHT AND CONTRAST

SAVE YOUR FILE AS “REFERENCE”

SELECT ALL AND EDIT>COPY

FILE NEW\EDIT PASTE

YOU CAN DO ONE OF TWO THINGS TO BEGIN PAINTINGS1. YOU CAN USE FILTER<>FILTER GALLERY> CUT OUT

TO GET THE BLOCK COLORS, LIKE YOU DID WITH THE CANDLE

OR YOU CAN BLOCK OUT THE COLOR IN A NEW LAYER WITHOUT THE CUTOUT

IE FREEHAND

LOCK THE PIC LAYERAND IN A NEW LAYER BEGIN TO BLOCK OUT

YOUR COLORS REMEMBER FIRST BROAD GENERAL COLORS

AND SHAPES

CONTINUE TO BLOCK COLORS

WHEN YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE THE MAJORITY OF YOUR PAINTING LAYER PAINTED … TOGGLE OFF THE BACKGROUND PIC LAYER AND ON THE

PAINTING LAYER FILL IN THE WHITE AREAS

NOW BEGIN BLENDING BY LOWERING YOUR OPACITY AND SOFTENING THE EDGES OF YOUR

PAINT BRUSH

OPEN YOUR REFERENCE FILE AND PULL IT OF THE TASK BAR SO THAT YOU CAN SEE BOTH AT

THE SAME TIME

USE THE REFERENCE PICTURE TO MAKE SURE YOU ADD DETAILS INTO THE PAINTING

USE YOUR SMUDGE TOOL WITH DIFFERENT BRUSH STROKES TO ADD DETAIL AND

TEXTURE

USE DIFFERENT SPLATTER PAINT BRUSHES TO CREATE TEXTURE, LIKE SKIN

BEGIN TO ADD DETAILS TO NOTICE THAT I AM ADDING EYELASHES THAT

THEN TRANSFORM INTO THORNS

NOW THAT YOU ARE DONE PAINT MERGE DOWN ALL LAYERS

ADD SOME LIGHTING EFFECTS TO HELP WITH YOUR ARTISTIC VALUE

I AM USING THE POINT LIGHTING EFFECT AND PLACING IT OVER THE IRIS (THE PLACE I WANT

MY VIEWER TO LOOK AT) I AM ATTRACTING THE EYE TO WHAT I THINK IS MOST

IMPORTANT