This is the second to last painting week. Please start to consider what kind of a Photoshop project might interest you.
You can check the course gallery or do a Google search or Pinterest.


This week we'll continue painting with colour.
You will learn advanced techniques like:

  • Softer blending with "Pressure for size"
  • Creating own brush tips
  • Using lasso as mask


We will finish the Master copy assignment and start a new assignment, which we also will do in two phases.

Please watch the two lectures and the assignment demos closely.

Lecture 1. Pressure size/opacity


Lecture 2. Custom brush tip



M4. Master copy */15 (phase 2/2)

Name the file "M4_YourName_2.jpg"


Goal
Learn the basic techniques of classical portrait painting. Learn from the masters

Tools

Brush and (alt-click) Eye-dropper

Assignment

Paint a copy of the oil painting

Brush setup

Paint brush
Size 100-500px, Hardness 100%
Opacity 30% when mixing/blending, 60-80% when painting 
Opacity 5-10 can be used in glazes
(Flow 100% and Smoothing 0%)
Colour: Start with the colours in the Swatches meny, mix colour on the canvas
“Always use pressure for size” pressed when painting
"Always use pressure for opacity" pressed when blending

Tip can be a textured one from the course presets (or from "Legacy brushes" folder)

You can use a tip made by yourseld

Model image

 Paintings 1-6 or a portrait painting with a painterly feel and face divided into shadow and light. 

Instructions

  • Paint highlights as dabs of paint and smooth them away from the light source with "Always use pressure for opacity" pressed
  • Create a brush for hair, have it "Always use pressure for opacity" and untick “Always use pressure for size” 

Assessment criteria

  1. The parts of the face are in correct positions by painting the base colours exact
  2. Opacity is used reasonably (no low opacity mixes)
  3. The colours are close to the reference

Time to be used

2-3 hours of blocking in the areas precisely with around 4 colours

2 hours of building the light areas

Video

Demo Master copy 2





M5. Landscape */15 (phase 1/2)

This painting will be done in two phases, first this week and the second next week.
The first phase is not graded, return it still and fill the self assessment.

This week we will block in all the areas and work the background to be ready.

Name the file "M5_YourName_1.jpg"


Goal
Learn how a landscape is formed

Tools

Brush, (alt-click) Eye-dropper, Lasso

Assignment

Paint the landscape by blocking in the forms and finishing the background

Brush setup

Paint brush
Size 100-500px,
Hardness 100% or 0% when using as an airbrush
Opacity 30% when mixing/blending, 60-80% when painting 
Opacity 5-10 can be used in glazes
(Flow 100% and Smoothing 0%)
Colour: Start with the colours in the Swatches meny, mix colour on the canvas
“Always use pressure for size” pressed when painting
"Always use pressure for opacity" pressed when blending

  • Tip can be a textured one from the course presets (or from "Legacy brushes" folder)
  • You can squeeze the tip to be flat horizontally or you can use a tip made by yourself
  • Air and light are painted with large, round, soft brush

Colour is chosen from the Swatches panel or occasionally from the Color panel and saved to Swatches

Model image

 Landscape 1-5 or from an online source with clear fore, middle and background area 

Instructions

  • Make the canvas equal size to the painting
  • If using a portrait from the internet, first crop the reference and make it 3000-4000 pixels high
  • Make a horizontal guide line to the reference and copy it to the canvas
  • Paint with large brush size > sharp edges are done with postive/negative working
  • Alt-click the colours from the canvas (start with the colours in the swatches panel)
  • You can add some colours to the Swatches panel
  • Paint the areas precisely with the colour of the shadow

Assessment criteria

  1. The parts of the face are in correct positions by painting the base colours exact
  2. Opacity is used reasonably (no low opacity mixes)
  3. The colours are close to the reference

Time to be used

2-3 hours of blocking in the areas precisely with around 4 colours

1-2 hours of painting the background areas

Video

Demo Landscape 1




Viimeksi muutettu: maanantaina 25. maaliskuuta 2019, 13.10