Tutorial: Pastel Like Effect

[DJ Dubovsky]

I have really enjoyed viewing all these images. They turned out so cool. I love the soft pastel coloring. Excellent thread.
DJ

[OhThatGirl2001]

Thanks Danny,

The kitty was sitting on a just waxed car actually and her reflection in the car is what you saw.

I like your version better.

P.S. My youngest is a real ham infront of a camera - I wonder where she gets that from!

Lisa

[Blacknight]

The gory details follow for those who are interested...

~DannyR~
Ok Danny. I have to ask. HOW do you keep track of what you have done in such detail? That's my biggest hangup. I try several things and only one of them works then I don't remember which ones were discarded and which ones were used. Is there a trick, or do I just have to be (Ack!!!) ORGANIZED?

[DannyRaphael]

RE: How do I keep track of the steps in detail?

Great question... I'm going to start another thread so others will be tempted to join in and add their .02. I'll bet there are some gr-eat techniques out there.

[estudivan]

Hope this is not off topic, but thought I would show a couple of pastel images created using Painter 7.

The first image was drawn from scratch using a custom designed brush for pastel and layering the colors. This was actually part of a homework assignment for a class I was taking.

The second image was my first attempt at a cloned photograph in Painter 7.

- Open photograph (jpg, psd, gif etc)
- Clone image (File-> Clone)
- Turn on onion skin effect (basically painting on a layer above the image so that the original image shows through.
- Trace image, ideally with a graphics tablet/stylus
- Click clone color button
- Begin painting to add colors adjust opacity as required to get the right effect.
- Blend colors.

The third image was another attempt at cloning a photograph into a pastel image. Pretty much same steps as 2nd image.

How do I post multiple uploads in one entry? Have seen in other threads, but I seem to be doing something wrong.

Thanks,
Earl

[OhThatGirl2001]

Welcome Earl!

Not off topic at all. I have Painter 7 but never really got beyond the cloning and tracing paper stage (lol). I know that Greg (aka the Fugitive) really enjoys Painter 7 and is well versed in the watercolor technique. Love to see more of your work.

Lisa