"Floral with Bird and Fruit" Dover Clip Art - Corel PhotoPaint - Plus

Floral with Bird and Fruit

I opened this Painted Metal Texture, from Mayang's Textures, in Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 and used the auto painting Impressionism. I randomized the brushstrokes and set the size of them at 33%. I browsed in Picasa 3.9 to my Dover Publications folder and selected two floral images.

Saving the modified texture I reopened with Corel PhotoPaint.

The floral images I copied to the clipboard and pasted onto the background. Using the Property Subtract I added them with transparency. As both images overlapped I have a greenish patch right in the center of the image. I added a bird among berries with the Property Overlay to the entire image. You can see the birds beak and eye if you look closely, and the fruit as well.

Listening --- Blues in A Backing Track --- for Jamming with Pentatonic Scales

"Grunge Guild 12-String Guitar" Corel PhotoPaint - Plus

Guild 12-String Guitar

I began today's image with some browsing in Picasa 3.9 for an interesting background. I discovered this wrinkled painted paper with washes of brown and blues on it. I opened it with Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 and did an auto painted Oil Painting with rough paper, random small circle brushstrokes and a jagged out line with saturated color.

Saving that file I opened with Corel PSP Pro X3 and added some Vibrancy to the color with Hue and Saturation. Then I resized to a slightly larger canvas. I saved that iteration and closed PSP.

Back in Picasa I browsed for a 12-string guitar photograph and found this Guild 12-string Guitar. I opened it with Paint.NET and used the Ink Sketch tool with the color and ink turned up for the line art look and feel. I resized this image a bit as well.

I went back to my background and opened with Corel PhotoPaint and then in Picasa copied the 12-string onto the background. I used the tools to straighten the guitar to an upright position and using the property Multiply I pasted it and merged with the background.

I used Filter Forge's Frames to give it a film frame. Then in PhotoPaint I used the Tone Curve to lighten the colors a bit. I added my signature and saved the file.

Listening --- Blind Blake --- Blues

"Vintage Floral with Modern Background" Corel Painter 11 - Plus

Vintage Floral

This image began with a textural background from a blog for textures. I opened with Corel PhotoPaint. I then browsed to my Dover Clip Art and found the Floral Print in black and white. I copied and pasted it onto the radiant rectangle background using the property Multiply. Saving that file I opened with Corel Painter 11.

In Painter I used the WC Drips and Runs brushes for painting in the colors of the flowers. I switched to Camel Oil brushes a small one and painted the pistils and the outlines of the petals with curvatures. I saved that file and opened with Corel PSP Pro X3 to used the Depth of Field feature on the image.

This blurred the surrounding area and left the details of the flowers clearly delineated. I added my signature with the Image, Visible Watermark, and saved the large file.

I reopened in PhotoPaint and using Filter Forge's Frames added a film frame. I saved that file and resampled for display.

Listening --- Coldplay --- Clocks

"Vintage Postage Stamps" Digital Collage - CorelDRAW - Plus

Full Collage

Close-up One

Close-up Two

Close-up Three

Close-up Four

I got out my Cigar Box of Vintage Postage Stamps and using my Canon MP495 I scanned into a collage in CorelDRAW. As you can see in the first image the Full Collage of Vintage Postage Stamps. 

In subsequent images I opened the large collage in Corel PhotoPaint and selected close-ups of various parts of the collage. This way you can see details not available in the original digital collage.

The only other thing I did was apply a gradient to white space made during the scanning in of the various groupings of stamps. Click on the images for a closer view of the stamp details, if you wish.

Listening --- Peace and Quiet Again

"Grunge Gibson Acoustic Guitar" Corel PhotoPaint - Plus

Grunge Gibson Acoustic Guitar

Browsing with Picasa 3.9 I came across this photograph of a "Gibson Acoustic Guitar." I opened with Corel PhotoPaint and applied the Local Equalization to it and adjusted the Tone Curve. Saving that file, I opened with Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 and auto painted it with the Gouache feature. Selecting Random brushstrokes, Hatch, set at 45%, the auto painting gave a very sketchy look and feel.

I then selected the Pen and Ink and added the hatching and line work by hand. I saved that file and reopened with Corel PSP Pro X3. There I used the Hue and Saturation Vibrancy to brighten the colors. I added my signature using the Visible Watermark feature. I added a Polaroid frame and then a Thin Black frame to finish it.

Listening --- Peace and Quiet

"Vintage Photo Booth Woman" Corel PSP Pro X3 - Plus

Vintage Photo Booth Woman

Short post today, I got this "Vintage Photo Booth Woman," from Free Vintage Clip Art blog. I auto painted it in Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4. I saved the file and opened with Corel PSP Pro X3 and added the oval mat and the frame.

I saved that file and reopened in Corel PhotoPaint where I added my signature and resampled for display.

Listening --- Hokey-Pokey --- with my Grandson

"Two Birds Floral" Digital Collage - Dover Clip Art - Corel PhotoPaint - Plus

Two Birds Floral

I really enjoy the clipart from Dover Publication's Samplers. I browsed in Picasa 3.9 through my folders and found a Rusty background. I opened with Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 and applied the Impressionistic auto paint feature to it. This altered the colors adding the blue casts to the rust colors. I brightened the image using the Tonal Control, Brightness and saved the background.

I reopened it in Corel PhotoPaint and fit to size of my screen. I then returned to Picasa and browsed to my Dover Clip Art folder. I quickly found the Hummingbird and added that to the background with copy and paste. I used Image, Adjust, Replace Colors for the brownish tint and applied the property Multiply for transparency.

As I browsed some more I found many floral images and copied and pasted them onto the background. I used the same Replace Colors for an even basis for all subsequent images. I found the other Bird and flowers clip art and added that. Then I built a garden of flowers for the collage. I added my signature, saved the large file, and resampled for display.

Listening --- Emerson, Lake and Palmer --- From the Beginning

"Six Grunge Guitars" Digital Collage - Corel PhotoPaint - Plus

Six Grunge Guitars

"Six Grunge Guitars," was done in Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 and Corel PhotoPaint. I browsed to my Mayang's Textures folder in Picasa 3.9 and opened a colorful texture in Essentials. I used the Impressionistic feature to Auto Paint the background.

I saved that large file and through Picasa reopened with PhotoPaint. Browsing more in Picasa I located the six guitars to which I applied Little Ink Pot's Thredgeholder for the inky grunge effect. I applied the property of Multiply to each for transparency, creating an even black ink appearance.

I pasted and resized to fit each of the guitar images, placing them to form the composition. I merged all with the background. I selected Filter Forge's Frames film frame for the borders.  I used the Tone Curve to lighten the colors a bit. I added the words using the font 321impact and using Effects, Distort, Wet Paint for the dripping paint effect.

I added my signature and I saved that large file again then resampled for display here.

Listening --- Yes --- Roundabout

"Grunge Great Horned Owls" Digital Collage - Corel PhotoPaint - Plus

Grunge Great Horned Owls

I was browsing in Picasa 3.9 again through different folders. I found this rust background in the Rust folder. I opened with Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 and applied the Oil Painting feature with the brush selection Acrylic. Then I auto painted the background.

I enlarged this canvas by using the Resize tool in Essentials and saved to a new folder. Through Picasa I went right to the background and opened with Corel PhotoPaint. I fit to the screen at 40%. I returned to Picasa and browsed to my Dover Clip Art folder.

Here I selected an image of two Great Horned Owls on a branch. I copied to the clipboard and reopened in PhotoPaint from there. I cut out only what I wanted of the owls and branch. This I copied and pasted onto the background. I resized them to fit and applied the property of Subtract for placing them with transparency.

Back in the Dover folder I chose a grouping of floral images and cut and copied and pasted them also onto the background now with the owls. I used the property Multiply and merged them with the rusty oil painted background.

I saved the Large file, and then I added my signature and resampled for display.

Listening --- Jethro Tull --- Thick as a Brick

"Grunge Electric Guitar 2" Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 - Plus

Grunge Electric Guitar 2

I used similar techniques on today's image as I did on yesterdays. I chose a photograph of an Electric Guitar and applied Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 auto paint features to it. I first used the Pastels Hatch brush, then I applied the Simple Watercolor feature. I selected the Pen and Ink feature and drew in, by hand, the ink outlines and hatching.

Saving that file I opened in Corel Painter 11 and used the Apply Surface Texture to the image using Luminance. Saving that iteration I opened in Corel PhotoPaint and using Filter Forge's Photo Effects Grunge I gave it a grungy look and feel. I added my signature in white.

I saved that and reopened in Corel PSP Pro X3 and added a white mat with ragged edges and a black frame using Picture Frame. I resaved and reopened in PhotoPaint and used the Wand tool to select the white mat and added a color gradient with the Fill tool. I resampled for display and finished.

Listening --- Essential Blues --- Old Cassette Tapes Compilation

"Grunge Electric Guitar" Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 - Plus

Grunge Electric Guitar

I opened Picasa 3.9 and browsed my guitar photographs, I selected this Electric Guitar and created a Grunge look and feel to the image. I opened with Corel PhotoPaint and resampled to 150dpi and applied the Local Equalization tool. This made the light background almost all white with some areas of color left over.

I used the Wand tool and created a mask covering the guitar. Then I used the Fill tool to make a gradient background of blues. I saved this file, then opened with Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4.

I auto-painted using the Chalk features as a small Hatch brush. Then added the Pastels feature with a coarse background paper texture. Then I used the Simple watercolor auto-paint. I stopped that after it left the fine lines in the Guitar body.

I saved that file, then realized I wanted some more Texture to the image. I Opened with Corel Painter 11 and used Apply Surface Texture Luminance. I saved that iteration.

To finish off the image I opened with Corel PSP Pro X3 and added my signature using the Image, Visible Watermark to the Lower-right. I also added a blue border of 25 pixels. I then used the Image, Picture Frame using the same setting twice for a double painted square. I also added the small Black frame using Picture Frame.

I saved that file then resized for display for today.

Musically, I have been using Steve Krenz' Pentatonic scales for C Major or A minor to play some blues riffs (lead) along with a track of Blues in A I found on YouTube. I have a plethora of Electric guitar styles with the Gearbox software using the Toneport UX1 from Line 6. So I kept sampling differing lead riff sounds, just having a ball playing.

"Pastel, Pen, Watercolor, Grunge Acoustic" Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 - Plus

Grunge Acoustic Guitar

Short post today, I am sharing a Grunge Acoustic Guitar image created using Corel PhotoPaint and Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4. I first enlarged the photograph to a working size. Then in PhotoPaint I applied the Local Equalization tool.

In Painter Photo Essentials I selected a Pastel drawing with a square chalk set at Hatch small brush with Random Strokes. I then used the Pen and Ink auto-paint for the black lines. I added to that image a Simple Watercolor with the color set to Saturate.

I saved the large image, opened in PhotoPaint and added my signature and resampled for display here.

Listening --- Kirk Mathew Gatzka --- Instrumentals

"White and Green Watercolor Floral" Corel Painter 11 - Plus

White and Green Floral Watercolor

 

Another PainterTalk Watercolor Challenge. I opened the selected photograph for the challenge in Corel Painter 11. There I made a Quick Clone and began using the WC Drips and Runs brushes. Though the brushes were slow on my current PC I painted the bulk of the image. I liked the way the greens developed from light to dark.

I outlined the painting with Splashing Watercolor brush Square thick and thin selecting a light green color. I switched to Static Pencils and lightly highlighted some lines on the white flowers using the Cover pencil.

I saved that large file. I then opened from Picasa 3.9 with Corel PSP Pro X3. There I Adjusted the Hue and Saturation with Vibrancy for a slight punch to the blues greens and greens.

Using the Image, Visible Watermark I added my signature. I also added a green 25 pixel border and the Moss green mat, using Borders and Picture Frame in PSP.

I resized in PSP for display.

Listening --- The Beatles --- Abbey Road

"I Choose You!" Corel PhotoPaint - Mayang's Textures

I Choose You!

A simple Digital Collage for today's image. I selected a bright texture from my Mayang's Textures folder and added a piece of clip art from Free Vintage Digital Stamps. I opened Corel PhotoPaint and loaded the clip art and texture as two layers. A man with intense eyes is pointing at the viewer. I thought of the phrase "Few are Chosen." and added the thought: "I Choose You!" Then for some humor I added the "Why?" and "I Dunno!"

I used Filter Forge's Frames and selected a film frame. Then I used the Tone Curve to add depth to the image. The Font I used is called Bauhaus 93, one of my favorites. I added a paint splatter to add to the grunge effect.

I finished by saving the large file and resampling in PhotoPaint for display, adding my signature as usual.

Listening --- Various Songs --- Piano Music

"Three Old Stamps" Digital Collage - Corel Painter 11 - Plus

Three Old Stamps

If you've been following gatzkART! you know that I recently came across a Cigar Box full of old Vintage postage stamps. Today I scanned in or cut out from previous scans "Three Old Stamps." I opened Corel Painter 11 and created paper textures of each stamp. I used the Chalk brushes to paint them on an 8"x10" image at 300 dpi.

I used saturated colors and differing sizes of the stamp textures, selecting many bright colors. I also pasted small scanned images of each stamp in the work. I saved the large file after my collaging was done. I opened with Corel PSP Pro X3.

There I added a touch of Vibrancy to the colors, in Hue and Saturation. Using the Image, Visible Watermark, I placed my signature. Then I added an off blue 25 pixel border.

Listening --- Kirk Mathew Gatzka --- Norwegian Wood Cover (The Beatles)