"How this was Done: Street Scene Stairway Pastels" Corel

Street Scene Stairway Pastels

• Street Scene Stairway
  • Corel Painter Essentials 5
    • Effects; Equalize
      • Black and White Points
      • Black 0%
      • White 65.9
      • Gamma 38%
    • Adjust Color
      • Uniform Color Setting
        • Hue Shift 0%
        • Saturation 82%
        • Value -25%
    • Select Pastel Drawing
      • Chalk, Pastels, Crayons
        • Square Chalk Brush
        • Straight Line setting
        • Size 14.3
        • Opacity100%
        • Grain 12%
        • Rough Charcoal Paper
  • Corel PSP Pro X3
    • Added Signature
      • Placed as new Layer
      • Sized to fit
      • Placed on image
      • Property Lighten
      • Merged all Layers
      • Saved iteration
        • Resized for display on Blog Post

Another fine photograph from Morguefile Free Photos. I did miss a step I took in the outline: I used a new layer to paint on for the Sky, using the Eye Dropper to select a blue from the image. Sometimes my notes get a little skewed! My apologies to the reader for my error.