"How this was done: Sister in law and Younger Brother" Corel

Sister in law and Younger Brother

I was visiting my family up north in Farwell, Michigan and received some photographs from them for our albums. I took them and scanned them in using my Canon MP495 All-in-One. I set the scans for 300dpi and saved them to a Family Photo Folder.

I opened this portrait in Corel PSP Pro X3. The first thing I did was to crop the image, ridding it of some of the White Sky on the top of the original photograph. I applied the Smart Photo Fix:

• Brightening
• Increasing shadows
• Upping the color a bit

I then used Adjust Curves for Depth, and  Saturation Vibrancy set at +20 for greater color.

I next opened the altered photograph in Corel Painter Essentials 5. First I tried a Pastel Drawing:

• Chalk, Pastels and Crayons Brushes
• Selecting the Sharp Charcoal Pencil Brush
• size 7.0
• opacity 100%
• grain 25%
• Clone Color from Source Image

I digitally painted the image for the first time, saving the iteration.

I next decided I wanted to experiment with the Modern Painting settings in PE5:

• I painted from the Clone Color Source Image
• After that was done I could see where more detail was needed
• I Selected Photo Painting Brushes
• Soft Cloner
• And I Hand painted the Details back in with the setting for the Cloner Brush:
• Size 15.7
• Opacity 24%

I liked the resulting image, very painterly, and still with more details for the Faces, making a better portrait of my subjects. I saved that iteration with a differing name.

In PSP Pro X3 I added my Signature as a layer and sized and placed it with the property Multiply, merging and saving again.

As you can see I have used a combination of Narrative and Outline description of the process, workflow explanation. I hope you find it easier to follow the steps I took for this photograph to Digital Painting.

Musically I recently found online, three songs to learn to play on my Seagull 12-String Guitar and sing along in accompaniment. They are:

• Good Riddance, Time of Your Life: by Green Day
• I'm Fixing A Hole: by the Beatles
• Big Yellow Taxi: by Joni Mitchell - the Counting Crows version 

I am hoping this warmer weather continues as my Studio/Office gets pretty chilly this time of year. I would be more apt to practice and record Covers for my own enjoyment if it remains warmer in here!

The last poem I wrote, is not good fodder for lyrical or melody development, so I await until a new song strikes me for writing and recording. 

"The Tower From Behind" Corel - Plus

The Tower From Behind

"The Tower From Behind," is today's photographic image. From our trip to the Park where we took numerous photographs of this fascinating old building, now a warehouse, I took this shot with my Canon Rebel XTI DSLR. 

I opened it from Picasa 3.9 as is my habit and used Corel PSP Pro X3 to adjust the image. I used my usual workflow steps, the Digital Camera Noise Removal and Smart Photo Fix. I increased the sharpness and the color in Photo Fix. I then further increased the Vibrancy in the Saturation tool set at 50.

I saved the large iteration and opened with Corel PhotoPaint. There were some electric cables strung to the building. Using the Cloning tool I cloned them out of the image. I added my signature and saved that large iteration.

I re-opened in PSP Pro X3 and added the Title and Artist, copyright information with Image Information feature. When I zoomed in I could see my cloning and am not truly satisfied with it. But I am allowing myself some leeway there as I am making the display version smaller. I adjusted to display size in PSP Pro X3 and saved it.

"Vintage Gypsy Woman Muse" Corel Painter 11 - Plus

Vintage Gypsy Woman Muse

I picked an image from the Free Vintage Clip Art folks today. It is a "Gypsy Muse," vintage piece. I opened from my Picasa 3.9 folders with Corel PSP Pro X3 and used the Smart Photo Fix on it punching up the color and sharpening the image. I also used the Skin Softening on it for the skin tones.

I applied the Saturation Vibrancy on it and saved it as a display size image. I reopened in Corel Painter 11 and I painted it with differing clone brushes, Soft Clone and Thick Camel brushes. I used a Watercolor brush for the background surrounding the woman.

I used the Soft Cloner for the stringed instrument she is holding so the details would show clearly. I added some line in the background to halo the woman.

I saved that iteration and opened with Corel PhotoPaint. I used Filter Forge's Photo Effects Vibrance. Then I added a film frame with Filter Forge's Frames. I also placed my signature in black and saved that iteration.

Music wise I tuned my 12-String Seagull to standard tuning and have been practicing using some chord progressions I got online that I printed out.

A minor, G major, D minor, and A major chord progressions with differing structures. They were divided between VERSE and CHORUS lines of progression.

I did some recording of my practicing and listened back to them using Audacity and improvising leads. I used a Archtop Jazz Guitar for the rhythm and different leads for some flavor. I found that switching from minor chords to major chords posed some difficulty in my improvisations. All in all I am feeling good to be practicing again.

"Concerts in the Plus, Mister Ebby, Suzen JueL" Corel - Plus

Mister Ebby

Suzen JueL

I joined another "Concerts in the Plus, " Hangout on the YouTube stream put on by Artists in the Plus on Google+. It was for the musicians Mister Ebby, a pianist and a singer songwriter, and Suzen JueL also a singer songwriter with Guitar, and TerryLynn Melody whom I had the pleasure of doing an artwork of her previously.

The music and performers were all very accomplished and excellent. I thoroughly enjoyed the concert. I used Picasa 3.9 to capture screens into .BMP bitmaps, which I converted to working JPEGS in Corel PhotoPaint.

For my Digital Artwork of Mister Ebby I used the following work flow. I opened the screen capture bitmap with Corel PhotoPaint and cropped it. I saved that and reopened with Corel PSP Pro X3 and resized. I applied the Digital Camera Noise Removal and the Smart Photo Fix to the image. I used the Saturation Vibrancy to add punch to the color.

Saving that iteration I opened from Picasa 3.9 with Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4. There I auto painted with the Pastels Soft Cloner brush. I used the Soft Cloner brush to add back some details. Saving again I reopened with PSP Pro X3 and added my signature, a Cross Processing frame, and a black border. I decided that it needed some grunge feel to it so I used Filter Forge's Frames Grunge and played with various settings until I was satisfied and added the grunge frame.

On the Digital Artwork of Suzen JueL I followed much of the same beginning workflow as above. The beginning image was not as clear as I had hoped for but made for a decent piece. I was in PSP Pro X3 and applied the Effects, Art Media Effects, Brushstrokes for that painterly look and feel. I added Adjust, Back-lighting to the piece for some depth of color. I added my signature, a Cross Processing frame, and a black border to complete my piece.

If you missed the Concert here is the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yAAF49kj0s&feature=g-all-u

"Concerts in the Plus Four Performers" Corel - Plus

Gretchen Chappelle

Kristian Jackson

David Santy

Paul Platt

On Google+ I shared in a "Concert in the Plus" Hangout Friday, by the "Artists in the Plus." I had the pleasure of meeting Gretchen Chappelle, Kristian Jackson, David Santy, and joined again with Paul Platt. The Concert was once again excellent, the music and lyrics were delightful and thought filled. Each performer took center stage in the Hangout and shared their differing styles of music. John Voshell our host was guiding the show as it went.

I had Picasa 3.9 open during the Concert and was able to get screen captures that were fairly decent for working with. I opened each one with Corel PhotoPaint and cropped out the Hangout surroundings and saved each one.

I opened them individually with Corel PSP Pro X3 and used my usual workflow. I applied the Digital Camera Noise Removal and the Smart Photo Fix to each, as well as the Skin Smoothness tool. I did each one separately, and saved them resized to display size.

I then opened with Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 and auto painted them. I used Classic Oil with an Impressionistic brush and Rough paper settings on Gretchen and Kristian. For David and Paul I used the Modern Painting setting with Rough Paper.

On each individual image I used the Soft Cloner Brush to add back in details. I saved these iterations and opened with PSP Pro X3 again to add the framing and any borders I felt needed.

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"Singer Songwriter Eardly Jordaan" Corel - Plus

Singer Songwriter Eardly Jordaan

I attended a Hangout on Google+, since our power is now back on. "In The Spotlight" was Eardly Jordaan from the duo Band MINDS. They are a multicultural band from South Africa and South America that have joined forces for some very creative music.

I did a screen capture and opened with Corel PhotoPaint where I cropped the image and saved the iteration. From Picasa 3.9 I opened with Corel PSP Pro X3.

There I applied the Digital Camera Noise Removal and the Smart Photo Fix first. I resized to a display size in PSP Pro X3 as well. Saving this iteration I reopened with Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 and auto painted a Detailed Watercolor of the image.

I used the soft cloner brush to add back in some details and saved this file. I reopened from Picasa with PSP Pro X3 and added the Polaroid frame and black border. Which is part of my workflow for these Hangout portraits now.

995th Post to gatzkART! Blog, only a short way to our goal of 1,000 Posts! We are also close to 83,000 Pageviews Milestone, will your view put us over that figure?
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"Singer Songwriter Deni Gauthier" Corel PSP Pro X3 - Plus

Singer Songwriter Deni Gauthier

Yet another Artists in the Plus "In the Spotlight" Interview and Singing with Deni Gauthier A Singer Songwriter, caught my interest. I did a screen capture of Deni performing and opened it in Corel PSP Pro X3 where I cropped it. I also used the Digital Camera Noise Removal and Smart Photo Fix on the image.

I then saved that large image and opened with Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4. There I applied the Detailed Watercolor auto paint with settings for Rough Paper, and the Impressionistic Brush.

I used the Soft Cloner to bring back some details in the face. I saved that and through Picasa 3.9 opened with Corel PhotoPaint and did some free-form cloning to rid the image of artifacts. Saving that iteration I opened with PSP Pro X3 again.

There I added the Polaroid frame and a black border and saved once more at a display size.

992nd Post for gatzkART! Please continue to come back for our almost daily posts as we reach for that goal of 1,000 posts!

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"Barn and Silo - Guitar and Banjo" Impressionistic - Corel - Plus

Barn, Silo - Guitarist, Banjo Player

Today I tried some digital painting using two different photographs. One of a Barn and Silo and the other of a Guitarist and Banjo Player jamming. I opened the first photograph in Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 and auto painted it with the Impressionistic feature. The second photograph was in Sepia tone. I auto painted that one as well.

On both I used the Soft Clone Brush to add back in details. Saving both of those images I opened from Picasa 3.9 with Corel PhotoPaint. First the Barn and Silo then I copied and pasted the Guitarist and Banjo Player onto that. Using the Erase tool I trimmed the Players to just the two individuals. I resized them, placing them on the canvas with 70% Opacity. I added my signature as well.

I merged them both together. I then took the Clone Brush at various sizes and added color from the Barn and Silo to the Players to bring them into the picture more distinctly. I saved the large iteration. After which I opened it with Corel PSP Pro X3 and used the Smart Photo Fix on it adjusting the brightness, shadows, midtones, and sharpness. I added the ornate frame using the Picture Frame feature in PSP. I saved the large file and then resized for display.

984th Post to gatzkART! 

I am working on a new song, "Wait Until Morning" but am uncertain of the chord progression and melody as of yet. I have one written down (chords) with a melody in mind, but am not sure I am done yet. Needs something, not certain what but it will come. I may do another slideshow of digital artworks with this as the soundtrack as I did with "Revel" DADGAD recently. It is posted to YouTube if you want to see it. Or check my posts to Google+ in my Profile (scroll down.) +Kirk Mathew Gatzka

"An Impressionistic Study - Allison" Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 - Plus

Allison Studying

I used a phone photograph for today's experimental study. This was taken by my son Keir M. Gatzka of a close friend of ours, quite a while ago. She was studying in the back seat of his car and as you can see the sun blew out some of the image.

I liked this because of the focus on her face. I opened this photograph from Picasa 3.9 with Corel PSP Pro X3 and used my photography workflow on it. I resized it, ran the Digital Camera Noise Removal and Smart Photo Fix on it. I adjusted the color, then used the Saturation Vibrance on it. I also used the Time Machine feature Cross Processing tool. I saved this file.

I opened with Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 and applied the Impressionistic auto paint. Then I used the clone brush to bring back details in her face and arms. Saving that painting I opened with Corel PhotoPaint and added my signature and saved again.

983rd Post! Still striving for that 1,000th post for gatzkART!


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"Missing Alaska Late Summer" Corel PSP Pro X3 - Plus

Alaska Road South From Anchorage

I browsed some photographs on my external HD and went to one of my Alaskan trip folders. I selected one of our road trips, South from Anchorage. I opened with Corel PSP Pro X3. I applied the Smart Photo Fix to it and the Digital Camera Noise Removal. I adjusted the Shadows and used the Saturation Vibrance as well.

I cropped the photograph and saved the large iteration. I opened with Corel PhotoPaint and cleaned up with the cloning Brush. I also blended the road with the Smear Brush. I cloned out some road markers (red ones.)

I was an overcast day that day with light rain but over all our visit to Alaska was amazing, we hope to go back someday. This was also when my Canon Rebel XTi was brand new. We took a massive amount of photographs. We used an online vendor to create a large size photographic book with many of the images, untouched by processing. It's a great remembrance of our visiting family and the beautiful area around Anchorage, Alaska.

I digress. I finished the image for display with the Visible Watermark of my signature. I resized to display size and saved the file. I did these in PSP.

982nd Post!

"TerryLynn Melody Singer Songwriter" Corel - Plus

Singer Songwriter TerryLynn Melody

+Artists in the Plus on Google+ had an "In the Spotlight" Hangout the other night featuring TerryLynn Melody. It was once again a wonderful show with a fine interview. TerryLynn also played her Tacoma guitar and sang for us. As a Singer Songwriter she does amazing work.

I was watching the simulcast on YouTube and did a screen capture of her singing. I opened it with File from Clipboard in Corel PhotoPaint. There I cropped the image. I saved that iteration.

From Picasa 3.9 I opened with Corel PSP Pro X3 and resized to display size. I applied the Smart Photo Fix and made adjustments to the color, shadows, sharpness and a bit more. I saved that copy.

Again from Picasa I opened with Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4. I auto painted using the Watercolor Sketch with Rough Paper. I used the Soft Cloner brush for some of the details and color.

Saving that iteration I opened from Picasa with PhotoPaint and added my signature in white, also using the Touch Up brush a bit.

I opened once more in PSP and added the Taped Frame using Picture Frame, saving that file.

979th Post to gatzkART! Still quite a ways from 1,000 Post. Steady progress continues.

"Meri Amber Singer Songwriter" Corel - Plus

Singer Songwriter Meri Amber

I met Meri Amber in a Google+ Hangout. She is a Singer Songwriter as well. I received permission to use a photograph from Pinterest. So I ventured forth and discovered one I liked and downloaded it.

I opened it with Corel PSP Pro X3 and resized it for display. I used the Digital Camera Noise Removal on it and the Smart Photo Fix. I went to Softness and added some softness to the photograph. I saved that iteration.

From Picasa 3.9 I opened with Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 and auto painted with the Impressionistic feature. I then used the Soft Cloner brush to paint back in details of the portrait. Saving that I opened with Corel PhotoPaint and used the Tone Curve to lighten up the dark shadows. I added my signature. I saved that.

I reopened with PSP and selected a Picture Frame for the piece, saving it with a differing name.

974th Post to gatzkART!

"Corey Koehler Singer Songwriter" Corel PSP Pro X3 - Plus

Singer Songwriter Corey Koehler

I participated in a Artists in the Plus "Spotlight" Hangout on Google+ yesterday. I met Singer Songwriter Corey Koehler. Of course, I could not pass up on an opportunity for another Digital artwork based upon the Singer Songwriters I am meeting. So I got permission from Corey to do one for him.

I don't do Facebook, so my source was YouTube. I did a screen capture of Corey Playing his Taylor Guitar and Singing. I saved the file after opening it in Corel PhotoPaint to crop it. To resize it and do some color work on it I reopened it with Corel PSP Pro X3.

There I sized for display at 96dpi. I used the Digital Camera Noise Removal and the Smart Photo Fix on it. I took the layer and Duplicated it and applied the Effect Pencil on it and used the property of Overlay to make the background photo show through.

I Merged the layers and saved that iteration. I then opened with Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 and auto painted using the Detailed Watercolor rectangular setting. I then used the Soft Cloner Brush to paint back in some details to the face, hand, clothing and the microphone and stand.

After saving those changes I reopened with PSP and added my signature with the Visible Watermark tool. Then I added the old fashioned frame to it in Picture Frame. I saved that iteration.

This is my 973rd post to gatzkART!

"Rebecca Perl Singer Songwriter" Corel PSP Pro X3 - Plus

Singer Songwriter Rebecca Perl

I met another Singer Songwriter, from NYC, on Google+: Rebecca Perl! I was able to get permission from her to use this portrait for today's post. Her website can be found at: Rebecca Perl Music.

I got the photograph from her Google+ photographs and downloaded it. From Picasa 3.9 I opened with Corel PSP Pro X3 and resized it for working on it. I applied the Digital Camera Noise Removal tool to the photograph and added some color with the Smart Photo Fix. I saved the larger file.

From Picasa I opened with Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4. There I applied the auto paint Watercolor Sketch with no setting changes. I then took the Soft Clone tool and added back in some details of her face. I also painted a bit on the guitar and background. I saved that iteration.

I reopened in PSP and used the Picture Frame for the Polaroid Frame and added a 25 pixel black border. Saving that file for display, it's a little bit larger (click on it for the larger picture) than I usually post, so I hope the viewing time is not too high.

This is our 967th Post on our way to 1,000. Share and Circle on Google+ both myself and Rebeccca Perl. I am at +Kirk Mathew Gatzka and she is at +Rebecca Perl.

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"Ryan Van Sickle Canadian Singer Songwriter" Digital Watercolor Corel - Plus

Ryan Van Sickle

I have gained permission from the photographer Nathanael Absher (see  www.nathanaelabsher.com) and the subject Ryan Van Sickle singer, songwriter to adapt this image. Nathanael has requested that this piece not be placed for sale at any time, so it is not for sale.

Heather Fay and Ryan Van Sickle have done some performing together and I have watched both online. Very effective performers! Both are on G+.

I used the same programs as I did on Heather Fay's image recently.  Corel PSP Pro X3 and Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4. In Essentials I used the soft cloner brush to add back in some details as before.

I used the Watercolor Sketch auto paint feature for this in Essentials. I did all color and other adjustments in PSP.

Ryan is from Canada and has a nice site at: http://ryanvansicklemusic.com feel free to visit either site, Nathanael's or Ryan's!


Listening --- Edward Sparks --- No Perfect People Allowed

"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

"Columbine Digital Watercolor" Corel Painter 11 - Plus

Columbine Digital Watercolor

Yesterday I tried a different way of posting the steps I took to produce the image of the two guitars and music stand. I have described the steps taken today in paragraph form. I would be open to comments on which form you preferred, the bulleted outline of each step or the paragraph explanation of the steps taken. Leave a comment if you have a preference, please.

This image is from a Challenge at Painter Talk forums. I downloaded the photograph to a working folder and unzipped it. Then I opened Picasa 3.9 and browsed to the folder where the photograph was. I opened it with Corel Painter 11.

In Painter 11 I created a quick clone of the photograph, used the brightness/contrast to reduce the brightness of the original. With a lighter cast to the image I selected the Auto Van Gogh Artist brush and auto painted the full picture. I saved that with an iterative name and browsed to it in Picasa.

From there I opened with Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 and selected  Photo Painting, Simple Watercolor with a Jagged edge, Color set to Lighten, Paper set to Coarse Canvas and the brush set to a Coarse Watercolor brush. I also set it to Random Strokes.

I then clicked Start and let the program Render my Watercolor painting. I saved another iteration and through Picasa I opened with Corel PSP Pro X3. I fit to screen and went to Adjust, Brightness and Contrast, Curves and added back in some depth of color.

I added my signature with Image, Visible Watermark. Then applied Image, Picture Frame twice, once for the Mat and then added the Golden frame.  I Merged all layers with Flatten, and saved that file.

I applied Image, Resize to 888 x 1000 pixels 16bit RGB and saved that iteration for display.

Painter 11 Portrait - Corel PhotoPaint - Picasa 3 - Filter Forge

Click for Larger Image

I recently spent some time with my Grandson and took a few Photographs of him. I browsed in Picasa 3 to the dated folder containing these and selected one closeup. I went to Create Picture Collage in Picasa 3 and created a large file of the closeup as a single image in the collage.

I opened the image in Painter 11 and did a Quick Clone to duplicate the image ready to paint. Using the Auto Van Gogh brush I applied it to the clone. Afterward I wanted to push the background to the back visually so I chose the Grainy Water Blender and painted the background with it.

I decided it need more grain so I selected a Suminagashi 2 Grainagashi brush and painted on the background with the clone tab selected.  I also applied the Soft Cloner Brush to the eyes and then used the Grainagashi brush around the eyes and mouth and nostrils.

To bring out more clarity in detail for the eyes I selected the Straight cloner brush and painted the iris and pupil.

I saved this very large file as a jpg format. I closed Painter 11 and using Picasa 3 went to the folder where I had saved it and opened with PhotoPaint. I resampled the image for the web. Using Filter Forge's frames I added a small frame variation with rounded corners and three colors, adjusting the width of each color. I saved that file as a jpg with my signature as an iterative save.

Listening --- Led Zeppelin --- The Rain Song

Shoes or the Basket Ball? Shoes! - Painter 11 - PhotoPaint

Today's image is from my time spent with my Grandson on the floor with my camera. He was playing for a time with his soccer ball and basketball and got a hold of his Mother's shoes. He began to play with them.

On the floor with him I took the photograph of him playing with the shoes. I opened the image in Painter 11 and did a muck up using a quick clone with an ocher background, Auto cloning differing brushes, the Impressionist, and Van Gogh.

I used many differing brushes to paint / clone with, Textured Acrylics, Camel oils, and some of the Distortion brushes in the background. I wanted to use color to pull the image a bit more together so I chose a couple of Sponge brushes and Digital Watercolors to add the basketball orange.

I brought the large file into PhotoPaint to add a Filter Forge frame and adjusted the Tone Curve to give some depth, also increasing the saturation for boosting the colors.

Listening --- Ken Brodie --- Picture Frames

Exercise in Digital Manipulation and Auto Cloning - Painter 11 - Paint.NET

"Exercise in Digital Manipulation and Cloning," is today's image for display. I opened the photograph of a Koi Pond, taken by myself, in Paint.NET. I applied the Effects> Artistic> Oil Painting> filter to the image. Then I applied the Kuwahara Filter Modified to it for an even more painterly appearance.

Saving that file I decided to try cloning it in Painter 11, so I opened it there and did a quick clone with an ocher background. I selected the Artists brushes, first the Sargent brush and Auto Cloned. This gave me a light image. I also used the Van Gogh brush, and the Impressionist brush concurrently on the image.

I applied the Surface Texture Image Luminance, altering the Light Direction and the Amount of Depth of the texturing. I saved the iterative large file. I reopened in PhotoPaint to use Filter Forge's Photo Effects Vibrance on the painting. I also applied Filter Forge's watercolor framing to it with a forest green color and increased roughness.

I resampled the large file for display here, in PhotoPaint.

Listening ---- Kirk Mathew Gatzka ---- Warm and Green