"Harp and Three Women" Corel Painter 11 - Corel PSP Pro X3 - Corel PhotoPaint

Harp and Three Women

I browsed to this colorful piece in Picasa 3.9 in my Dover Publications folder. I opened with Corel PhotoPaint and resized to 150 dpi. Using Filter Forge's Photo Effects I boosted the colors with the Vibrancy tool. Saving this image I opened with Corel Painter 11.

There I did a Quick Clone and using selected brushes, such as the Camel Oil, Chalk and other brushes I repainted the image. I used the Apply Surface Texture on it using Luminance. This gave me a slight impasto appearance. I used the wand tool to select the white border that I did not paint and then using the Fill tool I filled with black.

I saved that iteration and reopened with Corel PSP Pro X3 to add a 25 pixel black border and then the ornate Picture Frame. Saving that I reopened in PhotoPaint, added my signature in white and resampled for display.

Listening --- Moody Blues --- Nights In White Satin

Cordovan Rockport Dress Shoes - Close up - Painter 11 - PhotoPaint

A close up of my Cordovan Rockport Dress shoes is the subject for today's image. I took a number of still life photographs of shoes and my straw hat, In Picasa 3 I selected this close up as I liked the Double tie of the shoelaces.

I opened the large file in Painter 11 and did a quick clone with an ocher background color, selected Live Impasto> Bristle 2 and adjusted the opacity to 40%. Varying the width of the brush I painted the shoes keeping to a rough stroke. I wanted the basic flow of the dress shoes and the double knot of them tied together.

I used the soft clone brush to add a little detail to the shoelaces for more interest. I opened the file in PhotoPaint to resample for the web and added a 20 pixel black border as a frame.

I also adjusted the Tone Curve for depth and upped the saturation by 7 to boost the colors.

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