"The Big Trike" Corel PhotoPaint - Corel PSP Pro X3

The Big Trike

I took this photograph of my Grandson at Spicer's Cider Mill just before his Dad put him on this tricycle and gave him a ride on it. I opened the file in PhotoPaint and cropped it then I applied the Image; Threshold; to it. I adjusted the color and the histogram for the deep shading in the image. I upped the saturation and used the Tone Curve for depth.


I saved that file and opened in PSP Pro X3 and used the Vibrancy tool on it adding to the color a boost. I also added a frame on the piece, along with a 10 pixel black border.

The photograph was taken in the late afternoon and so the shadows are long and deep, I resampled the image in PhotoPaint for display here.

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Vintage Pen and Ink Drawing - Painter 11 - PhotoPaint

I have an interesting image in Pen and Ink that I drew. I started with a vintage photograph from Dover Publications of two young boys riding an old-fashioned tricycle. Opening it in PhotoPaint I resampled the photograph to 96dpi increasing it's size for use in Painter 11.

Saving that file I opened in Painter 11 and created a quick clone with an ocher background. Using the Pens I selected the Ballpoint pen and the Single Pixel pen in black and drew the young boys and their tricycle. I did not go for realism as I wanted a rough sketch of their features and the trike.

For the watercolor pen stroke I selected the Soft cloner to add shading to their clothing and to lightly add the background. I added using Filter Forge a film frame. It was tedious drawing the details but I thoroughly enjoyed this exercise.

In PhotoPaint I adjusted the Tone Curve to add depth to the image.


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