"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)