INDEX
Tutorial 1 Your party invitation card (Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0)
Tutorial 2 "Wedding Anniversary" card for your mom & Dad (Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0)
Tutorial 3 Make on original drawing by using a digital photo (Corel Painter Essentials 2)
Tutorial 4 Create and color a pencil sketch (Photoshop Elements 3.0 + Painter Essentials 2)

 

Adobe Photoshop elements 3.0
Corel Painter Essentials2 Corel Painter Essentials2

 

 

Open your photo in Photoshop Elements 3.0 and desaturate it (Enhance > Adjust Color > Remove Color). Duplicate the background layer by dragging it to the "Add Layer" icon.

Invert the new copy (Filter > Adjustments > Invert). Set the inverted layer to "Color Dodge" blending mode, and your image should be totally white.

Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur, and adjust the blur until you get the "pencil sketch" you want. "Flatten" the layers before saving the file and then open it in Painter Essentials 2.

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In Painter Essentials 2, create a new layer, select the "Basic Round Tinting" brush and a light flesh tone, then paint in the face. Don't worry if you paint outside the lines, just turn your pen over & use the built-in "eraser".

Vary both the colour and pressure you paint with as you go to give the face a more natural look. A light touch with the "eraser" brings out the face highlights.

A quick wash of watercolour on the hat, t-shirt and grass background - Your "watercolour & pencil sketch" is finished !!

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