| Summer Cottage Tube Painting in Paint Shop Pro | |
(If you arrived on this page from a search, you can start the tutorial on page one.)
Finishing Details
Now's the time to go thru your tube collection and your clip art to add some finishing details to the painting that will make it uniquely yours! I added a person flying a kite, the American flag, some birds and butterflies, and a kitty watching the butterflies. You add whatever you want to customize your painting! Maybe a dog, a child playing, a formation of geese in the sky, people on a picnic, some birdhouses, a barn in the background, a picket fence around the house, a pond in the yard ....lots of things can be done to make YOUR painting look different than mine. ;-)This is also a good time to make any final adjustments. Because we placed nearly everything on a layer of its own, adjustments are easy to make.
- Place each new item on a new layer of its own.
- Move things around and try different positions. Easy to do when it's the only item on a layer ...no need to select first, just use the Mover Tool to reposition.
- Things that are in the background should be smaller than things that are in the foreground.
- Lower the opacity of some objects or lower the color saturation to make them look faded and further away!
- Don't forget to change the size of the images to be in scale with nearby objects.
Finished painting after a few adjustments ~ My Summer Cottage
(reduced in size and optimized for web)
Sign your painting and frame it!
Use the Text Tool to place a small signature in the bottom right or bottom left corner of your painting.Framing is optional. PSP 8 comes with a large collection of picture frames! Go to Image>Frames and select one. If you don't like it, just Undo and try another!! ;-)
Hang your painting on your virtual wall and enjoy! Kate
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