This portrait was created with thin layers of oil on watercolor paper. It was monochromatic (green hues). Later I tinted slightly in Photoshop. Happy Graduation L!
Tag Archives: Photoshop
Watercolor Wednesday
A very simple little watercolor with a small Photoshop tweak, (the angle of the hair drips;)
Feeling Blueish
*This post was written long before the events in Boston however, “feeling blueish” is an apt title for today. Photoshop has a very cool feature found under Image>Adjustments>Variations. I’ve clearly been experimenting with Variations. Since color can dramatically change the way a piece is viewed; the way it feels, Variations helped me decide how to …
Bird-Child Series
This is the second birdie child-vison influenced image. Most of the elements in this piece began as really loose watercolor paintings. I brought them into Photoshop and digitally placed and painted. I almost always put in a little more work after I show you what I’m up too. This piece is no exception, but I …
Digital Doubles
A wild wind blew through my neighbor’s yard, causing a very long piece of packing plastic to take to the sky and dance. Naturally, I shot many photos of the performance. Later, I pulled the images into Photoshop and positioned them one atop the other to create the image below. Then, I sampled areas of the image …
Vision
I woke up with an image reflected on my retinas. I had an overwhelming urge to realize the vision. It had to be dreamy-loose but also had to adhere to my vision. I began with a watercolor sketch, but the color was too vibrant. It needed to be somber. I took a photo of the …
Fall Portrait
Here is Fall, just as we come to the official close of the season. You many recall my Winter and Spring portraits. I’ve only Summer to go, and the Four Seasons will be available as prints. Below you can see the progression of the face. Nothing fancy, just using the brush tool in Photoshop to act …
Watercolor Wed.13
Watercolor Landscape my way. I became so frustrated working traditionally with watercolor landscape, that I decided to make the experience mine and make peace with the fact that I don’t have the time/energy/interest in making it work. You can see the progression below including a quick and dirty Photoshop intervention. Still no masterpiece, but …
Sketch Distortions
Quick sketches with a twist of Photoshop distortion to push them just a little further. .
Fifteen Minute Hair
<a href=”http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/3107543/elenacaravelas-blog?claim=4cumqmy9rsx”>Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a> I love to render thick manes of long hair. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that I’m familiar with them. From age fourteen to thirty, I dragged around my own head of long heavy hair that reached nearly to my ankles. Why, you may ask? Couldn’t …
G- rated Steampunk Mermaids
Very recently two illustrators whom I admire, inspired me to paint a steampunk piece for kids. Now, I really dislike painting mechanical symmetrical elements, but I do enjoy the look of shiny geometric details. So I decided to simplify, take it slowly, and allow Photoshop’s filters to do the heavy lifting. I also relied heavily …
Summer Bug Series #2
A little different approach here, but this piece is also inspired by Microcosmos. The color in the film is glorious, but I wanted to concentrate on one element at a time, so I went with black and white. The textures take over here. I’ve allowed the tree to define the texture. I made a rubbing …
Another New Digital Painting
“The Rescue” also employs a scanned textural item. Obviously it’s the net. The oranges that came wrapped in it were delicious.
A Page From My Sketchbook
*Update: A fellow artist mentioned that she would like to see the original sketchbook entry without the influence of Photoshop. Great idea, so..here it is. Oh, I should probably say that the deep blue is acrylic paint smudged onto a blue watercolor wash with an old (worn out 😉 credit card). The “drawing” is simply …
Remaining Marketable
This isn’t easy to admit. My work is well, sort of old-fashioned. At least, it’s not HOT. Not a big deal, I can change, except I really don’t want to. Let me back up a bit. What I love to do, is not as marketable as it could be, and I am really not at …
Emmadroid:A Partial Tutorial
As promised, a tutorial covering the basics. In evidence are the magic Photoshop conveniences of gradients, filters, and made to order brushes. I do not have time this week to cover the alchemy of making the hardware, which is simply a Photoshop enhancement via filters, that takes ordinary lines and turns them to silver and …
Afraid of the Dark
Creeping closer and closer to Halloween night, we are. What’s out there? What’s in the closet? What’s in the basement? Darkness. Happy Halloween! Below is a quick digital painting tutorial at it’s most basic. Quite traditional, were it not for the Wacom stylus and tablet. This piece could just as easily been created with acrylic …
Masquerade
If you permit, Photoshop will surprise you. This goblin-like creature is mysteriously materializing from a pedestrian plan for a masquerade themed piece. It’s energy is quite assertive, so I’m getting out of the way and allowing the image to evolve via the Paint Daub filter. The result is a little scary, so I think I …
Dragons Lurking?
Peril for me, is the looming threat of painting architecture; my least favorite element to paint. Photoshop to my rescue. I’ve inserted a detail of photo reference into my digital painting to completely avoid painting the building. I use this trick sparingly but on rare occasions, this fix saves time, energy, and the project. Hope …
Back To School:How’s it going?
Most students are back at school. The September phase that I like to call “transition” is in place. It’s the settling in period- for parents, college students, and K-12’s alike. Teachers must experience this too. It’s about becoming comfortable with new terrain. In my experience, “transition” seems to last approximately two weeks. I’ve played with a couple …
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