A Painter tutorial

`Nobody pretends painting is an easy thing to do, or something you can learn without lots of work and time..`

`but I promise you: the computer will make this task easier and faster, and you can really enjoy yourself in the process!`

`Lets paint a detail of a painting in a very easy way, painting on a photograph.`

`I have used this method with my art students, and they love it! Besides`

`I see how they quickly learn to manage colors and the composition.`

The motive I will prefer a very common photography, better than a beautiful picture, as the beauty must be delivered by the hand of the artist! 1.- Resize picture to 2000x1800, in order to have plenty of space 2.- Choose brush: big wet oils, opacity: 80%, size:1.2, circular 3.- Color variability, about 30% 4.-Choose the dropper tool, now just pick a color and begin painting om the same area,

the variatibility will do the job, and your skill will decide the rest!

Here you can see the basic tools I have used painting this detail

I have painted on the upper right corner of the picture...pick on it

to study in detail.

Now the leaves are nearly finished..

I dissolve the background using the existing colors... The detail is finished.

Now I use the effects for the final touch!