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PAINTER TUTORIAL
PLEASE NOTE: THE FOLLOWING STEPS ARE TO OBTAIN AN UNDERPAINTING THAT IS FUN AND WOW.
THESE STEPS ARE JUST THE BEGINNING OF A FUN PORTRAIT!
PAINTER BASIC STEPS
1. OPEN PAINTER, OPEN the image you would like to paint.
2. SET UP YOUR BRUSHES for your project. Prepare a CUSTOM PALLET for general use. I have named the
Custom Pallet in the following image like we did in class, Portraits FUN. However I already have a General
Custom Pallet. The following example is good to work from and time saving.
PLEASE NOTE: THE FOLLOWING STEPS ARE TO OBTAIN AN UNDERPAINTING THAT IS FUN AND WOW.
THESE STEPS ARE JUST THE BEGINNING OF A FUN PORTRAIT!
PAINTER BASIC STEPS
1. OPEN PAINTER, OPEN the image you would like to paint.
2. SET UP YOUR BRUSHES for your project. Prepare a CUSTOM PALLET for general use. I have named the
Custom Pallet in the following image like we did in class, Portraits FUN. However I already have a General
Custom Pallet. The following example is good to work from and time saving.
Go to the Painter tool box (on left of the screen) and choose the brush tool.
THEN look in the right upper side of the screen and you will see a BRUSH icon with the name of the brush that
is active. It is called BRUSH CATEGORY. Go to Acrylics. Then click on the brush VARIANT and drag it into
the body or empty working space. It does not matter which brush variant it is. This is just to get your CUSTOM
PALLET ready for painting. It will pop up in a CUSTOM PALLET with a number. (Naming the pallet is a good
thing but more fully described in the next section).
Some general brushes that are versatile are:
Acrylics, Variants-Wet Soft Acrylic, Captured Bristle.
RealBristle Brushes, Variant-Real Round Bristle
Blender, Variant-Soft Blender Stump (blends only existing color)
Oil Pastels, Variant-Variable Oil Pastel 20 (this is the one I used for tracing the image)
As you look at each one, drag the brush FROM ITS VARIANT icon (the one on the right) into the CUSTOM
PALLET.
BRUSH SETTINGS: Any and all of the above brushes do well if Opacity is from 10% to 30%. As you get
proficient and faster, 50% works. Also the Resat setting is VERY important. That is the quantity of paint on
you brush. If I want soft paint strokes, I use 20 or 30 or less. If I want strong color I use 50% or higher.
2. Now, SET UP YOUR COLOR PALLET(S). In the traditional world we used to get a white pallet and
physically squeeze our colors out and made our COLOR PALLET out of the basic oil paints, acrylic paints,
watercolor paints, etc. And mixing them. You can still do that! View the color MIXER if you wish to continue to
mix your paints yourself.
THEN look in the right upper side of the screen and you will see a BRUSH icon with the name of the brush that
is active. It is called BRUSH CATEGORY. Go to Acrylics. Then click on the brush VARIANT and drag it into
the body or empty working space. It does not matter which brush variant it is. This is just to get your CUSTOM
PALLET ready for painting. It will pop up in a CUSTOM PALLET with a number. (Naming the pallet is a good
thing but more fully described in the next section).
Some general brushes that are versatile are:
Acrylics, Variants-Wet Soft Acrylic, Captured Bristle.
RealBristle Brushes, Variant-Real Round Bristle
Blender, Variant-Soft Blender Stump (blends only existing color)
Oil Pastels, Variant-Variable Oil Pastel 20 (this is the one I used for tracing the image)
As you look at each one, drag the brush FROM ITS VARIANT icon (the one on the right) into the CUSTOM
PALLET.
BRUSH SETTINGS: Any and all of the above brushes do well if Opacity is from 10% to 30%. As you get
proficient and faster, 50% works. Also the Resat setting is VERY important. That is the quantity of paint on
you brush. If I want soft paint strokes, I use 20 or 30 or less. If I want strong color I use 50% or higher.
2. Now, SET UP YOUR COLOR PALLET(S). In the traditional world we used to get a white pallet and
physically squeeze our colors out and made our COLOR PALLET out of the basic oil paints, acrylic paints,
watercolor paints, etc. And mixing them. You can still do that! View the color MIXER if you wish to continue to
mix your paints yourself.
COLOR PALLET VIA COLOR MIXER
Go to WINDOW and click on SHOW MIXER and start
playing. If you don't like the mix, click on the garbage
can. Rotate the COLORS pallet and choose any
colors you wish. Go to your original image and
choose a color you like as a starting point.
QUICKCLONE, (File, Quickclone) the image. It will
AUTOMATICALLY bring up a BLANK CANVAS with
the Image showing through faintly.
That faint image is called Tracing Paper. Get rid of
the TRACING PAPER by either going to Canvas and
choosing Tracing Paper or by pressing CTRL T.
Now you have a blank canvas that is white. Choose a
color and with the Paint Bucket make that layer
whatever color you wish. You will see a blank canvas
that is the color you have chosen.
Now, turn on Tracing Paper and simply trace around
the outside of the image you want in your painting. As
soon as that is done TURN OFF TRACING PAPER.
Choose your paints however you wish and paint to
your hearts content.
Go to WINDOW and click on SHOW MIXER and start
playing. If you don't like the mix, click on the garbage
can. Rotate the COLORS pallet and choose any
colors you wish. Go to your original image and
choose a color you like as a starting point.
QUICKCLONE, (File, Quickclone) the image. It will
AUTOMATICALLY bring up a BLANK CANVAS with
the Image showing through faintly.
That faint image is called Tracing Paper. Get rid of
the TRACING PAPER by either going to Canvas and
choosing Tracing Paper or by pressing CTRL T.
Now you have a blank canvas that is white. Choose a
color and with the Paint Bucket make that layer
whatever color you wish. You will see a blank canvas
that is the color you have chosen.
Now, turn on Tracing Paper and simply trace around
the outside of the image you want in your painting. As
soon as that is done TURN OFF TRACING PAPER.
Choose your paints however you wish and paint to
your hearts content.
NEXT TECHNIQUE WAS DEMONSTRATED IN TUESDAY'S CLASS.
I choose the following technique because I really like the unintended colors that I can get by using an under image as my COLOR PALLET. I
often use completely unrelated images/backgrounds/etc. as a COLOR SOURCE. How do you do that? Read on!
A. The original photo as a color source as I demonstrated on Tuesday. Looking at your image, decide how you want to improve it or give it
some color pizazz.... remembering you want to clone color and/or composition from this original image. As you can see the boy has a cute
attitude and I really like the photo but the background is awful. Yes you can replace the background in Photoshop, but I wanted something
different. So I did the following:
With the image open. Go to WINDOW, SHOW UNDERPAINTING. Play with the choices that are offered. Try the various options and
when you find the enhancement(s) you like, APPLY it. Go to the bottom of the UNDERPAINTING dialogue box and choose
QUICKCLONE. This brings up a blank white canvas. Also the Tracing Paper option automatically comes on and shows the image
underneath. DO NOT BE FOOLED. It is only Tracing Paper, NOT a part of your image.
Now your image is ready to paint. Your brush and color pallets are ready to go! With the blank image active and your subject showing in
Tracing Paper, begin by choosing a brush that will be comfortable to trace the subject with. Traditional artists may enjoy sketching with a
pen brush or pencil. If so, drag it down into your Custom Pallet. I use the Oil Pastels, Variant-Variable Oil Pastel 10 with the CLONE
option. You have the option of using this brush with paint directly and that may be more familiar to you. I enjoy this brush cloning the COLOR
from the Clone Source. CLONE color option is contained in the COLORS pallet. Click on the little icon that looks like a stamp and the
colors pallet will become faded. When you want to paint directly with color again just click on this icon again. So now just trace the outline of
the image below. TURN OFF TRACING PAPER to see your image. I often continue with cloning the color from the underlying image until
the canvas is how I want the basic underpainting of the image. See below.
I choose the following technique because I really like the unintended colors that I can get by using an under image as my COLOR PALLET. I
often use completely unrelated images/backgrounds/etc. as a COLOR SOURCE. How do you do that? Read on!
A. The original photo as a color source as I demonstrated on Tuesday. Looking at your image, decide how you want to improve it or give it
some color pizazz.... remembering you want to clone color and/or composition from this original image. As you can see the boy has a cute
attitude and I really like the photo but the background is awful. Yes you can replace the background in Photoshop, but I wanted something
different. So I did the following:
With the image open. Go to WINDOW, SHOW UNDERPAINTING. Play with the choices that are offered. Try the various options and
when you find the enhancement(s) you like, APPLY it. Go to the bottom of the UNDERPAINTING dialogue box and choose
QUICKCLONE. This brings up a blank white canvas. Also the Tracing Paper option automatically comes on and shows the image
underneath. DO NOT BE FOOLED. It is only Tracing Paper, NOT a part of your image.
Now your image is ready to paint. Your brush and color pallets are ready to go! With the blank image active and your subject showing in
Tracing Paper, begin by choosing a brush that will be comfortable to trace the subject with. Traditional artists may enjoy sketching with a
pen brush or pencil. If so, drag it down into your Custom Pallet. I use the Oil Pastels, Variant-Variable Oil Pastel 10 with the CLONE
option. You have the option of using this brush with paint directly and that may be more familiar to you. I enjoy this brush cloning the COLOR
from the Clone Source. CLONE color option is contained in the COLORS pallet. Click on the little icon that looks like a stamp and the
colors pallet will become faded. When you want to paint directly with color again just click on this icon again. So now just trace the outline of
the image below. TURN OFF TRACING PAPER to see your image. I often continue with cloning the color from the underlying image until
the canvas is how I want the basic underpainting of the image. See below.
Close up of underpainting.
Now I begin painting in details in the traditional
time honored method, using favorite brushes,
getting my paint from the mixer or however I
wish. Just having fun!
time honored method, using favorite brushes,
getting my paint from the mixer or however I
wish. Just having fun!
If you are ready to venture further into the color world that Painter makes possible, try the next techniques.
OPEN PAINTER and OPEN the image you want to use.
RE: CUSTOM PALLETS
The pallets automatically load but only the last ones used will load. I have 27 Custom Pallets. Why? My memory is not poor, its non
existent.... Even if you remember just fine, Custom Pallets are very helpful and time saving to use a tried and true set of brushes. Definitely
a general brushes pallet is necessary. To name your pallets and to handle them, the Organizer is under WINDOW, CUSTOM PALLET, at
the top. You can rename the pallets with the Organizer.
RE: PAINT COLORS
There are MANY ways to obtain paint colors.
Traditional methods with color pallets, mixer (mix your own!!!!) and color sets (more about color sets next time). Try them, it is LOVELY to
be able to mix colors without getting paint everywhere. AND NOT HAVING TO CLEAN YOUR BRUSHES!!!
USING A PAINT SOURCE or many PAINT SOURCES for the same image with the brush set to CLONE COLOR. That is just the
beginning.
Tuesday, I demonstrated the ability to put a snapshot of a boy into a field of wildflowers. Open the photo of the person, also open the
image you want to use as a background. With the background active, go to File, Quick Clone. Choose a soft brush. Have the source of the
color be set on clone. Gently paint in the background, until you generally like it. I think I used the Acrylic Soft Wet brush.
Now change your CLONE SOURCE by going to File, Clone Source and choosing the main subject image. Apply Tracing Paper by
using CTRL T or going to the Menu and choosing CANVAS, Tracing Paper. You will now see the ghost image of the boy or subject on the
background you have active. Set a brush to trace the subject and either SKETCH it or set your favorite brush on CLONE color to get your
subject traced into the background. After you have traced the image into the background, IT IS IMPORTANT to turn off tracing paper and
let yourself go....PAINT, PAINT, PAINT! The sky is the limit!
Enjoy!
JM