tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13565902509743981162024-03-19T10:47:04.924+02:00Ivy Lily CreativeArt and crafts tips, tutorials and YouTube videos for creative people. Learn how to make a coloring book, drawing and painting tips, DIY recycled crafts and nature crafts. Colorful watercolor and acrylic paintings of girls from different cultures and adult coloring pages.Katrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11580784298393854959noreply@blogger.comBlogger297125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356590250974398116.post-4122638659588013212023-03-26T17:01:00.000+03:002023-03-26T17:01:34.624+03:00Free Reverse Coloring Pages<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifPv8iEerlKc2ZlQM-wJ_cylsFvok9Grp7xrRYHV1qM2_VEy-pkdClq1ZBLVq7I8FZ4_-n0lcP2ohuceDmk3XenXKkUmGCKNkW_a8Y5XjVCWIUl9j937wT1nR_1xuBg82gcpzcpYz-meTTWba_GRVDqtHB5Z5kLSeQ3QnVB7hnY7DX_AFDG2jxipp5fA/s1000/reverse%20coloring%20page%20blog%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="plant reverse coloring page without the lines and filled in" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifPv8iEerlKc2ZlQM-wJ_cylsFvok9Grp7xrRYHV1qM2_VEy-pkdClq1ZBLVq7I8FZ4_-n0lcP2ohuceDmk3XenXKkUmGCKNkW_a8Y5XjVCWIUl9j937wT1nR_1xuBg82gcpzcpYz-meTTWba_GRVDqtHB5Z5kLSeQ3QnVB7hnY7DX_AFDG2jxipp5fA/w640-h640/reverse%20coloring%20page%20blog%201.jpg" title="Reverse coloring page" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reverse coloring page of flowers and leaves.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>There's a new trend in coloring. Reverse coloring. The beginning of the trend seems to be <a href="https://amzn.to/40gWMLD" rel="nofollow">The Reverse Coloring book by Kendra Norton</a> (affiliate link). The coloring pages of a reverse coloring book are usually more or less abstract watercolor paintings. So the coloring page already has the colors and you draw the lines.</p><p>If you want to color on the go, you could only bring the coloring book and one pen for drawing the lines. But you could also use a variety of supplies. Different sizes of pens and markers for varying line thicknesses. Different colors of supplies. Paint markers. Metallic markers. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWH5N3CvIlwCqp0tQt7_sa9VOLyYowRgq-667Xw6BbOY8nsYczsbjN_WjR0zAwdWfhlVX3tF-macPAKhucpvK7xUlCWL6wFrn2Hj9bpDx8w7_qV7zwLE5PZOfULWq1w6X659HjUzjuH_pkKYRZpk02KsVLln9FqlbfgNmqPuRl2eImTgw4xwdSjSfiQ/s1000/reverse%20coloring%20page%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="sunset reverse coloring page without the lines and filled in" border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWH5N3CvIlwCqp0tQt7_sa9VOLyYowRgq-667Xw6BbOY8nsYczsbjN_WjR0zAwdWfhlVX3tF-macPAKhucpvK7xUlCWL6wFrn2Hj9bpDx8w7_qV7zwLE5PZOfULWq1w6X659HjUzjuH_pkKYRZpk02KsVLln9FqlbfgNmqPuRl2eImTgw4xwdSjSfiQ/w640-h640/reverse%20coloring%20page%202.jpg" title="Reverse coloring page" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reverse coloring page of a cloudy sunset sky.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>I tried making my own reverse coloring pages with watercolor on watercolor paper. One of them is a cloudy sunset sky above the sea. The other is of houseplant leaves and flowers. I scanned both of the pages before filling them in myself, so you could have a chance to reverse color them as well.</p><p><a href="http://bit.ly/FreebieColoringPage">Download the free reverse coloring page printables</a> by signing up to my email list. You'll get a link to all the free resources and find a PDF of the two reverse coloring pages inside the Free Coloring Pages folder. You can watch the video on <a href="https://youtu.be/vTMzIX2hiL0">how I made them and reverse colored them here</a>. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vTMzIX2hiL0" width="320" youtube-src-id="vTMzIX2hiL0"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Katrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11580784298393854959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356590250974398116.post-89692522409562841182021-08-01T18:08:00.002+03:002023-03-30T11:55:00.162+03:00How to Create Double Exposure Effect in Photoshop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKG7mzBARDJjo5ZvtJSABm2_p-oqyLYer3v811SRNIi9yb6HXmeCRw-nC6pE-xQIoQ7BVTtjZJMc97xIi_yPf7NzmzGl6eIeAZ5Lw0akAxhX5OVmnWEaAwPuZzwBtIqcLbt59JtnLripvH/s1138/photoshop+double+exposure2+640.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKG7mzBARDJjo5ZvtJSABm2_p-oqyLYer3v811SRNIi9yb6HXmeCRw-nC6pE-xQIoQ7BVTtjZJMc97xIi_yPf7NzmzGl6eIeAZ5Lw0akAxhX5OVmnWEaAwPuZzwBtIqcLbt59JtnLripvH/s16000/photoshop+double+exposure2+640.png" title="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" /></a></div><br /><p>Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it? I'll show you how to make three different versions of the same artwork or design for your print on demand shop using Photoshop: a silhouette, a double exposure effect combining two images and adding a gradient overlay. You can watch the <a href="https://youtu.be/8oOZpqZudw0" target="_blank">Photoshop tutorial video</a> or keep reading.</p><p><br /></p>
<iframe frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/8oOZpqZudw0" width="480"></iframe> <div><br /></div><div>If you don't have Photoshop, you can start a *<a href="https://prf.hn/l/WJb2YN2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">free 7 day trial</a>, which you can cancel at anytime before the 7 days are up. Adobe also has student discounts and different bundles and offers, which I'll link to below, if you want to buy a Photoshop subscription.<br /><br /><i>Disclaimer: Links marked with * are affiliate/referral links that let you support the blog / YouTube channel at no extra cost to you, if you make a purchase through them.</i><br /><br /><ul><li>*<a href="https://prf.hn/l/WJb2YN2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Start Free 7 Day Photoshop Trial</a> </li><li>*<a href="https://prf.hn/l/q5WANLe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Students Save over 60% on Adobe Creative Cloud</a> </li><li>*<a href="https://prf.hn/l/n0lJXEb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Start Free 7 Day Creative Cloud Trial</a></li></ul><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">Remove a solid color background</h3><div>Previously I showed you <a href="https://www.ivylilycreative.com/2020/03/how-to-edit-art-photoshop.html" target="_blank">how to edit your scanned or photographed traditional artwork</a> and <a href="https://www.ivylilycreative.com/2021/02/transparent-background-photoshop.html" target="_blank">how to remove the background</a>. I'll start by showing you an even faster way of removing the background if it's just a plain white or other solid color background.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkEAUVJlfc4Xmu700WNd9IUbriGcNba8z4JDSvtthgAdSeYcxxBYvUA9Os2l0tCved1eH6hx3ZAgUutjNGmfHb1a3FP9xcU3NgGZSxRyk-7F0ZSeKuIrZLTm6m39-iI-dMHOxMICjqLuRF/s1000/1+1000.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" border="0" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="1000" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkEAUVJlfc4Xmu700WNd9IUbriGcNba8z4JDSvtthgAdSeYcxxBYvUA9Os2l0tCved1eH6hx3ZAgUutjNGmfHb1a3FP9xcU3NgGZSxRyk-7F0ZSeKuIrZLTm6m39-iI-dMHOxMICjqLuRF/w640-h506/1+1000.png" title="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div>So, I'm opening my edited moth drawing in Photoshop. It has a solid white background, which we need to remove to turn the moth into a silhouette. Choose the <i>Quick selection tool</i> from the left toolbar. Right click it to open the menu and change to the <i>Magic wand tool</i>. You can change the <i>Tolerance</i>, if the selection isn't perfect. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgyiQufLqsoKnM-fBobL4beFg0sKErzZEcmwCHL3AFTbZJ_ZoR-5AKYUjW3v1UmS-U_UuhyRtj_bObnP1fOlTsEKZ1Jl_RkNle9nKWYCKt-OnOoUIksgNWeLD8d5JfWvW5cJkopFyGkOQ_/s1000/2+1000.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="1000" height="492" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgyiQufLqsoKnM-fBobL4beFg0sKErzZEcmwCHL3AFTbZJ_ZoR-5AKYUjW3v1UmS-U_UuhyRtj_bObnP1fOlTsEKZ1Jl_RkNle9nKWYCKt-OnOoUIksgNWeLD8d5JfWvW5cJkopFyGkOQ_/w640-h492/2+1000.png" title="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Then click on the background and Photoshop should select the whole background color that's connected to the spot you clicked on. I'm missing a little area between the antennae, so I'll make sure I have the <i>Add to selection</i> option chosen in the top bar and then click that area to add it to the previous selection. If you have a more complicated background to remove, check my blog post on <a href="https://www.ivylilycreative.com/2021/02/transparent-background-photoshop.html" rel="nofollow">removing backgrounds with Photoshop</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwM-6kqkfpFALuRLr4TDoYFKpw8EqTPBA7GRWbBvN5acACmfEpNytojmu_NCxkQ5W6qKklI63ashUxCGfny8L_xJvthAJDpOgy0JOfbOlYl-ZNZHis43AsraBVZhmOV70u5sYirzOE5X3/s1000/3+1000.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwM-6kqkfpFALuRLr4TDoYFKpw8EqTPBA7GRWbBvN5acACmfEpNytojmu_NCxkQ5W6qKklI63ashUxCGfny8L_xJvthAJDpOgy0JOfbOlYl-ZNZHis43AsraBVZhmOV70u5sYirzOE5X3/w640-h360/3+1000.png" title="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>When you're happy with the selection, let's remove the background. To create a transparent layer under the image, right click the image layer in the <i>Layers</i> tab and choose <i>Duplicate layer</i>. Click OK, and then click the eye icon of the bottom layer to hide it. This creates a transparent layer. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3tsPZQPfnZrDX_Rnz-4WLgyZyRhi8jdHTVwo7XP79zPhN-61vmBX8TETxo_bKHiAsMQmEpeJAB7v5Co8IP-wkoiHpVoNN1ip4MVQNeqF7F4dgz3VYrBOT9TMvgKNW27-uubbwKieD_6M/s1000/5+1000.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk3tsPZQPfnZrDX_Rnz-4WLgyZyRhi8jdHTVwo7XP79zPhN-61vmBX8TETxo_bKHiAsMQmEpeJAB7v5Co8IP-wkoiHpVoNN1ip4MVQNeqF7F4dgz3VYrBOT9TMvgKNW27-uubbwKieD_6M/w640-h360/5+1000.png" title="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Now, make sure you have the top layer selected and then press <i>Ctrl X</i> to remove the background you selected with the <i>Magic wand tool</i>. You can undo with <i>Ctrl Z</i>, if needed.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitCzce1JoeFLdpHJxCeeqws_aqCBRRho3ewV4E1BsFm8oAuvL7LBC_CXHa72h7QbctjjKFy6DNYrEVmXM_VK05RVeoMV_rGzDLBAWkVqq_aTLmEwbj8rTG8kaf2jf1o5K7eGBXwp_wQQbJ/s1000/6+1000.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitCzce1JoeFLdpHJxCeeqws_aqCBRRho3ewV4E1BsFm8oAuvL7LBC_CXHa72h7QbctjjKFy6DNYrEVmXM_VK05RVeoMV_rGzDLBAWkVqq_aTLmEwbj8rTG8kaf2jf1o5K7eGBXwp_wQQbJ/w640-h360/6+1000.png" title="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>To check that there aren't any stray pixels left over, add a new layer from the plus sign on the bottom of the <i>Layers</i> tab. Select a contrasting color in the color picker and then go to <i>Edit - Fill - Background color</i>, since I have the background color set to black in the color picker. So, now I have a black color layer underneath the image and it's easy to zoom in and check that there aren't any white pixels left, where there shouldn't be. Hide the black layer by ticking off the eye icon next to it, when you're done with the black background. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwNJZZkk1ng9FNJ8v7s03iybypZZxwlhYdqnbDNcr3Z-jBbEwNXJ55Uz4GmME35GIIDa1Dy4CZEO7GfMrFYIkOCwsT-iFq2Pcz8K5_rEauYMNcjwK0VXUuBwjPsXTxt4CswFGjBowyghAv/s1000/7+1000.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="1000" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwNJZZkk1ng9FNJ8v7s03iybypZZxwlhYdqnbDNcr3Z-jBbEwNXJ55Uz4GmME35GIIDa1Dy4CZEO7GfMrFYIkOCwsT-iFq2Pcz8K5_rEauYMNcjwK0VXUuBwjPsXTxt4CswFGjBowyghAv/w640-h474/7+1000.png" title="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Save this version at <i>File - Save as</i>, as both a PNG, which preserves the transparent background, and as a PSD file, which preserves the different layers for later use in Photoshop.</div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Make a silhouette</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCt95vyxtYvZfS_zCXbgJkudcCl1MJ0H4c1Kwe-2-JqpFS1SfUuVNHynRcyKN0ZcbqIx9y6_N1_nsSFcki8oWQKJQU5cVlJAlzOA1JgqhYg1JOGKk6JDpQutTAc2R9-ucGyEmXNntLZHLf/s1000/8+1000.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" border="0" data-original-height="742" data-original-width="1000" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCt95vyxtYvZfS_zCXbgJkudcCl1MJ0H4c1Kwe-2-JqpFS1SfUuVNHynRcyKN0ZcbqIx9y6_N1_nsSFcki8oWQKJQU5cVlJAlzOA1JgqhYg1JOGKk6JDpQutTAc2R9-ucGyEmXNntLZHLf/w640-h474/8+1000.png" title="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Next let's make the silhouette. Make sure the image layer is selected. Take the <i>Magic wand tool</i> again and click on the transparent background, so you'll have the transparent area selected. Go to <i>Select - Inverse</i> to invert the selection, so you'll have the actual image selected instead of the background. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe2n6XhkfTcalx4w6dhWhJ6w0Sj6u1MqQXmBgkzh_-t5UL6HndL7VS7GWk-a22GLLhzXzT1yKe1cAPuAPniLJrp4QyZBM55Fs9OKkiBHqfTlXgEcDHT3AdO48fu2-Kfcdm1FZBzDStFh_u/s1000/9+1000.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe2n6XhkfTcalx4w6dhWhJ6w0Sj6u1MqQXmBgkzh_-t5UL6HndL7VS7GWk-a22GLLhzXzT1yKe1cAPuAPniLJrp4QyZBM55Fs9OKkiBHqfTlXgEcDHT3AdO48fu2-Kfcdm1FZBzDStFh_u/w640-h360/9+1000.png" title="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>I already have black selected in the color picker, so I'll go to <i>Edit - Fill - Background color</i> to fill the moth with black. I'll save this silhouette as a PNG. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8PInHOkGfDJIQCi8HpBCdEBXTjdP_dPAjFijKboG-4nA_4R9eih_rSPjvY8N7DrCQuz-9zCRvogv3PwWbnah49WT62x0LhhlOPiouh2VWBDy89D6Zje_kRnJY8zHstntbCuqOkn3IQvJq/s1000/10+1000.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" border="0" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="1000" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8PInHOkGfDJIQCi8HpBCdEBXTjdP_dPAjFijKboG-4nA_4R9eih_rSPjvY8N7DrCQuz-9zCRvogv3PwWbnah49WT62x0LhhlOPiouh2VWBDy89D6Zje_kRnJY8zHstntbCuqOkn3IQvJq/w640-h502/10+1000.png" title="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Create a double exposure effect</h3><div><br /></div><div>Let's do a double exposure effect. Go to <i>File - Open</i> and find the image you want to use. I'll go with a landscape painting. I'll drag it over on top of the moth drawing. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTu8qv2ySf74woRS4qDBJFNSGDBTOR74SasrVkcIaWQ8VbWpKYE9FqDVmnSTBHn6sJxa2LzA8Nbj6cUTrZPvTVM_NwLHwBsbOkRcW7R7WxQtf8kv8QJiSroPwkJFj1fR2XiWgvMFVLp50d/s1000/11+1000.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTu8qv2ySf74woRS4qDBJFNSGDBTOR74SasrVkcIaWQ8VbWpKYE9FqDVmnSTBHn6sJxa2LzA8Nbj6cUTrZPvTVM_NwLHwBsbOkRcW7R7WxQtf8kv8QJiSroPwkJFj1fR2XiWgvMFVLp50d/w640-h360/11+1000.png" title="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Make sure the top layer is selected in the <i>Layers</i> tab and lower the opacity from the slider, so you can see the other image underneath and then move the top layer so it's covering the whole image underneath. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvp3oXEM2Xo704eXDStZDimxOVqQ-4LGKk7TuewmnVA-F37J8jEFOKU686FiTRF44hMmoD2N4B_rRz8yGuZ3TxAgtf7L4-3FPP2cKg51aocQm38Vpd65lRYF9a9q5HLoaUePVdfrzBoj2/s1000/12+1000.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjvp3oXEM2Xo704eXDStZDimxOVqQ-4LGKk7TuewmnVA-F37J8jEFOKU686FiTRF44hMmoD2N4B_rRz8yGuZ3TxAgtf7L4-3FPP2cKg51aocQm38Vpd65lRYF9a9q5HLoaUePVdfrzBoj2/w640-h428/12+1000.png" title="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Select the lower layer and use the <i>Magic wand tool </i>again to select the transparent background. </div><div><br /></div><div>Select the top layer and press <i>Ctrl X</i> to remove the area that's on top of the transparent background. Now you have a double exposure image and you can play with the opacities of both layers and even erase a part of one of the layers. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOr05S81RRMnwsuGOUGKvcF1plgSLkCHltPwYhrPVaGVcORjO0bCQaMEamLTmqQ5N7lCoUrDExd3CkATk82mx9OmpPR9Gq_2KLGSTUYe4Kod7nFWt2b6KfnU3zqZ5t7xa_XHKT5u8lsdJ2/s1000/13+1000.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOr05S81RRMnwsuGOUGKvcF1plgSLkCHltPwYhrPVaGVcORjO0bCQaMEamLTmqQ5N7lCoUrDExd3CkATk82mx9OmpPR9Gq_2KLGSTUYe4Kod7nFWt2b6KfnU3zqZ5t7xa_XHKT5u8lsdJ2/w640-h428/13+1000.png" title="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>I want to fade out the landscape painting so that it's only covering the wings of the moth and I'll do that with the <i>Eraser tool</i>. I'll make it softer and set the size in the top toolbar to large and change the opacity to 100%. I'll erase the part of the landscape that's on top of the head and top half of the moth to reveal the moth drawing underneath and leave a soft transition. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPwzcbM2r9m-aDM1nRCv5vQf3N1DDQldq1wOqcjzOB_YD8Rpf1HtxoMI0hxUXhmPqfiW8dcyHqj4sOKVe7BrIIdagfKraGu-9-KCSZTjB2vRmNYJeOLZ-DIkBaHMstEA_kjKr68Lyw419L/s1000/14+1000.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="1000" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPwzcbM2r9m-aDM1nRCv5vQf3N1DDQldq1wOqcjzOB_YD8Rpf1HtxoMI0hxUXhmPqfiW8dcyHqj4sOKVe7BrIIdagfKraGu-9-KCSZTjB2vRmNYJeOLZ-DIkBaHMstEA_kjKr68Lyw419L/w640-h428/14+1000.png" title="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>You can make the seam less noticeable by lowering the opacity of the <i>Eraser tool</i> and making a kind of a gradient between the two images. </div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Create a gradient double exposure effect</h3><div><br /></div><div>You can also do an actual gradient between a color and transparency to achieve a similar effect. If you use gradients for print on demand, keep in mind that they might not print perfectly on fabric.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lR_oK_RBF_6Z07NoK_X9R3dcxSHlpu4dqDHhqxxN67PdFfX1oyqrajCrRA1nHu4fReOtZaeMLqngj7Ji2Toq14YytT5Dd9Lrx7nHVnwVB1FBfeKvQnfXPXYayTXCLWtN-bz13tfksDY1/s1000/15+1000.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lR_oK_RBF_6Z07NoK_X9R3dcxSHlpu4dqDHhqxxN67PdFfX1oyqrajCrRA1nHu4fReOtZaeMLqngj7Ji2Toq14YytT5Dd9Lrx7nHVnwVB1FBfeKvQnfXPXYayTXCLWtN-bz13tfksDY1/w640-h360/15+1000.png" title="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Pick the <i>Gradient </i>from the left toolbar. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-jh5QT_jsMtkMUMMFlMRuY6G6qSmuqG_paIDgyq59t0cyG_2MRfDdLNt0nuCsDXmmKV61eal6r0pQGbePh9YXw6ZZowgzqcQtWVf7ajUlkTOsgeuYvt-8oIzKwhRHa2cv8YLi1pC7Xzg/s1000/16+1000.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="1000" height="506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-jh5QT_jsMtkMUMMFlMRuY6G6qSmuqG_paIDgyq59t0cyG_2MRfDdLNt0nuCsDXmmKV61eal6r0pQGbePh9YXw6ZZowgzqcQtWVf7ajUlkTOsgeuYvt-8oIzKwhRHa2cv8YLi1pC7Xzg/w640-h506/16+1000.png" title="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Choose the two colors in the boxes with the color picker or you can use one of the ready made gradients. You can also choose shapes like radial or linear. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGcFftdwY4OUTHfsdOIdZq8hb34hj06vCko90P1N76-i61WL5gXhfpMj98xgAlxr_tgOIBkILsgXN7OgxcWzUwAwIE3XeYWeiieef9E5vzp_ZZ8OTxvCHpsCTuC5-Ai1dekqztSyjocrKV/s1000/17+1000.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="1000" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGcFftdwY4OUTHfsdOIdZq8hb34hj06vCko90P1N76-i61WL5gXhfpMj98xgAlxr_tgOIBkILsgXN7OgxcWzUwAwIE3XeYWeiieef9E5vzp_ZZ8OTxvCHpsCTuC5-Ai1dekqztSyjocrKV/w640-h430/17+1000.png" title="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Make a new layer from the plus sign below the <i>Layers</i> tab for the gradient. Fill the new layer with the gradient by clicking the start and end points. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFXBRZwlNSgcMwEpPJwidDlPVMmGelK5lGovf4iJT_hMqn-AZbUB5R58BJYziDYy3xt-lyC1hBR89uY56yEbJodr9E46KbazzhVNFPlkqFf2RNX4Rk__Kqy3K4g__F7igOipWWnG0Uk-T/s1000/18+1000.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFXBRZwlNSgcMwEpPJwidDlPVMmGelK5lGovf4iJT_hMqn-AZbUB5R58BJYziDYy3xt-lyC1hBR89uY56yEbJodr9E46KbazzhVNFPlkqFf2RNX4Rk__Kqy3K4g__F7igOipWWnG0Uk-T/w640-h360/18+1000.png" title="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Then lower the opacity of the layer, so you can see the other image underneath. Use the <i>Magic wand tool </i>on the bottom layer to select the transparent background once again. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitGi8PhBce-KPxaZot04DOspWmtakodNgLc-IY-pGTTAHm6xDmmg54K5bu6JgbTlntAgF1n8i9DnGKcgOLQ8C1wHE3gnNxAcP5OTLP96X12qRWIa3sIhvKnmjCysI8TA1SUbD9c8eILLV3/s1000/19+1000.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitGi8PhBce-KPxaZot04DOspWmtakodNgLc-IY-pGTTAHm6xDmmg54K5bu6JgbTlntAgF1n8i9DnGKcgOLQ8C1wHE3gnNxAcP5OTLP96X12qRWIa3sIhvKnmjCysI8TA1SUbD9c8eILLV3/w640-h360/19+1000.png" title="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Then choose the gradient layer and press <i>Ctrl X </i>to remove the background.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcSnMzd1d5Bh1Vp1E1woAS3E7msvi1gRBGF9dM-xbF0bBDSUYHeuxq7jt-qBFbl-7Wp_y7cNfmaoJys34mkM7tHA6ItT030vXBlt8wPRXk7yL4D9yQY63tdPGF1qL2EUe2XzQq-Aqx1__/s1000/20+1000.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="1000" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcSnMzd1d5Bh1Vp1E1woAS3E7msvi1gRBGF9dM-xbF0bBDSUYHeuxq7jt-qBFbl-7Wp_y7cNfmaoJys34mkM7tHA6ItT030vXBlt8wPRXk7yL4D9yQY63tdPGF1qL2EUe2XzQq-Aqx1__/w640-h430/20+1000.png" title="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Now you're left with the gradient on top of the image. You can play with the opacity and use the <i>Eraser tool</i> again to reveal more of the image underneath. Make sure to save both the PNG and PSD versions. </div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhytJDsVSR47-BgLJqkHRryZ_DB4dLL8tprem1Gv2wsoFlav7ZwROxe2r-JfB3xyPA2NYS8xVeCAV0Xn9-w_dbHlD_UXQjECOPva8bLXOSaAxXny_Ph9Wsh26QVPeSg_k9M9lrQ0EQpAKKy/s1138/photoshop+double+exposure640px.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhytJDsVSR47-BgLJqkHRryZ_DB4dLL8tprem1Gv2wsoFlav7ZwROxe2r-JfB3xyPA2NYS8xVeCAV0Xn9-w_dbHlD_UXQjECOPva8bLXOSaAxXny_Ph9Wsh26QVPeSg_k9M9lrQ0EQpAKKy/s16000/photoshop+double+exposure640px.jpg" title="Want to create a double exposure effect for your art, design or photo, where you'll have a silhouette of one image and another image inside it?" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p></div>Katrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11580784298393854959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356590250974398116.post-27575650686896974822021-02-01T19:38:00.002+02:002023-03-30T12:10:46.225+03:00How to Make a Transparent Background in Photoshop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiSeCGoNJwLxQ0ExCQoHlXo4M5KcCJskdj8fK_JY7xUdz30PYFiaWz8uhZqi5SuwjanLkiBn2mA8xqRkOxHnXOXcZrZudslHFh98gBb2zLywt9qIsZdPB4pqU-PP_EGkdeKdy-oAHgTsY3/s1138/blog+photoshop+transparent+background+640.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="How to remove the background from your artwork or photo to add a transparent background with Photoshop." border="0" data-original-height="1138" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiSeCGoNJwLxQ0ExCQoHlXo4M5KcCJskdj8fK_JY7xUdz30PYFiaWz8uhZqi5SuwjanLkiBn2mA8xqRkOxHnXOXcZrZudslHFh98gBb2zLywt9qIsZdPB4pqU-PP_EGkdeKdy-oAHgTsY3/s16000/blog+photoshop+transparent+background+640.png" title="How to remove the background from your artwork or photo to add a transparent background with Photoshop." /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Want to remove the background of your artwork, design or photo? I'll show you how to turn the background of your artwork transparent using Photoshop, so you can use it as a sticker or a t-shirt design or a repeating pattern for your print-on-demand shop, such as Redbubble. You can watch the <a href="https://youtu.be/bH_hNnkwpTU" target="_blank">Photoshop tutorial video</a> or keep reading.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bH_hNnkwpTU" width="640" youtube-src-id="bH_hNnkwpTU"></iframe></div><p><br /></p><p>
If you don't have Photoshop, you can start a <a href="https://prf.hn/l/WJb2YN2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">free 7 day trial</a>, which you can cancel at anytime before the 7 days are up. Adobe also has student discounts and different bundles and offers, which I'll link to below, if you want to buy a Photoshop subscription.<br /><br /><i>Disclaimer: Links marked with * are affiliate/referral links that let you support the blog / YouTube channel at no extra cost to you, if you make a purchase through them.</i><br /><br /></p><ul><li>*<a href="https://prf.hn/l/WJb2YN2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Start Free 7 Day Photoshop Trial</a> </li><li>*<a href="https://prf.hn/l/q5WANLe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Students Save over 60% on Adobe Creative Cloud</a> </li><li>*<a href="https://prf.hn/l/n0lJXEb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Start Free 7 Day Creative Cloud Trial</a></li></ul><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">Select the background</h3><div><br /></div><div>I showed you <a href="https://www.ivylilycreative.com/2020/03/how-to-edit-art-photoshop.html" target="_blank">how to edit a scanned or photographed artwork</a> by adjusting the contrast, sharpness, saturation, fixing small mistakes and cropping the art in a previous blog post, so that's where we're picking up from to show you one way to remove the background. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-L6Wt08pb_qaeKbYwsRLXEXeaLxBBgJ-UfidoT3LVyWw3YIP5_adcIO8ip402c7Z-yBcA-Lg2kL-4j9Bo39nRjpJXmlfPknTFF79eyJ9p2K-_ree7R3VmtX_X_C8JtNHlYAG9g4P2XBkd/s1410/Photoshop+remove+background_Moment.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="How to remove the background from your artwork or photo to add a transparent background with Photoshop." border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1410" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-L6Wt08pb_qaeKbYwsRLXEXeaLxBBgJ-UfidoT3LVyWw3YIP5_adcIO8ip402c7Z-yBcA-Lg2kL-4j9Bo39nRjpJXmlfPknTFF79eyJ9p2K-_ree7R3VmtX_X_C8JtNHlYAG9g4P2XBkd/w640-h490/Photoshop+remove+background_Moment.jpg" title="How to remove the background from your artwork or photo to add a transparent background with Photoshop." width="640" /></a></div><p>We'll use the <i>Quick select tool</i>, so let's choose that from the left toolbar. Make sure the <i>Edge detection</i> is checked. You can also change the brush size. Make it smaller, if you want a more precise edge. Also, notice the three different brush images in the top bar. I have <i>Add to selection</i> chosen, but you might have <i>Create new selection</i> chosen, which is fine. </p><p>To select an area, just paint over the background with the mouse and Photoshop will detect the edges of the background and add parts of the background to the selection as you go. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdSsO6dCIrqNYSEMAQoKQFhLXxdZewWEPYNi9z8AThNRAt0kZwGP00EQ24DOpgt2HCzOHHKTZhuIj35-AnsxdW_W6kcE29vnRVITtqHbmPvK8YH7BiNfBlNlWA7VHgm0_YxfkA0Au8yKiG/s1413/Photoshop+remove+background_Moment2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="How to remove the background from your artwork or photo to add a transparent background with Photoshop." border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1413" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdSsO6dCIrqNYSEMAQoKQFhLXxdZewWEPYNi9z8AThNRAt0kZwGP00EQ24DOpgt2HCzOHHKTZhuIj35-AnsxdW_W6kcE29vnRVITtqHbmPvK8YH7BiNfBlNlWA7VHgm0_YxfkA0Au8yKiG/w640-h490/Photoshop+remove+background_Moment2.jpg" title="How to remove the background from your artwork or photo to add a transparent background with Photoshop." width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>If you have a clear difference between the background and foreground, your selection might be perfect, but mine isn't. Some areas I want to keep were added to the selection that I'll be removing later. So, to deselect those you can either press <i>alt</i> while painting with the mouse or click the <i>Deselect</i> icon in the top bar which is the brush with the minus sign. I'm going back and forth between selecting and deselecting to get the tail of the bird and the whole branch out of the selection. </p><p>You can use the <i>Magnifying tool</i> to zoom into the picture to see the edges better, and again press <i>alt</i> while using it to zoom out. </p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Adding a transparent layer and removing the background</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkQqeDKx0015FHksTrvditM9scPRtkwWzDfncZhWCSRteCR41PbO7Pg4x2HHBLoz82KrRc6e39OFxlUuSDB3s868CJd4Lz67w8xBLnX5Fr44jlsIjFgxoZ55Jz4zef0j5bPqg18Sr-HvW/s1537/Photoshop+remove+background_Moment3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="How to remove the background from your artwork or photo to add a transparent background with Photoshop." border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1537" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkQqeDKx0015FHksTrvditM9scPRtkwWzDfncZhWCSRteCR41PbO7Pg4x2HHBLoz82KrRc6e39OFxlUuSDB3s868CJd4Lz67w8xBLnX5Fr44jlsIjFgxoZ55Jz4zef0j5bPqg18Sr-HvW/w640-h450/Photoshop+remove+background_Moment3.jpg" title="How to remove the background from your artwork or photo to add a transparent background with Photoshop." width="640" /></a></div><p>When you're happy with the selection, let's remove the background. To create a transparent layer under the image, I'll right click the image layer in the <i>Layers tab</i> and choose <i>Duplicate layer.</i> Click <i>Ok</i>, and then click the eye icon of the bottom layer to hide it. This creates a transparent layer. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ6ecPwEuFGiiGzrbjLpkwMHvYstE2yv0iNrUrtMEqfWNcbeOpkXaua1hYeHq3kQmGqpx7MQHNKetN7yfykzZE5vOwIBwv-HHvN05DqlvACStgOYdeacZ5AHFQHWLn430SkMlbPcfidOpJ/s1542/Photoshop+remove+background_Moment4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="How to remove the background from your artwork or photo to add a transparent background with Photoshop." border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1542" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ6ecPwEuFGiiGzrbjLpkwMHvYstE2yv0iNrUrtMEqfWNcbeOpkXaua1hYeHq3kQmGqpx7MQHNKetN7yfykzZE5vOwIBwv-HHvN05DqlvACStgOYdeacZ5AHFQHWLn430SkMlbPcfidOpJ/w640-h448/Photoshop+remove+background_Moment4.jpg" title="How to remove the background from your artwork or photo to add a transparent background with Photoshop." width="640" /></a></div><p>Now, make sure you have the top layer selected and then press <i>Ctrl x</i> to remove the background you selected with the <i>Quick select tool</i>. And you can undo with <i>Crtl z</i>, if you needed. </p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Fixing up with the eraser tool</h3><p>For a traditional painting like this, the result is pretty jagged. I'll show you how to use the eraser tool to fix it up. You can see the edges better and check for any rogue leftover pixels by adding a solid color background. </p><p>Add new layer from the plus sign in the downbar. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wBy9rs2JsMDW4UURGMpFsLyh9Ctalm11J4gspVXAU9bOYDF_ATehH5wSOfr3xpyUHFYG6RsNOFdSou3bKg0MfWTHfRNTlRRfFJK_140d7XEOGdy4jY5o4NtRFCD1QF6L8ZXNGB49Xe-5/s1761/Photoshop+remove+background_Moment5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="How to remove the background from your artwork or photo to add a transparent background with Photoshop." border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1761" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9wBy9rs2JsMDW4UURGMpFsLyh9Ctalm11J4gspVXAU9bOYDF_ATehH5wSOfr3xpyUHFYG6RsNOFdSou3bKg0MfWTHfRNTlRRfFJK_140d7XEOGdy4jY5o4NtRFCD1QF6L8ZXNGB49Xe-5/w640-h392/Photoshop+remove+background_Moment5.jpg" title="How to remove the background from your artwork or photo to add a transparent background with Photoshop." width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Color it by selecting the color in the <i>Color picker</i>. Use a contrasting color compared to your image. I'll use a black background, 'cause the image is quite light. Then go to <i>Edit - Fill - Foreground color</i>. Now you can see the edges better and mine do not look good. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE9gG-X9xF29a3TuME61fE2Tw2-LFGxSohj-xnVZPSTTbdE379tN3-1lAkEZzf2JNdaInT2E0GxpAtjL86gsvyOnnHkBZ5_aUuCmGvrS1lnUMfSNB4CbbEaocm7lY_uiu1MkJnCZxJpbEY/s1859/Photoshop+remove+background_Moment6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="How to remove the background from your artwork or photo to add a transparent background with Photoshop." border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1859" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE9gG-X9xF29a3TuME61fE2Tw2-LFGxSohj-xnVZPSTTbdE379tN3-1lAkEZzf2JNdaInT2E0GxpAtjL86gsvyOnnHkBZ5_aUuCmGvrS1lnUMfSNB4CbbEaocm7lY_uiu1MkJnCZxJpbEY/w640-h372/Photoshop+remove+background_Moment6.jpg" title="How to remove the background from your artwork or photo to add a transparent background with Photoshop." width="640" /></a></div><p>Select the <i>Eraser brush</i> from the left toolbar and set the brush size and hardness. I'm making the size pretty small and using a hard brush. Now use the eraser to smooth out the edges. </p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Exporting and saving the image</h3><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQe42ddpspVu10d4ULvvzdziWL1q3KeQZhuQCEw-QyVRBrnqY7LGEi0VcPZS9Gs_to7JOcA-uUbprjONCtGJTtYBECre49rA2iVB6A8aRdsj8yKcBhKnO-N52euyUUi0HPJWpYkYFyUW_/s1670/Photoshop+remove+background_Moment7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="How to remove the background from your artwork or photo to add a transparent background with Photoshop." border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1670" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQe42ddpspVu10d4ULvvzdziWL1q3KeQZhuQCEw-QyVRBrnqY7LGEi0VcPZS9Gs_to7JOcA-uUbprjONCtGJTtYBECre49rA2iVB6A8aRdsj8yKcBhKnO-N52euyUUi0HPJWpYkYFyUW_/w640-h414/Photoshop+remove+background_Moment7.jpg" title="How to remove the background from your artwork or photo to add a transparent background with Photoshop." width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>When you're done, make the background color invisible by clicking the eye icon next to it in the <i>Layers tab</i>. And make sure to save the image as PNG to keep the transparency in the background. If you save it as JPEG, you'll get a solid color background. It might also be a good idea to save the PSD Photoshop file, if you'd like to use the layers later. </p>Katrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11580784298393854959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356590250974398116.post-14247236675210136372020-03-22T09:48:00.002+02:002023-03-30T12:12:08.999+03:00How to Edit Your Scanned Art Using Photoshop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Want to fix up your traditional, scanned or photographed artworks for prints or your print-on-demand shop? I'll show you how to edit your artworks in Photoshop. We'll go though how to brighten up the colors, spruce up the contrast, make the art look sharper, crop and rotate, fix any small errors like dust particles from the scanner or paint brush bristles and see what's the deal with RGB and CMYK color modes! You can watch the <a href="https://youtu.be/QDOG0LdvX6k" target="_blank">Photoshop tutorial video</a> or keep reading.<br>
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What's the difference between pan and tube watercolors? Tube vs. pan watercolors - one artwork in two mediums! I'm comparing tube and pan watercolors by swatching them and painting roughly the same image with each of them on the same type of watercolor paper. You can watch <a href="https://youtu.be/ActQ7H5g8oc" target="_blank">the pans vs. tubes speed painting video</a> or keep reading.<br />
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I've always used pans, but I recently got these <a href="https://www.ivylilycreative.com/2019/07/watercolor-kit-unboxing-and-review.html" target="_blank">tube watercolors sent to me</a> and tried them for the first time. I've been using them a little bit since in combination with my pan watercolors and I'll finally compare them by swatching the colors and painting roughly the same image with each of them on the same type of watercolor paper. I did this around Easter so thought I'd paint daffodils.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cotman pan watercolors and Home Hobby by 3L tube watercolors.</td></tr>
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Pan watercolors</h3>
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The pan watercolors are the *<a href="https://amzn.to/2R9kea2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pocket Plus Watercolor Set by Winsor & Newton Cotman</a>. I've had this set for over nine years and I have yet to replace any of the pans although a few of them are running very low and are in need of replacing. In fact, the Alizarin Crimson Hue has almost completely run out and I couldn't even get a proper swatch anymore.<br />
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The set comes with 12 paint pans and they're half pan size and the student grade. The set came with a few mixing trays and a brush that also fits inside the set although I rarely use that brush. The set is a small size, hence the name pocket set, so you can travel with it. There's no water holder or anything that comes with it, though. I do not remember how much this cost when I bought it. I'm assuming it was something between 15 to 20 euros.<br />
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Tube watercolors</h3>
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The *<a href="https://amzn.to/2J7SW0J" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tube watercolor set is by Home Hobby by 3L</a> and was sent to me for a review. It came with 12 12 ml tubes and I also got the mixing tray as part of the bigger watercolor kit they sent. But if you buy them individually, the mixing tray does not come with the watercolors, it's a separate item. On their online store the watercolors are 6,99 and the mixing tray is 1,99 in euros. And it says on the website that they're artist quality paints.<br />
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So, let's compare the tube and pan watercolors or at least these two brands specifically, because I don't have experience with other student or artist grade watercolors. The color selection between the sets isn't exactly the same, but close enough.<br />
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The pans can be a little hard to use, but you can add a drop of water or spray water on them and let it sit for a while to soften them. As you can see by the swatches, I really can't get the same opacity and saturation with the pan watercolors as I do with the tube watercolors. I don't know if that's due to how I use them or a difference between pans and tubes in general or the quality and pigmentation of the paints.<br />
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The white was a good example of this. I normally use the white in the pan set for muting colors or mixing skin tones. But with the tube watercolors, I noticed in a previous painting, I can actually use the white for highlights on darker colors, because it's that opaque. Comparing them in the swatches, the white pan was not completely clean so it wasn't a good comparison, though. The pan watercolor white is Chinese white, but the tube watercolor just says white, it doesn't specify which white pigment it is. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished daffodil paintings. Pan watercolor painting on the left and tube watercolor painting on the right. </td></tr>
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The tube paints are easier to mix with water so if you need to paint larger areas and mix a lot of paint, it's easier to squeeze out more paint from a tube than to try get that much pigment off a pan with a brush. But I do think I'm using out the tubes quicker than the pans. It's easy to use too much paint at a time with the tubes.<br />
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I did find that it's easier to keep tube watercolors clean since you're only mixing the colors on the mixing tray or maybe even on the paper as you're painting, but not in the tubes. Whereas with pan watercolors, while I do mix in the mixing trays, I don't usually bother cleaning the brush in between colors, when I'm adding them to the mix, and I end up mixing on the pans as well and they get dirty.<br />
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As for after the painting, I think you should clean the pan watercolors. I rarely do that, I usually just leave the set open to let the pans and the mixing trays dry before closing the box and only wash the brushes. With the tubes, just close each tube and pack them away. And you can either rinse out the mixing tray or let it dry and re-wet the paints and keep using them the next time.<br />
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However, pans are made more accessible in the sense that you don't have to keep opening and closing caps while you're painting like you do with tubes, when you need more paint.<br />
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I don't know if I'll replace the colors that are nearly finished from the pan set or if I'll just keep using them together with the tube watercolors. Of course, it would be nice to have the little travel set as complete, but whenever I've though about replacing few individual the pans and searched for them at an art store, they've been very expensive.<br />
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So, maybe I'll just squeeze some of the tube watercolor into those empty pan boxes and let it dry and use that as a kind of a pan watercolor. I remember hearing somewhere that if you let tube watercolor dry and rewet it, it's going to lose some of its qualities though. Or maybe that was about some specific brand. So, if there's someone more experienced with tube watercolors watching this, let me know what you think about that.<br />
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I'd like to know if you use watercolor tubes or pans and if you've tried both, which ones do you prefer and why or do you use both but for different purposes?</h4>
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Where to buy these watercolor paints and supplies</h3>
• *<a href="https://amzn.to/2WK4cFP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Winsor & Newton Cotman Water Colour Paint Pocket Plus Set on Amazon</a><br />
• HomeHobby By 3L art kits on *<a href="https://www.amazon.com/shop/ivylilycreative?listId=3P5RT5MKGDJE3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon (US)</a><br />
• HomeHobby By 3L watercolor supplies on *<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/ivylilycreative?listId=2GXQBX6Z8VRLZ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon (UK)</a><br />
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Source</h4>
<a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/choosing-between-pan-and-tube-watercolors-2573983" target="_blank">Choosing between pan and tube watercolors</a> from liveaboutdotcomKatrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11580784298393854959noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356590250974398116.post-37615059491374057402019-07-09T14:20:00.000+03:002019-07-12T20:59:04.585+03:00Watercolor Kit Unboxing and Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Is it possible to have all the supplies you need to start watercolor painting delivered to you in one kit? Let's see! I unboxed and reviewed the Home Hobby By 3L Watercolor Studio Kit and tried following one of their step-by-step guides on how to paint an ostrich in rainbow colors. Watch the <a href="https://youtu.be/Mp8TjQHGEMY" target="_blank">watercolor kit review video</a> or keep reading.<br />
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What is Home Hobby By 3L?</h3>
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I got an email from 123-creative.com, which is an online store that sells Home Hobby By 3L art and crafts products, saying that they'd like to send me one of their new watercolor kits to review on my YouTube channel. So, they kindly sent me this kit for free. However, the video is not sponsored and they did not ask me to make this blog post. I just wanted to share this on the blog, too.<br />
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They have multiple watercolor kits and reading through the product info, I noticed they all have the same supplies and the difference is in the instructions included in the kits. So, the basic kit has just the supplies and the others have different step-by-step instructions based on your level. The price is based on how many instructions are included. The one that spoke to me the most was the ostrich so I got that advanced watercolor kit.<br />
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The division of the kits to beginner, intermediate and advanced seems to be based on the difficulty level of the step-by-step guides and not about a difference in the quality of the paints.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Advanced Watercolor Studio Kit and some of its contents.</td></tr>
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Contents of the watercolor kit</h3>
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The kit includes the guides, a paint mixing tray, a brush set, 12 watercolor tubes, a set of 12 watercolor pencils and a set of 12 watercolor pastels as well as a pencil sharpener and a watercolor paper pad.<br />
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The brush set includes five different sizes. The big brushes are nice, the big flat one is good for a background wash. I do like small brushes for details and the smallest one they included was size 4, but if it holds its shape well, it's fine for details.<br />
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This was my first time trying tube watercolor paints. I had only used pan watercolors before. They say not to let the paint dry in the mixing well, but I'm not sure why. They also sell acrylic paints, so could this part of the instructions be directed for acrylics rather than watercolor?<br />
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The pastels unfortunately arrived a bit broken and dirty, but I cleaned them with rice afterwards and they were fine. Overall, I'd say all of the plastic packaging was quite dusty, but the products themselves other than the pastels, were clean.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The set included everything from paints, pencils, paper, palette and brushes to instructions. I only needed a water jar, masking tape and a surface to tape the paper onto.</td></tr>
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The sharpener has two holes, a bigger and a smaller one which I like, although I don't think there's anything in this kit that requires the bigger hole, but it's still useful to have for other supplies.<br />
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There's a color wheel included in this kit that tells you exactly which colors you need to mix from the tube watercolors in this kit to get the results you want. I think it's a helpful addition, but you can can of course paint the same color wheel on your own and refer to that, too.<br />
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The watercolor paper pad has 10 sheets of acid free cold press 300 gsm watercolor paper, which I think is quite a good thickness. There's a bit of texture, but not too much. It's a bit of an off-white compared to my other watercolor papers.<br />
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I tested out the watercolor pencils, pastels and paints, so you can see how they look compared to each other and how well the pencils and pastels blend or dissolve with water.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swatches: watercolor pencils, watercolor pastels and tube watercolors.</td></tr>
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The colors are almost the same in each set so you can sketch and paint over it with a matching color if you want. The pastels are a little more opaque than the watercolor pencils and how well they dissolve differs a bit from color to color.<br />
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With the watercolor paints I was actually surprised how opaque they were. As I said, I've only used pan watercolors before and I think this level of opaqueness would be hard to achieve in one layer with the pan watercolors I have. I did use very little water for these swatches though, and added more water for the actual painting.<br />
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Watercolor guides and tips</h3>
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Besides the step-by-step guides, they also give you little tips like if the paper buckles, you can re-wet it from the backside and let it dry flat. I've heard that tip before but I haven't tried it yet. I do like that they include tips like this that can be very useful especially for beginners.<br />
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The instructions said to stretch the paper beforehand to prevent the paper from warping or buckling when it dries and that they have tips on how to stretch the paper on their website. They do in fact have both helpful <a href="http://123-creative.online/" target="_blank">blog posts</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkt4wW6p38kvIX-MmqN20qg" target="_blank">YouTube videos</a>.<br />
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They suggest stretching the paper by taping down the paper on a hard surface with masking tape and then wetting it with a large brush and letting it dry before painting, so I tried that for this painting. I think it's best if you can stretch it wet and tape it down with gummed paper tape, but since it's not included in the kit and I don't have gummed paper tape yet, we'll go with the technique they suggested.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beginning of the ostrich watercolor painting.</td></tr>
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Abstract watercolor ostrich</h3>
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Since the ostrich was what caught my eye in the first place, I'll try following that step-by-step guide. The instruction booklet that came with the set, includes a few images of different phases of the painting and a bigger image at the end. This kit included one advanced project which was the ostrich and two intermediate projects. The giraffe came with an outline sketch so you can even trace it, if you'd like and then follow the painting instructions.<br />
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I also watched the YouTube video of this painting for some more guidance. So, you can find the same information that's on the printed instructions in their blog and videos, but having the printed instructions and the big image of the finished painting physically at hand can be useful too. It's cheaper to get just the supplies without the physical instructions, though. And you can even get any of the supplies separately in their online store, if you don't need the whole kit.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I used the watercolor pencils and tube watercolors for painting this rainbow colored ostrich. </td></tr>
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I found this bird painting interesting, because it's kind of realistic but with abstract colors. I like these types of paintings, but I've never made one myself so I thought why not try it now.<br />
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Also, I didn't swatch the white pencil, pastel and paint earlier, but I did use the white paint in this painting and it was surprisingly opaque like the other paints, too. I would generally use an acrylic paint to add white details over a watercolor painting, but I didn't have to do that here.<br />
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As for the stretching method, the paper did buckle a bit once it dried. I did paint quite a few layers, so if you're painting something more simple, it might be ok. Besides watercolor, they also have kits for sketching and acrylic painting, if you want to check those out.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watercolor ostrich and watercolor swatches.</td></tr>
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Where to buy the kits or individual supplies?</h4>
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<li>HomeHobby By 3L art kits on *<a href="https://www.amazon.com/shop/ivylilycreative?listId=3P5RT5MKGDJE3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon (US)</a> </li>
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A quick tip on how to save acrylic paint for later! If you mix too much acrylic paint or pour too much paint out of the tube, do you know what to do with the leftover paint? If you're planning to continue painting the next day, you can't just leave it, cause acrylic paint will dry by then. You can watch the <a href="https://youtu.be/I-5uYJHyUeo" target="_blank">video on how to keep acrylic paint wet</a> overnight and longer or keep reading.<br />
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Mixed too much acrylic paint?</h3>
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You know how you sometimes mix too much acrylic paint or pour too much paint out of the tube? What do you do with the leftover paint? If you're planning to continue painting the next day, you can't just leave it, 'cause acrylic paint will dry by then. <br />
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How to save leftover paint for reuse</h3>
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Here's one tip! Instead of pouring and mixing paint on a palette, use little containers you can close. The paint won't dry out when the lid is closed. That way you don't have to waste the leftover paint. And if you've mixed a good color and you want to come back to the painting later, it might be <b>impossible </b>to mix the exact same color again. But if you mix more of it to begin with and save the leftovers in a container, you won't have that problem. <br />
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I have a couple of clear plastic containers specifically for paint, but I mostly use old face cream and makeup containers I've cleaned. The tighter the lid is, the longer the paint will stay wet. It's also a good idea to put the containers into an airtight bag and keep it in a cool place like the fridge to further delay the drying. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Transparent plastic containers and cosmetics and makeup containers with lids for storing paint.</td></tr>
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Cleaning the container</h3>
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Even though the paint stays wet for longer in the closed container, it will still dry out eventually, if you don't use it. You can clean the plastic container again by scraping off the dried acrylic paint with a knife and then washing with soap and water or just by peeling it off, depending on the container you used.<br />
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More acrylic painting tips</h3>
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You might like these acrylic painting tips, too:<br />
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<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.ivylilycreative.com/2018/08/how-to-make-acrylic-paint-opaque.html" target="_blank">How to make acrylic paint opaque, vibrant and bright</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ivylilycreative.com/2018/08/sponge-splatter-acrylic-painting.html" target="_blank">Sponge and splatter painting</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ivylilycreative.com/2018/08/acrylic-over-charcoal-mixed-media.html" target="_blank">Acrylic over charcoal mixed media painting</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ivylilycreative.com/2018/06/how-to-paint-face-with-acrylics.html" target="_blank">How to paint a face using acrylics</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ivylilycreative.com/2017/05/how-to-prepare-cardboard-for-painting.html" target="_blank">How to prepare cardboard for painting</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ivylilycreative.com/2019/06/do-you-have-to-prime-cardboard.html" target="_blank">Do you have to prime cardboard for painting?</a></li>
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Do you really need to prime cardboard with gesso before painting? I previously made a blog post about how I <a href="http://www.ivylilycreative.com/2017/05/how-to-prepare-cardboard-for-painting.html" target="_blank">prepare cardboard for painting</a> by priming it with gesso and why you might want to do that. This time I'm testing, if you really have to prime it by showing you a comparison of painting on primed and unprimed cardboard with acrylics. Let's see if the primed vs. unprimed cardboard painting results look different or not and whether I'll be contradicting what I wrote in that post.<br />
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You can watch the <a href="https://youtu.be/cuuu9LvUJx8" target="_blank">video version of the primed vs. unprimed cardboard comparison</a> or continue reading below.<br />
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Cutting the cardboard</h2>
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I cut up the cardboard into two pieces, so you can get a fair comparison. It's the backing of a watercolor pad, so it's quite thick. So, I had to use a utility knife to cut it in half and then a nail file to smooth out the cut, because I couldn't get a clean cut. Then I used little nail scissors to clean off the rest. I've used up a few of these same watercolor pads before and I like painting on their cardboard backings because they're sturdy and don't bend that much, but I wouldn't normally cut them up like this. I did this just so you can get a comparison with the exact same type and color of cardboard.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original rough sketch and final watercolor pencil sketch of the owl on cardboard primed with gesso.</td></tr>
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Priming the cardboard with gesso</h2>
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I primed one piece with <a href="https://amzn.to/2WZTYRl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Liquitex Basics white acrylic gesso</a>* using two coats: one horizontal, one vertical. I let it dry for a couple of hours. I had two rough sketches of owls in my sketchbook and I freehand sketched them on the cardboard pieces with a watercolor pencil in a bigger size. I think the references I had were tawny owls, but I completely changed the color scheme. I wanted to use the same colors in both paintings, so they'd be comparable.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Owl sketches on cardboard. The primed cardboard is on the left and the unprimed cardboard is on the right.</td></tr>
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Acrylic painting on cardboard</h2>
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The acrylic paints I was using were mostly Plus color paints, which are opaque. I also added a bit of other, more transparent paints as well. All the painting supplies are listed at the end of this post.<br />
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The first difference between the two paintings was that when I was painting on the unprimed cardboard, it got wet. I could see the paint is soaking into it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painting the first background layer on unprimed and primed cardboard using opaque acrylic paint. </td></tr>
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I have to say the cardboard on its own is a smoother surface to paint on than gesso. The brush strokes don't show up as much on the unprimed surface. You can, however, sand down gesso lightly with fine sand paper to make it smoother in between the layers and after the final gesso layer. I usually don't bother doing that, but it could've made a difference here.<br />
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Also, in the beginning stages, the primed painting looked shinier, while the unprimed painting definitely looked more matte in the first layer.<br />
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The experiences I've had before with painting on unprimed cardboard were using transparent acrylics. I've also painted on cardboard with Ikea Måla paints, which I thought were acrylics until I realized that they reactivate with water. I guess they were actually poster paints, but that's besides the point.<br />
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In both of those cases, I had trouble with getting the paint to look opaque. This time the paintings started to look very similar with a few layers, though. So, it also depends on the type of paints you're using. I think I had a better experience this time, because I was using only opaque acrylics or at least mixing the transparent acrylics with the opaque ones and I was layering them.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished owl painting on primed cardboard.</td></tr>
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Did I have to layer the unprimed painting more than the primed one to get it look the same? I can't really tell. Judging by the video footage I had, the owl on the unprimed cardboard took a bit longer to paint. But that might be, because I just wasn't happy with how it was looking and had to paint over some parts, not so much because the paint would not cover enough and I'd have to keep layering to get the same coverage as with the primed one. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished owl painting on unprimed cardboard.</td></tr>
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Results</h2>
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So, when I was finished, it seemed that there was no difference at the end. You wouldn't be able to tell which one was primed and which one wasn't, but I <b>can't</b> tell how they would look over time, maybe in a few years.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished owl paintings side by side. Primed on the left and unprimed on the right.</td></tr>
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So, yes, can you paint on cardboard without priming it first. Yes, you can have the painting look exactly the same, but it depends on what you're planning to do with the painting.<br />
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Gesso creates a layer between the cardboard and the acrylic paints or oil paints so that they don't soak into the cardboard. Gesso is also going to protect the painting from a possible acidic surface. If the painting surface is not acid free, the painting will not last as long. It can go yellow over time.<br />
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It's your choice. Depends on whether you want the painting to last longer or if it's ok that it doesn't. If you're painting on cardboard, you already know it's going to degrade over time. It's not going to last forever whether you prime it or not. I'm interested to see how these two will last over the years compared to each other, though.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prints, notebooks, clocks, home decor and other merch are available of both owl paintings in my <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/almonda/works/36386348-cute-night-owl?asc=u&p=clock" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Redbubble shop</a>. </td></tr>
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Painting supplies</h2>
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<li>Cardboard</li>
<li>*<a href="https://amzn.to/2WZTYRl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Liquitex Basics acrylic gesso</a></li>
<li>*<a href="https://amzn.to/2JkEX71" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Plus Color Craft Paint</a> </li>
<li>*<a href="https://amzn.to/2Gy6bJN" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crelando Acrylic Colours</a> </li>
<li>*<a href="https://amzn.to/2KtkOwT" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ikea's Måla brush set</a> </li>
<li>*<a href="https://amzn.to/2Ivr0FN" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gold line synthetic nailon brushes</a> </li>
<li>*Acrylic painting supplies I use in my <a href="https://www.amazon.com/shop/ivylilycreative?listId=21OABO4EZ21EA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon affiliates shop</a></li>
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What do you think? Can you see a difference between the paintings? Will you prime cardboard for painting from now on or not?</h4>
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Is it worth it to take part in art collectives? Can you have the benefits of live streaming without being live? Time for another yearly review, where I tell your things I learned about running a YouTube channel and being an artist online.<br>
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<a href="https://www.ivylilycreative.com/2018/12/2018-in-review.html#more">Read more ></a>Katrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11580784298393854959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356590250974398116.post-72066944762837891782018-08-19T14:00:00.000+03:002018-08-19T14:00:00.517+03:00Sponge and Splatter Painting | Watercolor and Acrylic Mixed Media Elephant<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPgjTAQfxgk4CJrIP91Vrx7T1PKigagXeDGIYpyJ1YaIv75QjLrxNuevC-QchzKo_I18-Iz02hhA2pAGgCMhT4UP-qcxxNJaEOYs-0pZ_YkxgoOWaAivpSUFYi9EyHHJYKQkUqGFb6f0Yt/s1600/holi-elephant-cover.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Want to paint an abstract splattered or smokey looking background with acrylics? I'll show you how to create it with sponge and splatter painting techniques I used on a Holi elephant watercolor and acrylic mixed media painting." border="0" data-original-height="743" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPgjTAQfxgk4CJrIP91Vrx7T1PKigagXeDGIYpyJ1YaIv75QjLrxNuevC-QchzKo_I18-Iz02hhA2pAGgCMhT4UP-qcxxNJaEOYs-0pZ_YkxgoOWaAivpSUFYi9EyHHJYKQkUqGFb6f0Yt/s1600/holi-elephant-cover.png" title=""></a></div>
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Want to paint an abstract splattered or smokey looking background with acrylics? I'll show you how to create it with sponge and splatter painting techniques I used on a Holi elephant watercolor and acrylic mixed media painting.<br>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-S9ZREDPIaSgA6vXMRjnC9tbXxhQ64NC34nwO5Hr1MSJSgJUxob5RVs1-L6X3o2FD-kBUmmqpiNWVkZXHXlf7w5rf3iIuhXGsnzLgrgk_Z07ZlcdPBjEKwvMA8Od4aqLzvxHuRBfMM9zb/s1600/charcoal-acrylic-cover.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Have you ever wondered if you can mix charcoal and acrylic paint by painting acrylic over charcoal or drawing charcoal over acrylic? I tried it and here are the results. Read on to find out how to combine charcoal and acrylics into a mixed media painting without smudging the charcoal lines and the paint colors." border="0" data-original-height="849" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-S9ZREDPIaSgA6vXMRjnC9tbXxhQ64NC34nwO5Hr1MSJSgJUxob5RVs1-L6X3o2FD-kBUmmqpiNWVkZXHXlf7w5rf3iIuhXGsnzLgrgk_Z07ZlcdPBjEKwvMA8Od4aqLzvxHuRBfMM9zb/s1600/charcoal-acrylic-cover.png" title=""></a></div>
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Have you ever wondered if you can mix charcoal and acrylic paint by painting acrylic over charcoal or drawing charcoal over acrylic? I tried it and here are the results. Read on to find out how to combine charcoal and acrylics into a mixed media painting without smudging the charcoal lines and the paint colors.<br>
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<a href="https://www.ivylilycreative.com/2018/08/acrylic-over-charcoal-mixed-media.html#more">Read more ></a>Katrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11580784298393854959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356590250974398116.post-10443806662772690312018-08-05T16:00:00.000+03:002018-08-05T16:00:06.340+03:00How to Make Acrylic Paint Opaque, Vibrant and Brighter<br>
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How can I make acrylic paints opaque, vibrant and bright? Let's go through a few problems with acrylic painting and how to fix them. If you have issues with acrylics not being opaque enough or the colors not being vibrant and bright, you might be making some of these mistakes. I don't really like calling them mistakes, though, but nevertheless, you might find these quick acrylic painting tips helpful to solve those issues. <br>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvNLbrqPdnL2qt90K_Aca84PnHKG2cujAMYKS1gyC9n0UZY4FSc4x9sL6F3ieipb5f36tjC7j1xyvXBoQR1tx5mgAb85WBOPss5pkd69Ac-BjQDSS13KHi4SUqj1-4FQgOHNE7vMZbXIZz/s1600/charcoal-cover.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Want to know what's inside the Crelando charcoal drawing set that Lidl sells? And how to use it and what I think of it? Read on." border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvNLbrqPdnL2qt90K_Aca84PnHKG2cujAMYKS1gyC9n0UZY4FSc4x9sL6F3ieipb5f36tjC7j1xyvXBoQR1tx5mgAb85WBOPss5pkd69Ac-BjQDSS13KHi4SUqj1-4FQgOHNE7vMZbXIZz/s1600/charcoal-cover.png" title=""></a></div>
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I guess I can't stick to just one thing by nature, so I want to try different art supplies, too. Even though materials such as charcoal and soft pastels haven't completely convinced me because of their messiness, I still love the color pay off and contrast they produce. This post is about a charcoal set I got as a Christmas present one year. Want to know what's inside the Crelando charcoal drawing set that Lidl sells? And how to use it and what I think of it? Read on.<br>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMA-bnIIUGKcycrb8iBuyJo4OJQPHQf21GL9sK9l02hfdw5Z37xmr5r9wMQ2nz_sh5NOXLaS-Mm_sOuE_-b1c6g6wnfYYITDXM8zjcTu8DlYLScYSU_Bydt5ExMmkVwqInLxOFb3Q7osxT/s1600/aac-cover.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Have you heard of the Animal Artists Collective on YouTube? If you haven't, read this for a quick rundown and to find out the past themes and how to take part in the upcoming themes yourself." border="0" data-original-height="905" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMA-bnIIUGKcycrb8iBuyJo4OJQPHQf21GL9sK9l02hfdw5Z37xmr5r9wMQ2nz_sh5NOXLaS-Mm_sOuE_-b1c6g6wnfYYITDXM8zjcTu8DlYLScYSU_Bydt5ExMmkVwqInLxOFb3Q7osxT/s1600/aac-cover.png" title=""></a></div>
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Have you heard of the <span class="highlight" id="0.39802602727028114" name="searchHitInReadingPane">Animal</span> <span class="highlight" id="0.6811895274831012" name="searchHitInReadingPane">Artists</span> <span class="highlight" id="0.6113541242531667" name="searchHitInReadingPane">Collective</span> on YouTube? If you haven't, here's a quick rundown: It's a group of YouTube <span class="highlight" id="0.007986948062724708" name="searchHitInReadingPane">artists</span> who make <span class="highlight" id="0.6890717140945849" name="searchHitInReadingPane">animal</span>
art based on a chosen theme (voted by viewers) every two months and at least 50% of the proceeds of selling those artworks go towards <span class="highlight" id="0.08267649511743769" name="searchHitInReadingPane">animal</span> conservation. They also make speed painting videos on YouTube about their <span class="highlight" id="0.9000045076404688" name="searchHitInReadingPane">animal</span> art and publish the videos on the same day. It's usually on a Thursday on the second full week of the month, every two months. Read on to find out the past themes and how to take part in the upcoming themes yourself.<br>
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Have you seen the acronym YTAC in art videos on YouTube and wondered what it means? Read on, because I'll explain what YTAC or YouTube Artists Collective is, why and how to take part in it as an artist and how to vote for the next themes. And then I'll leave you with a list of the previous YouTube Artist Collective themes, so you can use as ideas for your artworks.<br>
<a href="https://www.ivylilycreative.com/2018/07/youtube-artists-collective-themes.html#more">Read more ></a>Katrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11580784298393854959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356590250974398116.post-10651480647428209052018-06-30T16:33:00.000+03:002018-06-30T17:35:03.453+03:00How to Paint a Face with Acrylics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One of my favorite things to paint with acrylics are female portraits and I thought I'd share with you how I paint a face with acrylics including tips for the sketching stage, mixing skin tones, blending with acrylics, working in layers and painting eyes, eyebrows and lips. You can also watch my <a href="https://youtu.be/oUN4X3ybd1Y" target="_blank">tutorial video on painting a face</a>.<br />
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My art style is maybe somewhere between realistic and semi-realistic and this is just my method for painting a face in acrylics. It also changes from painting to painting, but hopefully the tips in this tutorial will help you in painting a portrait with acrylics.<br />
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How to Sketch for a Portrait Painting</h2>
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When I'm painting a face I usually start by finding a reference photo. It might be from a stock photo site or a photo I've taken myself. A free stock photo site I like to use is <a href="http://www.pexels.com/" target="_blank">pexels.com</a>. Then I use the grid method to sketch the face and get the proportions right. Here's a blog post on the <a href="http://www.ivylilycreative.com/2016/06/how-to-draw-from-photo-using-grid-method.html" target="_blank">grid drawing method</a>, if you want to try it. <br />
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I then transfer the sketch onto my painting surface, which might be canvas, canvas board, watercolor paper or cardboard. There are many different ways to transfer a sketch, but I mostly use <a href="https://amzn.to/2uRgKCo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">graphite transfer paper</a>*. You can also sketch directly onto the painting surface, but if you have to erase a lot while sketching, it might not be good for the paper or canvas. <i>(*</i><i> These links are affiliate/referral links that let you support the blog at no extra cost to you.)</i><br />
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Suggested: <a href="http://www.ivylilycreative.com/2016/05/how-to-transfer-sketch-onto-painting.html" target="_blank">How to use graphite transfer paper</a><br />
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How to Mix Skintones</h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I use a plastic paint palette, but also store leftover paints in little pots to keep the paint wet longer.</td></tr>
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Moving on to the actual painting. I start with the skin and then continue with the eyes, eyebrows and mouth after the skin is done. <br />
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For the skin tone, I use a warm red, yellow, browns and white and add blue for the shadows. Most of the acrylic paints I use are <a href="https://amzn.to/2Gy6bJN" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crelando paints</a>* from Lidl. They don't state which pigments they use, so I can't be sure what they are. However, comparing to my watercolors the browns would be yellow ocher, burnt sienna and, especially for darker skin tones, also umber. I don't have any formula on the amounts. I just add more yellows if the mix turns out too red or add more white if it's too dark etc.<br />
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If I mix the mid-tone first, I can then add more white to make a
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How to Blend Acrylics and Shade Faces</h2>
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Since acrylics dry fast, I find it hard to blend the darker and lighter skin tones together and I often work in layers instead. Starting with covering the whole face in a mid-tone, I can then add layers of the darker mix for the shadows and the lighter mix for the highlights. I blend them outwards by first laying on the thick color with no water or only a little water on the brush, just the paint. Then I rinse the brush in water or use a different brush and dip it in water to make it wet and blend out the edges while the paint is still wet until there's no sharp line or edge visible. You can also try blending out the wet paint with a dry, flat or fan brush.<br />
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Using too much water to blend out the skin tone might lead to the paint peeling off, when it's dry. I've never had this happen, but if you have that problem, you might want to get a medium to achieve that same transparency to the paint that I've done with water here. <a href="https://amzn.to/2Gygptw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Matt medium</a>* is transparent acrylic paint so mixing that with a color will make it less opaque and let you blend out the color gradually without using water or using less water.<br />
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As for where the shadows and highlights go, you can look at the reference photo or decide on a light source and let that determine, where the light would hit and which areas would be left in shadow. I might color in the eyelids here too, or leave them white if I plan on doing a heavy eye-makeup look later on.<br />
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To set the portrait in the background better, I might also add a few strokes of the background colors into the shadows or highlights of the face and blend them out the same way I did with the skin tones to give the face a bit of a colored glow. I also do the same thing with the blush on the cheeks.<br />
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How to Paint an Eye</h2>
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Once I'm pretty happy with the skin tone, I start working on the eyes, eyebrows and lips or mouth in no particular order going back and forth. I might go over the skin again in the process, too. I color in the iris with a flat color and the pupil in black and then add highlights with opaque white acrylic paint. I have a big, 250 ml bottle of white by <a href="https://amzn.to/2tQwAcB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Plus color</a>* (link leads to a 60 ml paint bottle), because I found I use white a lot. I actually used it a lot more for crafts and stuff before I discovered <a href="http://www.ivylilycreative.com/2017/05/how-to-prepare-cardboard-for-painting.html" target="_blank">gesso</a>.<br />
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I paint circular highlights and sometimes a white line on the pupil and the iris to make the eyes look more lively. I don't leave the whites of the eyes completely white, but usually add a transparent blue tone close to the eyelids, but this could be any other color coming from the background or your character. And, of course, I add pink in the corner of the eye. You might even add a bit of a white highlight in the corner of the eye. <br />
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I leave the eyelashes for last after the eyes and eye-makeup are done and paint them on individually with the smallest brush I have, which is a <a href="https://amzn.to/2Ivr0FN" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">synthetic size 1 round brush</a>*.<br />
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How to Paint Eyebrows</h2>
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As for the eyebrows, I color them in with a light version of the tone I want them to be and then add individual hairs over it with a darker tone and a smaller brush.<br />
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How to Paint Lips</h2>
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I fill in the lips with a base color and add highlights and shadows on top of it. I often make the upper lip a bit darker since it's usually in the shade unless the light is coming from underneath. I add a soft highlight in the middle of the lower lip and add darker lines or white lines on top of it leaving the base color to show through and blending the lines into the base color in the edges. I add shadows in the corners of the mouth and between and under the lips.<br />
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<li>*Graphite transfer paper <a href="https://amzn.to/2uRgKCo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/2uRgKCo</a> </li>
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<li>*Ikea's Måla brush set <a href="https://amzn.to/2KYYwTx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/2KYYwTx</a> </li>
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<li>*Palette from Ikea's Måla paint set <a href="https://amzn.to/2KYMDNh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/2KYMDNh</a> </li>
<li>Easel from Lidl</li>
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<br />Katrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11580784298393854959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356590250974398116.post-43368061166336625632017-12-26T16:31:00.002+02:002017-12-29T19:56:28.295+02:002017 in Review | YouTube Analytics + Yearly Recap<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Time for another yearly recap! This one will be mostly about YouTube since that's what I concentrated on this year. Blogging and my newsletter were on the back burner for most of the year. Read on for thoughts about was it worth it to upload videos twice a week, which videos got the most views and the direction I'm taking in 2018.<br>
<a href="https://www.ivylilycreative.com/2017/12/2017-in-review-youtube-analytics-yearly.html#more">Read more ></a>Katrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11580784298393854959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356590250974398116.post-50902291755346699512017-05-10T20:47:00.001+03:002019-06-25T13:37:00.101+03:00How to Prepare Cardboard for Acrylic Painting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Would you like to paint on cardboard, but have noticed that the paint soaks into and you can't achieve bright colors? I'll show you how to prepare a piece of cardboard for painting with gesso primer. Cardboard works for both acrylic and oil painting and you might sometimes want to use it instead of canvas, board, wood or paper to save money or to be more environmentally friendly.<br>
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Get ready to color! Print out these free ethnic coloring pages for kids and adults. You'll get an Indian girl portrait coloring page and a tribal pattern coloring page + envelope <a href="http://bit.ly/FreebieColoringPage" target="_blank">by signing up for the Ivy Lily Newsletter here</a>. You'll get the coloring pages (+ more freebies) as PDFs you can download, print out and color with the materials of your choice. Cut, fold and glue the envelope together after coloring and it's ready to use for sending snail mail.<br>
<a href="https://www.ivylilycreative.com/2017/05/free-printable-adult-coloring-pages.html#more">Read more ></a>Katrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11580784298393854959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1356590250974398116.post-91586775823109598812017-04-18T17:00:00.000+03:002017-04-18T17:00:19.693+03:00Pretty Little Liars Fan Art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've steered away from doing fan art for a long time due to copyright reasons. But I gave in and decided to make some for myself this year. I can't sell fan art so I can use it to experiment without having to worry about the outcome. As PLL season 7b is starting I thought it was a good time to make some Pretty Little Liars fan art. <br />
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<br />I started watching Pretty Little Liars, when the first season aired in Finland, but lost interest as season 2 rolled around. Then at the end of 2015 I randomly watched a few episodes I had saved in my digibox and got hooked again. I got all seasons 1-6 DVD sets from the library and watched them in the wrong order. I also made a note of interesting episodes I'd like to use for painting references. And these are the ones I chose.<br />
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I painted Alison DiLaurentis from season 4 episode 19 Shadow Play, Emily Fields and Spencer Hastings from season 6 prom episode 9 Last Dance and Hanna Marin from season 4 Ravenswood Halloween Special episode 13 Grave New World. I was set on making four paintings and since I really wanted to paint Ali from the black and white episode, I unfortunately left Aria out. You can <a href="https://youtu.be/AA-LFhvkWXU?list=PLmqRfhuB3ag4gRPu6Q2bbVSN3-mMQ3xqd" target="_blank">watch all four speed paintings in one video</a>. I will also make a separate video on each painting, where I talk about the materials and painting process. <br />
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I used the grid method for sketching the portraits and transferred them onto the painting surface using graphite transfer paper. Alison played by Sasha Pieterse was painted in water soluble oils on cardboard. Emily played by Shay Mitchell was painted in acrylics on paper. Spencer played by Troian Bellisario was painted in watercolor on paper. And Hanna played by Ashley Benson was painted in watercolor on paper.<br />
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<br />When I saw the black and white episode from season 4, I thought it would be perfect for making a value study. I wanted to make soft transitions between the grey tones so I chose water mixable oils as the medium. I painted on cardboard that was primed with white acrylic gesso. After transferring the sketch I did a brown underpainting in acrylic by painting over the sketch outlines and some of the shadow areas. This seals the graphite so it won't smudge the oil paints. The lines don't have to exactly precise, the underpainting is not supposed to show through. In this case though, it does show through a bit in some places and gives the painting some warmth.<br />
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I did the oil painting part in one layer over two days (it doesn't dry that fast) using only black and Zinc Titanium white. I mixed a few different shades of grey and laid down the colors using my sketch and the reference photo as guides. I blended the shades with a dry, clean brush. You can use water to dilute water mixable oil paints, but in this painting I mainly used it to clean the brushes between shades. I didn't use linseed oil this time either. Even though you're supposed to be able to clean water mixable oil paint off of brushes with soap and water, I could not get rid of the black paint completely. <br /><br />
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Almost everyone knows of the egg painting Easter tradition. But if you're not from Finland or Sweden, you might not know about Easter witches. In Finland children decorate willow twigs with colorful feathers and other decorations on Sunday, one week before Easter. Then they dress up as Easter witches and go door to door kind of like trick or treating for Halloween. The children say a little poem to wish good health and then they give away the decorated willows in exchange for Easter eggs or other candy. This Easter tradition is a mix of religious and non-religious Finnish customs and there's a similar tradition in Sweden as well.<br />
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For my Easter artwork I painted a little girl dressed up as a witch and carrying the willow twigs decorated with feathers. You can <a href="https://youtu.be/6jpws6NtJ14?list=PLmqRfhuB3ag53sA7u4-IR1Ur16HRqnpZ7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">watch the painting process video here</a>. I started by drawing a small thumbnail sketch to figure out the arrangement and the color scheme. I narrowed down the colors to mostly blue and orange, yellow and purple, which is a double complementary color scheme. I used a few reference photos mixing different things from them. One of them was of myself as a child. She's dressed colorfully and has a scarf tied around her head and freckles painted on her cheeks. There's also a little flying witch silhouette against the moon. <br />
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As usual I drew the sketch on grid paper and used the grid method to get the proportions right. And then I transferred the sketch onto watercolor paper using graphite transfer paper. I don't like to draw directly on watercolor paper, 'cause if you have to erase it, you'll break the surface of the paper and it will show through the painting. And this way I can also use the same sketch for other purposes, like ink it to make a coloring page for my Etsy shop.<br />
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I used Cotman watercolors and painted on rough, 250 gsm cold-press watercolor paper. I layered the background to get it darker. For the skin tone I mixed cadmium yellow, cadmium red, burnt sienna and white this time. I tried not to paint right beside wet parts so that the colors don't mix, when I don't want them to. I left the darkest parts for last: the witch silhouette in the moon and the willow twigs and eyelashes.<br />
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I've been wanting to try oil painting for a while and since I usually paint with watercolor and acrylics, I thought it would be easiest to start with water mixable oil paints.Water soluble oils allow you to clean the brushes with water and soap instead of using a toxic solvent like turpentine. You can also dilute water soluble oil paints with water (adding a little bit of paint at a time), but it's recommended to use linseed oil instead. Water soluble oil paints should dry faster than traditional oils, but when you add linseed oil, it will slow down the drying time. Read on or <a href="http://bit.ly/LilyOilPainting" target="_blank">watch the video</a> for my first impressions on water mixable oil painting.<br>
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Goodbye 2016, hello 2017! I started a tradition of yearly recaps in this blog in 2013. So here it is: my 2016 blogging year in review. Read on for my experience in hosting a giveaway, how I use different social media channels, how I make my YouTube video views grow, how I make money with my blog and art, and my goals for 2017. <br>
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I made a coloring calendar for 2017! Ethnic portraits, fashion and jewellery with patterns and flowers in the background for adults and children to color. The images are the same as in the coloring books/pages already sold in my shop, but they're cropped and I added a few tribal and floral backgrounds. The name of the month is outlined and can be colored in, too. The calendar is an instant download printable so it would work well as a last minute Christmas present. You can <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/500478689/printable-coloring-calendar-2017-indian" target="_blank">check it out in my Etsy shop</a>.<br>
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I was looking for DIY Christmas card ideas and came across Christmas coloring cards: coloring pages in postcard size that you can print out, color and use as Christmas cards. I thought it was such a good idea, I had to make some of my own, too.<br>
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I'll show you how I made these instant download Christmas coloring cards for my Etsy shop. There are <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/493750447/diy-christmas-coloring-cards-instant" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">20 designs for you to print, cut and color to make your own Christmas cards</a>. The pictures vary from Christmas clothes to patterns, candy, animals, crafting supplies, decorations, candles and houses to a Christmas tree, a snowman and a girl in winter clothes. <br>
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