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| This series on CD-Rom contains all the videos and images used in the Issue#3 Art Series, of Mama's Free Tips Ezine. These instructional videos cover a variety of techniques for rendering sketches, pastel, other sketch mediums, watercolor and acrylic/oil portraits from photographs, in Photoshop. The "Length" column on this page is for information only and is not a link to the video.
(Release Date: November 20, 2007)
Click here for a Tour of Mama's Chores Art Series #1 CD
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 CHORE #1 MAMA'S PENCIL SKETCH
In this 4-part series I will show you how to simulate a sketch and several other artistic simulations of various mediums.
Here's one of Mama's original techniques on turning a color photo into a pencil sketch. This method was published several years ago in shanzcan tutorials(#4 ) on shanzcan.com and in an article for SBS Digital Design Magazine. Since the year 2000, I've been teaching students this quick method & variations!
Thanks to Bob Sherouse, of Maverick Photography for requesting these tutorials in video format and letting us use his images.
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Flash Videos For This Series
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| PART 1 (8:10 minutes) |
| PART 2 (10:35 minutes) |
| PART 3 (9:33 minutes) |
| PART 4 (2:24 minutes) |
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 CHORE #2 MAMA'S QUICK WATERCOLOR
In this series I will show you one fairly quick method to transform an ordinary photograph into a work of art. I will also show you how to save the "technique" in Action form and edit the action, so you can easily apply it to other images! The tutorial will also cover brush and masking methods to achieve a more "puddled" look on the watercolour, and an overlay of a built-in pattern to simulate the texture of watercolour paper. A method for creating a personal and "Tradigital" Watermark Signature is also covered.
Part 1 will show you one fairly quick method to transform an ordinary photography into a work of art. I will also show you how to save the "technique" in Action form so you can easily apply to other images!
Part 2 will show you how to adjust the settings and play the action on a different higher resolution image.
Part 3 will show you how to create the personalized Watermark signature and apply and transform it to adapt other images.
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Flash Videos For This Series
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| PART 1 - (19:53 minutes) |
| PART 2 - (12:06 minutes) |
| PART 3 - (12:43 minutes) |
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 CHORE #3 MAMA'S QUICK WATERCOLOUR METHOD 2
In this 6 part series I will show you another method to simulate a traditional watercolour with added sketch lines and paper embossing applications. Please read the Watercolour Hit List and check out that information and visit the links included in that document, before continuing with the Watercolour series.
Part 1 will show you how to utilize Photoshop's Artistic Watercolor Filter and Sketch Photocopy Filter to produce a base for your watercolor.
Part 2 will show you how to create a layer mask on the sketch lines layer to finesse the effect by eliminating some detail. Ways to create a composite layer and use filters on a Quick Mask to shape and form the paper area.
Part 3 will show you how to apply a texture to the composite layer from Potoshop's Filter>Texture>Texturizer menu. You'll also see how to load "extra" cool textures found in Photoshop's Presets Textures folder. You will learn the base steps for creating an embossed border using Select>Border, Quick Mask, Levels, and Fill.
Part 4 will show you how to finish up the double border emboss effect and some tricks for using the alignment options.
Part 5 will show you how to use the Crop Tool to expand the canvas, fill the existing composite layer using the "behind" mode and re-apply the texture to the layer.
Part 6 will show you how to make an engraved looking nameplate
Part 7 will finish up the project with a nice airbrushed looking border, somewhat like a french mat. Finish up with a crop and a trip to the Image Size Dialog to set up for printing.
Thanks to Chris Barrack letting us use her image.
Check out Chris's Website http://www.photographybychris.net/
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Flash Videos For This Series
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| PART 1 -(8:06 minutes) |
| PART 2 - (7:56 minutes) |
| PART 3 - (8:26 minutes) |
| PART 4 - (7:07 minutes) |
| PART 5 - (7:50 minutes) |
| PART 6 - (8:50 minutes) |
| PART 7 - (9:28 minutes) |
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 CHORE #4 MAMA'S WATERCOLOUR & INK METHOD
In this series I will show you another method to simulate a traditional watercolour with added ink lines. I'll show you how to scan traditional watercolor paper to utilize its texture and edges for overlaying on the image. Please read the Watercolour Hit List and check out that information and visit the links included in that document, before continuing with the Watercolour series.
Part 1 will show you how to scan and overlay a piece of traditional watercolor paper over your image.
Part 2 will show you how to add the ink effect.
Part 3 will show you how to clean up a bit and add a layer style and change the background color, which is a bit trickier than it sounds!
Thanks to Brian Sears for letting us use his image.
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Flash Videos For This Series
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| PART 1 -(8:03 minutes) |
| PART 2 - (9:59 minutes) |
| PART 3 - (10:09 minutes) |
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 CHORE #5 MAMA'S ACRYLIC OR OIL PORTRAIT
Bumping up Saturation on key areas, using USM to clarify & sharpen, using the Surface Blur filter, low opacity airbrushing , and the Texturizer filter, can turn an ordinary portrait photo into a work of art.
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Flash Videos For This Chore
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| Acrylic Oil Portrait (24:51 minutes) |
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