Creating Personalized Fine ArtNatural Media Paintings From Photos

Using Brushstrokes of the Masters to Create

Your Own Masterpieces!

Open selected photo in Photoshop,Crop to relative proportion desired

Photo: Grace by the Window Cropped Photo

Add brushstrokes to improve Photo(example: flowers added to view)

Source Result added to Photo

Add border to window

Before Window border added After Window border added

Adjust Colors with Auto Levels, recropand stretch adjustments

Before Auto Levels, recropping After Auto Levels, recropping…

Use filters on portions of photo,such as extrusion tool

Before extrusionAfter Extrusion (on cupboards and view)

Resize small for Corel Painter,open in Corel, Quick Clone file,

Add brushstrokes—impressionists, etc.

Photo resized from 11”x14” to 2”x2.5”

Quick Clone with Van Gogh andImpressionist brushstrokes added.

Reimport to Photoshop, addsignature, use other effects to adjust colors, etc.

Before signature and adjustments

Final composition: After signature and adjustments

Print on Canvas, Paint in Oil or Acrylic

Print on Canvas Finished Acrylic Painting