Painting as if in oils

[RobertSchuldenfrei]

Hi Everyone,

Forgive me, but I have been away from this forum for about a month. Between over-commitments and a wonderful vacation in Park City, UT I have not had the time to spend in the Village. As if to make matters worse I want to try my hand at something totally new.

I want to investigate using my Wacom tablet stylus as a "real" paint brush. When I stroke I want the brush to show some of the characteristics of a brush loaded with oil paint. Some of these are:

1/ Slightly different hue from the "bristles."

2/ Faux depth of the "paint" will cause shadows on one side of the bristle track.

3/ The initial contact point will get a slightly lower paint load.

4/ And other characteristics that I, as a non-artist, cannot even imagine.

Does anyone know of a book or tutorial on the subject? In order to keep things simple I will probably start out with an abstract "painting" like the Anne Gilley sample shown below.

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Thanks,

Bob

[SharLamb]

Bob, when I first got my Wacom Tablet, I checked out a book from the library that dealt with your interest. It was beyond my scope at the time, and I didn't record the name of the book, but I know there are several out there.

But I just googled "painting with a wacom tablet" and got tons of hits. You could easily spend the rest of the day on just the first page!

I love your creation. You have inspired me. Thanks.

[RobertSchuldenfrei]

Hi SharLamb,

I will investigate shortly. The sample image was not done by me, but I would like to learn how to do it.

Cheers,

Bob

Bob, when I first got my Wacom Tablet, I checked out a book from the library that dealt with your interest. It was beyond my scope at the time, and I didn't record the name of the book, but I know there are several out there.

But I just googled "painting with a wacom tablet" and got tons of hits. You could easily spend the rest of the day on just the first page!

I love your creation. You have inspired me. Thanks.

[Simenon]

Hi Bob - you may find these DVD tutorials worth looking into.

http://www.mmkgraphics.com/tutorials/dvdtutorials.html

Buttry is considered something of a pioneer in this sort of digital artwork. Not sure how well his techniques adapt to Elements though, but you could check that out I suppose.

Hope you enjoyed your vacation in Park City and skiing in the Wassatch Mountains. Hope you were presented with some nice photo ops as well.

~ Simenon

[RobertSchuldenfrei]

Hi Simenon,

I can't draw to save my life :). My plan is to take a "paint-by-numbers" approach with my newly formed brushes. At least to start... I did a Google search yesterday and turned up very little that was useful. This morning I am going to sample some images of oil paint and try to construct useful brushes that will at least give me texture. If anything valuable comes out of these experiments I will let you and the forum know.

Cheers,

Bob

Hi Bob - you may find these DVD tutorials worth looking into.

http://www.mmkgraphics.com/tutorials/dvdtutorials.html

Buttry is considered something of a pioneer in this sort of digital artwork. Not sure how well his techniques adapt to Elements though, but you could check that out I suppose.

Hope you enjoyed your vacation in Park City and skiing in the Wassatch Mountains. Hope you were presented with some nice photo ops as well.

~ Simenon

[Simenon]

Hi Bob - by all means keep us posted. BTW, the Buttry approach (and that of Scott Deardorff, another respected pro) do not begin by creating from scratch. They offer methods for converting existing photos into artist-like renditions by using brushes, some created for the purpose, and PS\Elements native tools.

~ Simenon

[christellf]

Hi Bob,
Would this be anything you are looking for?
http://www.elementsvillage.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=6705&catid=member&imageuser=6696
I hand-painted this one on PSE5....
Christell

[Diana]

To get the best effect with brushes acting like real oil, acrylic, or watercolor brushes, you'll need Corel Painter X or XI. If you qualify for an academic version, you can get Painter quite reasonably. However, it has a much higher learning curve than Elements.

I received Painter X for Christmas along with a Wacom tablet and Fay Sirkis' training DVD and am just starting to wade through them. Check out these links for what I hope to learn to do. They all start out with photos.
http://www.faysartstudio.com/gallery.html
http://painterfactory.com/forums/p/720/2655.aspx

Here's a list of of tutorials for photo-based art from RetouchPro. Some of them are for Photoshop. It's an old list (2002) so some of the links may no longer be active.
http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/photo-based-art/3244-tutorials-photo-art-tutorials-links.html

Diana

[RobertSchuldenfrei]

Hi Chrisell,

That is exactly what I would like to do. How did you get the brush strokes?

Cheers,

Bob

Hi Bob,
Would this be anything you are looking for?
http://www.elementsvillage.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=6705&catid=member&imageuser=6696
I hand-painted this one on PSE5....
Christell