Photoshop Art - Painting a Picture!

By Deborah Sandidge

(c) photo by Deborah Sandidge

An early morning walker created a wonderful photographic opportunity along San Francisco's waterfront. I like the way she held her umbrella as protection from the bright sun. She was bathed in golden light that was more suggestive of a painting than a photograph.

This idea was something I wanted to explore further with a little creativity in Photoshop. There was rust from the chains that caught my attention, and inspired the warm toned texture layers throughout the composition. I wanted to give the image a painterly look, which is the feeling I had when I made the picture.

Try adding a texture layer or two to your photographs to give your images more depth and drama! A texture layer can be any photo of a texture that you like. For example, aged peeling paint from the side of an old building, rusty metal from a vintage car door, fading paper or a love note written long ago. Anything goes with texture layers! Start with a photo and a texture layer that are relatively the same size and experiment with various blend modes.

Tip - Hold down the shift key, and use the plus or minus keys to scroll through the Blend Modes to see the effect each has on your image.

Be a photographic artist!

Note from the Editor: Get creative with Deborah Sandidge in one of her online photography workshops - Photoshop - Enhancing Digital Images and Creating Works of Art and Digital Infrared Photography - at BetterPhoto's digital photography school.

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[art paintings]

Very beautiful! To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.
Robert Schumann

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