Alpine Painting

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Overview: The two images shown are a before (left) and after (right) of an exploration and practice I did using the brush tools in Photoshop. I completed this project independently before I created this blog in an attempt to learn the different tools available to me within the program. It is not my finest creation, but I believe that it displays the growth in my talent throughout the previous months. 

 Process: The process in the image above was done using only the brush tool, ripple filter, and multiple layers. While using the brush I held the Alt. key which allowed me select a color to paint with. I then went to each piece in the image and painted over them with the correct colors, adding layers so that I could paint roughly in certain places and simply hide the rough edges under the more refined pieces. One important lesson I learned in doing this assignment was how to use the brush settings. I used different brush hardnesses depending on what section I was painting, such as a softer brush for the sky and a harder brush for the bridge in the center. I focused mainly on the upper half of the image so that I could use a different process than painting to create a reflection. Painting the upper half took around one hour, but much of that time was used exploring settings and their effects. To create the reflection in the lake I copied the upper 50% of the image, pasted it, so that it was a reflection of the top half over a horizontal axis. The final step was to apply a final water ripple filter to the reflection layer to produce the watery effect.

For the future: If I were to produce the same type of image in the future I would blend the sky differently.  Instead of using a wet brush as I did in the image above, I would instead use the mixing brush tool as well as a brush with zero hardness. This would remove the streaky texture that is present in the final image. 

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