Photoshop Creative Issue

Illustrate a scene

using selections

Master the Lasso tool and draw without a graphics tablet

Digital art can be an expensive hobby. Once you’ve got your

hands on software, you might consider purchasing accessories

such as printers, scanners, graphics tablets and plug-ins. However,

none of these extra purchases are entirely necessary for creating

digital art. This tutorial will show you how to create a lovely piece

using tools already available to you, and techniques that can be

completed using your regular mouse.

We’ll be painting a nautical scene using Elements. All the tools

we will require are under the Expert tab – but don’t let that put you

off! All the menus we will be using are simple to navigate and the

tools are easy to apply. To make things even more straightforward,

we would recommend first finding a picture of a lighthouse

standing over the ocean to use as reference for this tutorial. If you

can copy and paste the image into Elements, feel free to trace

over it during step one.

The end result will be an attractive, illustrative image of a

lighthouse at night: an excellent piece to use as a gift, or print off

and frame in your own home. The techniques we will cover can be

used for any of your future projects, and will hopefully improve your

skill and confidence when drawing in Elements.

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Digital art...

Elements

LOOK CLOSELY

Though it may look like it was

hand-drawn, every element of

this piece was created using

selection and shape tools.