Digital SLR Photography - UK (2019-07)

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OMBININGMEDIUMSHASalways

beena popularwayofcreating

somethingnewandit hasneverbeen

easierthanwithdigitalphotography.Wecan

transformphotographsintoillustrations,oil

paintingsorwatercolourswitha fewclicks

of a button,butblendingtwomediumshas

the potentialtoproduceevenbetterimages

thatleaveviewersin wonder.Manipulatinga

photographwitha sketchisn’tashardasit

seems,especiallyif you’reskilledwitha

pencil.WhilePhotoshop’sartfilterscanbe

usedtocreatesketchesfromimagestothen

becombinedwitha photograph,I don’t

thinkthere’sanysubstitutefortheimperfect

strokesofanartist’shandforauthenticity.

Thisis whyhereyou’llbeshownhowto

shootandcreateyourownsketched

photographsfromscratchandI’veenlisted a

fabulousartist,VictoriaMcAuley-Eccles

fromArtmazing,tomockupthesketches –

butyoucouldbribeanartisticfriendtoo.

Turntopage 40 tofindouttocombineyour

worksintowall-worthyportraits.

PRO TIP

LUCK OF THE DRAW!

A big thank you to Victoria at

Artmazing for the original artwork.

Check her work out on Instagram

@artmazing01 and Facebook

(www.facebook.com/

Artmazing).

SKETCH IT OUT

WIELD YOUR ARTISTIC HAND TO CREATE MIXED-MEDIUM PORTRAITS THAT MAKE YOU STOP AND SMILE.

CAROLINE SCHMIDT SHOWS YOU HOW TO MANIPULATE PORTRAITS WITH A STORY-TELLING SKETCH

CAMERA: NIKON D800/ LENS: A F-S 5 0 M M F/1.4G