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along with a few lines on how you found this project, for inclusion on the Painting Project area of
our website, PaintersOnline.Step 8 1 Final adjustment can be made by Final adjustments
adding new shapes and colours to any layer. Earlier steps can’t be undone without losing all the interim steps, but
you can use the Erase tool to remove areas of a layer to reveal the one below. You can also use the Adjustments tool
to change the opacity, brightness or colour saturation of any layer.(^2) or changes and settled for adding a few small shapes to the Features layer to I decided against any major additions
suggest flowers in the plant pot and on some of the shrubs.
digital image Wiveton Hall, The finished
Norfolk
(^3) the Layers icon then swipe each individual layer to the left When you’re all done, tap
and ‘lock’ it to protect against accidental change or loss.
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Step 5 1 Create another new layer, call it Sky Sky
and leave it selected. (^2) to create your sky shape and fill it with colour. Use the Selection tool and Colour swatch
I used one big shape and overlapped the chimneys in a few places to link the sky
with the building. (^3) colour on either side of the building to Repeat the process to add shapes and
balance the design. (^4) down below the chimney layer if you want Tap the Layers tool and drag the Sky layer
the chimneys to sit in front of the sky.
Step 7 12 Create a new layer and call it Foreground. If like me, you think the foreground Foreground
line work looks out of place, drag the new layer above the sketch layer then use the
Selection tool to create a shape over the foreground and fill it with white to make the line work ‘disappear’.
(^3) with colour. I used diagonal lines to help suggest a change in plane and tried to Create foreground shapes and fill them
balance the shapes and colour with the rest of the design.
1 Create another new layer, call it Step 6 Features
Features and leave it selected. (^2) out features to add interest and variety. Create out-of-register shapes to pick
‘Pinch out’ on the screen to zoom in if you need to. 3 Repeat the process and add white
shapes for some of the windows. 4 If you change your mind at any point
tap with two fingers or use the Undo tool to reverse each step in turn.
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES■ Add colour with digital art
■■ Use out-of-register shapes Create a balanced design
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ast month I showed you how I used my photograph of Wiveton Hall in
for two different takes on the same Norfolk (above right) as a reference
subject: a pen and ink sketch (below) and a line-and-wash watercolour (below right).
With plenty of time on my hands during the lockdown measures, I then went on
to use the sketch as the starting point for a very different coloured version using
digital ‘colour blocks’. One photograph, three times the fun!
called Procreate for iPad (£9.99 from the I used an iPad, a stylus and an app
iTunes App Store), but I believe other
tablet and software combinations work similarly. If you’ve had a go at digital art before, I hope you’ll enjoy working along
with my step-by-step demonstration, either by using my Wiveton Hall
photograph to produce your own line drawing, or by scanning mine to use as a
readymade digital image.If you’ve never used your tablet for
digital art before, I hope you’ll be tempted to try it for the fi rst time. I
suggest taking some time to familiarise yourself with your app’s main user
interface and functions fi rst, such as through online manuals and user
Painting project
Part 2Procreate, to add colour to a traditional ink sketch on paper Follow step by step as Tony Underhill uses a digital app,
TONY'S TOP TIPS 1 Make sure your sketch layer is set
to ‘multiply’ (to make it transparent) and that it sits above most, if not all,
of the other layers. 2 Try changing the order and/or opacity
of individual layers to see what happens. 3 If you’re new to digital art, be
patient and stick with it. 4 There’s no right or wrong way
so have fun!
forums, YouTube tutorials, and simple trial-and-error experimentation. Begin
with the basics, build up gradually and treat it as a voyage of discovery. Layers
might sound complex at fi rst, but just think of them as a stack of overhead
projector transparencies, each of which can be changed, re-ordered or discarded
separately; together they form a single composite image.
Desmond MacCarthy, the owner of Last, but not least, thank you to
Wiveton Hall (www.wivetonhall.co.uk), for allowing me to use my photograph of
the hall for the purposes of this article. LP
The reference for this demonstration: Wiveton Hall, Norfolk (www.wivetonhall.co.uk)
9 xThe finished sketch12in. (23x30cm) Wiveton Hall 1, pen and ink, 9 The finished sketchx12in. (23x30cm) Wiveton Hall 2, pen and watercolour,
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