Painting Basics Project List

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Project 1 

Painting a simple sunset and seascape and identifying and using a few basic tools: Sunset and Seascape     

Additional ideas for painting sand

Project 2 

Painting a Night Scene and Clouds

 

Project 3 

Painting Trees and Foliage and learning which tools work well for the job

Painting Trees as Silhouettes

Tool Use and Brush Panel Tutorial

Project 4

Looking at outside resources to help understand perspective

Discussion on Depth and Perspective

Basic Single Vanishing Point Perspective Drawing

Project 5  

Painting Pansies using the Warp Tool

Project 6

Painting a Sunset

Downloads for tree and bush available 

Project 7

Painting another type of Sunset and using Quick Colour Tune

Additional Sunsets to finish

Project 8

Making various types of walls

Ideas and Examples

Project 9

Paint Using the Clone Tools

 

Project 10

Working with the Dodge & Burn

Becoming familiar with the Dodge & Burn tools to give your images depth and realism

Project 11

Working with the Smudge Tool

 

Project 12

Painting with the Remove Scratch Tool

 

 

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