by Leslie Nicole | Mar 12, 2012 | Share To Win
Share Your Artwork that uses French Kiss Textures Enter your image that uses any of the French Kiss textures. The French Kiss Texture should be the dominant texture used in your artwork. The Details Enter your image by Monday, March 19th. One Entry per person Five...
by Leslie Nicole | Mar 9, 2012 | Your Work
Lady in Red This lovely floral by Jim Carnevale is quiet and yet vibrant at the same time. I get the feeling of a fresco on a wall. Jim shares the details in it’s creation. The first texture layer is Arroyo from the Texture Collection I Blend Mode: Overlay at...
by Leslie Nicole | Mar 9, 2012 | Using Textures
Let’s say you want to apply some texture to an image, but you don’t want to change the colors of your image. Let’s look at a few methods you can use. The Original Image Here’s a photograph I took of some boats on the Vienne river (a tributary...
by Leslie Nicole | Feb 13, 2012 | Using Textures
Back when I taught Hand Coloring, I always emphasized how important highlights are. Cleaning up the highlights in an image can make the difference between an OK image and an image that comes to life. Note: I’ve stopped using mouse hovers for the Before / After...
by Leslie Nicole | Jan 24, 2012 | Before & After
Note: I’m no longer using image mouse-overs for the Before/After as they do not work on touch devices such as iPads. Last week I showed you the pre-processing on the Before image. This week, I’ll show you how I textured the image. First Texture First I...