A Fun New Process

So recently I have been working on a fun project with a whole different working process from what I’m used to. As I have mentioned previously I have been encouraged to experiment with my work and, in with this studio in particular, combine traditional with digital processes. For this most recent project I have decided to combine watercolor with Photoshop. The majority of the process I will be going over is traditional based with a little bit of Photoshop editing towards the end.

 I used graphite for the initial process of working  until I was satisfied with a line drawing.

  

From there, I chose to render the piece in sections. I duplicated my line work multiple times on Bristol paper and rendered small sections of it to be later compiled and edited in Photoshop. I used mostly one hue for these renderings to make certain I had the values working well.

 Once I completed those I scanned them in, pieced them together and edited the contrast, then multiplied the layers. I also converted the image to grayscale so I had a clean slate to work with when choosing colors.

By using the lasso tool I quickly was able to select the areas I wanted to color while still retaining the traditional textures beneath. This is the final result. Overall I really enjoyed this process, especially once I was able to color it. I believe I still need to push it a bit further until I'm completely satisfied with it, but I thought I would share this process for those who are interested.

Until next time,
Rachel