Digital Painting in Photoshop

In this beautiful and inspiring book, acclaimed artist, author and lecturer Susan Bloom shows you how to creat fine art from your photos, using Photoshop. Starting with the fundamentals: creating your own virtual artistic brushes and textured papers, she goes on to demonstrate how to create a variety of classic artistic styles, with chapters on watercolours, pastels, charcoal and oil. Using this title, your photoshop results will go from competent retouching of images to visually stunning re-interpretations of them, turning everyday photos into breathtaking works of art. Beautifully written, clearly laid out, and guaranteeing inspiring results, this book is a must-have for every Photoshop user.

Susan Ruddick Bloom is a Professor of Art and Chair of the Department of Art and Art History at McDaniel College in Maryland. She has a BFA and an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and is well known for both her traditional wet darkroom alternative processes and her digital darkroom work. Sue has been teaching digital classes since the beginning of Photoshop and has used a Mac from the very first one on the market (128K, with a screen the size of an index card). Trained in drawing, painting, and printmaking, she was at one time a courtroom artist for television and newspapers. Her painterly skills enhance her photographic ones, and her images frequently combine techniques. Sue's work has been exhibited and collected widely.

Chapter One Introduction to the Concept of Digital Painting Chapter Two ? Basic Tools for Painting in Photoshop Chapter Three Charcoal Drawings in Photoshop Chapter Four Pastel Drawing in Photoshop Chapter Five Painting with Watercolors in Photoshop Chapter Five Painting with Oil Paints in Photoshop Chapter Six Illustration Techniques in Photoshop Chapter Seven Painting effects using Third-Party Software as Photoshop Plug-ins Glossary Index