Photoshop Tutoria

Tutorial Link

I chose a photograph of Mary Kate Olsen for my tutorial.

I first selected her face, minus the eyes, eyebrows, nostrils, and lips, using the masking tool. I then used the gaussian blur filter to smooth out the face. I then created a new soft light layer and outlined her eyes and lips with a darker color to make them pop. I then created another soft light layer here and brushed on white areas to her face as you can see. After doing this I used the gaussian blur filter again to soften out the look, like I did for the eyes and lips.

I then repeated this same step except with a dark color on her cheek bones instead of the white.

I then selected her eyes, nostrils, and lips with the lasso tool. I also feathered the selection. I then went to the sharpen filter and used the unsharp mask to sharpen these areas.

The last step was to adjust the color balance. I want to adjustments and adjusted the cyan color of the photograph because the tutorial said that is what magazines do.

New Project, Historic Richardson, Lopez Island

New project in the works, large oil painting for a contemporary home on Lopez. Painting will be based on a historic photograph from the Lopez Historic Museum of the 100 year old busy fishing hub of Richardson. Will be posting progression of this project as it develops. Smalls study in place.

Digital Art

Andrew Lewis

Poster Designer

http://www.alewisdesign.com/

Denotations:

Within the poster there is a tire, a jet plane, boxes with a check mark and a X through it, a piece of wheat, a chainsaw with animals at the tips, an eye with letters in it, a red and a green square that says, "Libertad", and a white deer with graffiti in the background.

Connotations:

The whole poster is clearly about man verses pure nature. In the right corner it even says, "man and nature". The box with the wheat and jet is implying that wheat is more natural than a giant machine. The chainsaw with the animals at the ends is implying that humans are destroying environments where these animals live. The bottom right square is implying that deer and animals are more natural than graffiti in the cities.

Denotations:

Within the poster there is a colorful abstract design with a Starbucks logo in the corner, a 10th anniversary recognition with a crab holding two forks in the middle and it says, "eat", another colorful abstract design that says, "market" at the top, a little yellow man carrying something on his back that says, "80 Years", a woman in a swimsuit on a surf board and says, "Surf Sisters", and a fancy blue and white shoe ad.

Connotations:

The whole poster seems to be about entertainment and pleasure ads. The anniversary ad shows the crab with forks to imply that it is for a restaurant and that they serve seafood. The little yellow man ad implies that whatever they are celebrating 80 years for it must have been something big to be carrying all that weight on his back. The surf ad implies that surfing is sexy because the girl is in a swimsuit. The shoe ad implies that the designer of the shoes is very classy and elegant because the shoe is shiny and a classic looking shoe.

Winter Art Class: Beginning Drawing starts Feb 6th

For San Juan Islanders and On-line Learners
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Beginning Drawing For novice artists and those wishing to improve their drawing skills. We will start from the very beginning, developing an artist's eye. Small easy-to-understand steps will teach skills in a playful and informed way. Classes will meet Sunday mornings at the Islands Arts League, in the blue building at the bend in the road on left side on Mullis Street. Cost $72. 6 week starting Feb. 6th, 2011. Each week will have a specific lesson, and for those that wish, take home projects expanding each lesson. Topics will include line shape & form, texture and vocabulary, observation, light & values, simplifying perspective and other spacial considerations. There will be a presentation of some art history to illustrate artists who have used concepts that we will be working with. Open to any age and ability, geared for beginning artists and for skill enhancement for those with some art experience. On-line lessons available through out the course.


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NEW this year,artists not able to attend classes in Friday Harbor, will be able to take this class on-line. Open to any and all, same cost, same 6 weeks. Questions, email me at anniehowelladams at gmail.com. We will have an online group for the class with lessons, examples, and take home projects. I will post images of our work along with the week's lesson. Online learners can email their work digitally via jpegs for critiques and discussion. Online students limited to 12 people, for personalized attention.
Welcome Lora Meyer, our first online student from New York City! Online learners will receive weekly lessons on Mondays over the course of our 6 weeks.

12/31/2010 Nutcrackers

Last day for the Nutcrackers to stand guard in 2010!

12/30/2010 Evening Sky and Tree

This tree down the street looked so dramatic with its empty branches in the evening sky.