Painting with Palette Knives on Black Canvas - Corel Painter 8 Tutorial

Jacquelin Vanderwood  September 15, 2003 1 With the black canvas already in place, select the color below.   2 Select Smeary Palette Knife 30.   3 At the bottom of the canvas stroke in some paint as shown below.   4 Right-click on the canvas and change to Sharp Triple Knife 3. Reduce the size to 1.5. 5 Roughen up the edges and cracks.   6 Rotate the canvas 90 degrees. Change to Smeary Palette Knife 40.   7 Apply a vertical stroke then double click the Rotate tool to reset the canvas.   8 Change color, rotate the canvas again, change to a regular palette knife, correct the settings as shown below, and add two stripes.   9 Change to the color blue.   10 Increase the size of the brush to fill the background area. Use the Straight Line tool. Double-click the rotate tool to reset.   11 Select the top part we just created. Select Sea Foam from Nozzle Selector and do a Fill and then Fade.   12 Apply a surface texture using Speckled Laid Paper.   13 Apply a lighting effect to give the piece more realism. Select the Image Hose brush and Spray Size P Angle R with a size of 93.2. Click on a new layer until you get the leaf you want to use.   14 Add text using the text palette and we're done.     Copyright 2003, Jacquelin Vanderwood, All Rights Reserved