Painting a Tropical Leaf - Corel Painter Tutorial

Jacquelin Vanderwood March 1, 2004   1 To begin, choose Acrylic and Wet Detail Brush 5. Set the Size of the brush to approximately 13.   2 Start with the green shown below. Use a background color of dark green.   3 Beginning from the left tip, block in the lines shown below.   4 Next, block in the lower lines.   5 Add some pink color.   6 Change to Thin Distorto located under Distortion.   7 Select the lowest point on the lower side and gently drag along the edge.   8 Do the same for the top edge.   9 Enlarge the brush to 30. Drag down in the middle.   10 Change to Photo Dodge. Lighten in the pink area.   11 Change to the Burn brush and make the necessary adjustments in size, etc. Paint along the edge all around the leaf.   12 Reduce the size of the brush. Darken some of the pink area. Also darken down the center of the leaf.   13 Darken the tip some more.   14 Still using the Burn tool, make the necessary adjustments as shown below.   15 Change to a maroon.   16 Block in the branch.   17 Change brushes. Make the necessary changes to match the brush attributes.   18 Change color.   19 Block in the lighter branch highlight color.   20 Again, change to a light brown. Reduce the size of the brush. Add more highlight.   21 From Photo choose Add Grain and swipe at the branch once.   22 Open Apply Lighting. Select Splashy Color. Adjust Ambient up to about .60.   23 Continue making more leaves to add to the plant. When finished, use Brightness/Contrast to adjust the highlights and shadows.   Copyright 1998-2004, Jacquelin Vanderwood, All Rights Reserved