Example of One photo that is edited in Photoshop, pre-painted in Corel Painter and natural media painted in acrylic on canvas for a customer.

1. Creating Personalized Fine Art
Natural Media Paintings From Photos
Using Brushstrokes of the Masters to Create
Your Own Masterpieces!

2. Open selected photo in Photoshop,
Crop to relative proportion desired
Photo: Grace by the Window Cropped Photo

3. Add brushstrokes to improve Photo
(example: flowers added to view)
Source Result added to Photo

4. Add border to window
Before Window border added After Window border added

5. Adjust Colors with Auto Levels, recrop
and stretch adjustments
Before Auto Levels, recropping After Auto Levels, recropping…

6. Use filters on portions of photo,
such as extrusion tool
After Extrusion (on cupboards
Before extrusion and view)

7. Resize small for Corel Painter,
open in Corel, Quick Clone file,
Add brushstrokes—impressionists, etc.
Photo resized from 11”x14” to Quick Clone with Van Gogh and
2”x2.5” Impressionist brushstrokes added.

8. Reimport to Photoshop, add
signature, use other effects to adjust colors, etc.
Before signature and Final composition: After
adjustments signature and adjustments

9. Print on Canvas, Paint in Oil or Acrylic
Print on Canvas Finished Acrylic Painting