Caseys ABC

Casey Klhan (see below for his link) did this great card in our Photoshop4Artists Workshop ABC class on Dollstreet!? He had many striking paintings to choose from and this was a perfect choice for the design he created.? I love the texture and rich color, and the composition works well with the box of copy on the right.? So how did he do that?? Very simple in Photoshop!

First, open your file in Photoshop.

Next, create a new layer and with your Marque tool (Dancing Ants Tool) create a square and fill it with 50% grey

Now change the Layers Filter from Normal to Screen and play with the fill slider.? Wow, cool, eh?? You can also do this on the layer that your art lives on, but this allows you to play around indefinately without the fear of ruining your original layer.

You use any shape to make your lighter area, for instance, below I have created a layer with a 50% grey brush stroke.

This is what it looks like without the blue layer turned on and this is what it looks like with the layer showing (on!)

You could put some notes about the color blue in that space, or your grocery list – you can also fool around with the grey layer, maybe give it some soft edges by feathering, use a cool brush and distress it, add curlie-q’s, you get the idea.

Enjoy your day and Play, Play, Play!

Go see Casey’s wonderful work, click HERE