Using Photoshop Brushes for a Mixed Media Painted Repeat Pattern

About This Class
Hey you! Yes, YOU. Grab that piece of line art you have lying around that's been gathering dust and let's start recycling! I want to show you a great way to create a mixed media art piece…and we will do that digitally! Throughout the class, I will be giving you tours of my own sketchbook practice, with natural media, and explain how it feeds my commercial work. Knowing how the real thing feels helps me do a better job with the digital brushes, and I know how to advise you to capture the essence of mixed media work in digital form. This is a great introduction to painting in Photoshop as well as Kyle’s brushes.

Mixed media art refers to artwork which combines more than one medium. For example, a drawing that combines color pencils, watercolors and inks in the same canvas. Digital Mixed Media is no different. The challenge is, of course, to create what looks to have been done with many mixed techniques, and how to accomplish that with a stylus and a raster/paint program.

Well the secret is, of course, digital brushes which mimic the real thing! There is no shortage of digital brushes being sold on the marketplace today, but why buy when Photoshop has hundreds of built in brushes by the king of digital painting, Kyle Webster himself! The key is being able to control the brushes and customize them to do exactly what you need them to. If you want to learn how brush settings affect the look of the paint strokes, you may like this new course I am offering, Using Photoshop Brushes for a Mixed Media Painted Repeat Pattern… Colorizing Line Art with Authentic Painterly Techniques.

I will teach you how to enhance your existing line art into a digital mixed media design masterpiece. You can apply this to surface pattern design, as I have, or simply apply the techniques to any line art piece you have. Instead of starting from scratch, jump right into the fun of mixed media digital painting by working directly with a finished line art. This mixed media approach will free you up creatively and have you feeling inspired! Since you already have a finished drawing, you will be able to fully explore different creative outcomes. And with Photoshop and Kyle Webster’s brushes, this is made easy. It’s your choice! I have created this class as a follow up to the class Sketchbook Art to Final Repeat Pattern class, but it can stand alone as well.  Enrolling in this easy-to-follow class will inspire you to create a wide range of digital mixed-media pieces using custom brushes, textured backgrounds, great color schemes, and all with your own line art. We'll explore how experimenting with new textures and colors, values, and many other factors, can improve that existing piece.
As far as prerequisite skills, I would recommend some knowledge of Photoshop with the goal of wanting to learn additional techniques. In class, we’ll talk about both design and technical aspects of creating this type of digital mixed media work. I will demonstrate at a reasonable pace so that it will be easy to follow along. I suggest pausing and repeating sections and possibly even slowing the speed in your browser when trying to work through any difficult parts. Adobe Photoshop is required for this class as we are using specific settings and brushes only available for this software. This course is for all levels; I recommend being acquainted with Photoshop somewhat, and, also knowing the basic principles of creating images, but most steps are explained very thoroughly.
The key concepts I will include are:
adjusting setting on brushes including texture, color dynamics and brush tip shape
methods to edit images and create simple masks made from selections
working with flow and opacity to create transparency effects
playing with hue and saturation to affect scatter brushes and provide texture
mixer brushes and smudge brushes and their specific traits
good examples, reference and inspiration for reinforcing the goal
Don’t worry if you have always wondered how to achieve traditional techniques but don’t own a tablet or Procreate. You will find that Photoshop is the most powerful natural media software on the planet. Let’s have you creating incredible mixed media pieces this week, with this class. Having art with your beautiful new techniques is absolutely do-able with this small investment of time. Let’s get this party started!