Some early photomontages

When I first began experimenting with the digital medium I created a number of photomontages. The computer is perfect for this type of work. These were all done using the Adobe Photoshop 5.0 program. I have a huge stockpile of photographs that I have taken over the years that I can choose from for subject matter.


Death Of A Wasp


Flight


Floating Objects In Dark Room


Floating Yellow


Jeanne In Clouds

More ricefield photomontages

Here are five more photomontages in the rice field series. They were all done using Photoshop 5.0




This is my cat Laura.






With photomontages anything goes, just let your imagination run wild.

Some of my first photomontages

These are some of my very first experiments with photomontages.


This is a photograph of a ricefield near Basiglio, Italy that I used as a basis for these images.


I made two copies of the image, resized them and positioned the images over the original.


Here I placed a negative image over the original.


Four copies of a photograph of a tomato was used here.


Here is a white eggplant which makes an interesting image. These photomontages were all created with Photoshop 5.0.

From brush sketch to color art

Here is a sketch of a Brussels street scene done with a bristle brush in ink. This drawing is from my book DRAWING IN INK, although out of print, copies can be found in used book stores and on the internet. This is an example of how you can take a drawing that was done using traditional mediums and then color it on the computer using Photoshop.


I begin by scanning the drawing into the computer. I decide to color the drawing in dark blue using the paint Bucket Tool. I then add a light orange to the sky.


I add more tones to the buildings and the lamppost.


I add a few bright tones to the buildings and a neutral tone to the sidewalk area, finishing the scene. This is not a realistic study but it makes an interesting picture. I could easily try several color versions of this scene, two more are shown below.


This is a great way to experiment with digital art techniques.

ART ATTACK coming up this weekend !