Three Poses
Here I used three scribble-style sketches. Since this gives a busy look, I didn't want to add more texture. Instead, I used Metabrush to add a light spray of golden rings to add interest and hold the figures together.
I started with this sketch of mine, done with Micron pen on paper. This was actually three 90-second sketches of the same model on the same piece of paper. I photographed the page and and cleaned it up and brightened it in iColorama using Adjust/Levels and Style/Flow at low opacity.
I opened the image in Paintstorm Studio, and on a new layer I painted color over the figures with the Big Watercolor brush. I dragged the sketch layer to the top of the layer stack, and I changed its blend mode to Multiply, so that the other layers can be seen through it, but none of the other layers will obscure the sketch.
On another new layer that I intend to use as background, I used the paint bucket tool to fill the layer with color. I dragged this layer to the bottom of the stack so that it would not obscure any of the other image elements on the other layers. I created a layer mask for this layer, and I painted around the edges of the layer mask using the Roller Brush 1. This has the effect of erasing the contents of the layer wherever I painted on the layer mask.
On another new layer I used a roller brush to create a ground for the figure. I positioned this layer just above the background layer.
On another new layer which I placed on top of the color layer but underneath the sketch layer, I painted some highlights and with the Round Camel Hair brush. I used Image/Color Balance & Brightness to increase the brightness of this layer.
I created a new layer just beneath the sketch layer and above the highlights layer, and I painted some shadow areas of color using the Watercolor brush.
On a layer above the sketch layer, I painted in some face and lip color. Then on a layer above that, I painted in some suggestions of eyes.
These are my layers. I saved to my camera roll. I also saved a psd file to iCloud, which preserves the layers, in case I want to return to it later.
I opened the image in iColorama and used Tone/B&W to make a black and white version. I saved it to my camera roll for later use.
I opened the color image in Metabrush and painted in Brushes/Shatter mode, using a photo of golden grasses as my secondary photo, which lends the rings the golden color. (Choose a secondary photo by touching the photo icon at the top of the screen, just to the right of the brush settings icon.) I used the Doodle 22/71 brush. In the brush settings, I set spacing and both variances to their maximum settings, I left the dynamics settings alone, and kept the extras set at zero.
I opened the image in iColorama and used Effect/Blend to blend the previously saved B&W image on top the image in Difference mode, trying all the slider settings, including the sliders under Set.
I used Adjust/Tonelab preset 4 and Adjust/Levels to increase tonal separation and contrast.I applied Effect/Raise to bring out the rings and brush strokes.
I used Effect/Light to bring out the highlights. I applied a preset in Texture/Leak for a a lighting effect. I used Tone/B&W at medium opacity to reduce saturation, for a more gloomy feel and to accentuate the low side lighting. I applied Preset/Border preset 7 at low opacity to add more interest to the background.
