During this first lesson you will learn how to use the brush tool. You will complete one practical task.

1. Watch this Youtube video

2. Go onto Photopea website and create your own picture using the brush tool. Remember to experiment with the different colours, sizes and hardness of the brush.

3. Save your creation as a JPEG (instructions at the end of the video).

oDuring this lesson you will learn how to use the Spot Healing Brush tool. You will complete one practical task.

1. Watch this Youtube video which shows you how to use the spot healing brush to remove parts of an image.

2. Go onto Photopea website and using the spot healing brush, edit out some of the image from a photograph of your choice (or you can save my 'Fields' photograph below. You should try and remove the pylons and cables from the photograph (or any part of your own image). Once you have completed this, save the image as a JPEG to your device.

Lesson Resources

You can use your own image or you can use mine. Right click on the image below to save it to your device. The image is copyright free and is the one I used in my YouTube video above. If you are using a Chromebook, please watch this video which will show you how to save and open the image.

During this lesson you will learn how to use the Clone Tool. You will complete one practical task.

1. Watch this Youtube video which shows you how to use the Clone Tool to remove parts of an image.

2. Go onto Photopea website website and using the Clone Tool edit out some of the image from a photograph of your choice (or you can save my 'Lego World' photograph which is in the lesson resources section at the bottom of this lesson.). You should try and remove the firepit, chair and house from the photograph. Once you have completed this, save the image as a JPEG to your device.

Lesson Resources

Right click on the image below to save it to your device. The image is copyright free and is the one I used in my YouTube video above. If you are using a Chromebook, please watch this video which will show you how to save and open the image.

During this lesson you will learn how to use the text tool. You will complete one practical task.

1. You will learn how to type using the text tool on the Photopea website. Type your name, changing the the text size, style and colour.

2. Watch this YouTube video which will show you how to use this tool.

In this lesson you will combine the skills you learnt in the first 4 lessons to create a simple media product (a poster) that can be used spread awareness of how to stay safe from the Corona Virus or simply raise awareness of the challenges that are currently facing us. You can see a selection of fantastic posters on the following website Viral Art Project and Stay Sane Stay Safe , that should inspire you.

1. Firstly, watch this video that walks you through each stage of this assignment.

2. Choose one from the list below to focus your poster on:

• Hand washing

• Reduce face touching

• Respiratory hygiene

• Staying home

3 . Once you have chosen one, click here to read the health guidance for each on:. You can use some of the guidance for the one you have chosen in your poster.

4. Take a photograph (this is best) or find a suitable image off the Internet to use for the background.

5. Go onto Photopea and upload your image.

6. Demonstrate your use of using the Brush Tool, Spot Brush Tool, Clone Tool and Text Tool to create a simple poster that delivers the health guidance.

5. Save your edited image a JPEG to your device.

During this lesson you will learn how to use the Gradient Tool. You will complete one practical task.

1. Watch this Youtube video.

2. Log onto Photopea and upload a photograph of your own choice or you could use one the ones I have saved in the lesson resources section at the end of this lesson.

3. Practice using the Gradient Tool. I will be looking for evidence that you have tinkered with all the different features such as the gradient, style, angle, opacity and scale.

4. Save your edited image a JPEG to your device.

Lesson Resources

Right click on the images below to save them to your device. These images are copyright free from Pixaby.com and are the ones I used in my YouTube video above. If you are using a Chromebook, please watch this video which will show you how to save and open the image.

In this lesson you will learn a very basic way to adjust the white balance on images. This is a really basic tutorial and the results are not perfect but it's definitely a useful quick skill to learn.

1. Watch this Youtube video.

2. The first thing you need to do is find an image that you want to edit. This could be anything. I've found that an image where you have photographed an object on a white background works best as you will see that the white of the background never really photographs that well. But you can then use this tutorial to sharpen that colour white.

3. Following the instructions on the video above, go the Photopea website and adjust the white balance by clicking ctrl and L and nudging down the white level until you are happy with the results. Be careful not to go too far as it will start to make the other colours in your image look unrealistic.

4. Save your edited image as a JPEG to your device.

Lesson Resources

If you want to you can use the my images below to practice this skill. Right click on the images below to save them to your device. These images are copyright free. If you are using a Chromebook, please watch this video which will show you how to save and open the image.

In this lesson you will learn a very basic and a more advanced way to edit shapes in Photopea.

1. Watch this Youtube video.

2. Practice editing a variety of different types of shapes. Be creative and play! There are lots of different things you can do to a shape. Spend this time experimenting with them all.

2. Save your edited image as a JPEG to your device.

This tutorials is part of my 'Meticulous Photography' topic. Check out the lessons in this topic to create your own meticulous photograph or practice using mine below.

1. Watch this YouTube video in full. It will teach you a variety of ways that you can edit a photograph using adjustment layers to make it more striking or even abstract. You will learn how to adjust the brightness/contrast, gradient map, vibrance, photo filter and threshold tools.

2. Go onto Photopea and edit a picture of your choice. Or you can save the images I used in my video below to your device and edit those instead. If you are using an image you took on your phone you can edit using Photopea on your phone or transfer them onto a laptop/computer. One easy way of transferring your photographs is to email it to yourself from your phone as an attachment. Then log onto your email using your laptop/desktop computer and save the photograph to your device.

Lesson Resources

Right click on the images below to save them to your device. The images are copyright free and are the ones I used in my YouTube video above. You can use these to practice your editing skill. If you are using a Chromebook, please watch this video which will show you how to save and open the image.

Watch the video above to learn how to improve a photograph with simple editing using Photopea.

Lesson Resources:

1. Watch this YouTube video which will show you how to edit photographs.

2. Use the images below to practice your editing skills. These images are under copyright by Google Maps and shouldn't be used without crediting Google. If you are using a Chromebook, please watch this video which will show you how to save and open the image.

The Clipping Mask is one of the most cool Photopea tools. You can use it to place photographs into shapes and customise fonts.

1. Watch this YouTube video which will show you how to create a grid collage of your favourite photographs and then near the end how to create cool customised text all using the clipping tool. This next video shows you how to use the clipping tool create circular photographs with borders.

2. You could create a collage of your favourite photographs, or customize font.

3. Save your creation as a JPEG.

Watch this video to see how to use the clipping mask to create a 'splat' effect with your images.

Lesson Resources

Right click on the images below to save them to your device. The images are copyright free and are the ones I used in my YouTube video above. You can use these to practice your editing skill. If you are using a Chromebook, please watch this video which will show you how to save and open the image.

Learn how to remove the background of a photograph with just one click.

1. Watch this YouTube video.

2. Either using the photographs below to practice on, or your own photograph, remove the background using Magic Cut.

3. Remember to save your image as a GIF to retain the transparent background.

Lesson Resources

Right click on the images below to save them to your device. The images are copyright free from Pixaby and are the ones I used in my YouTube video above. You can use these to practice your editing skill. If you are using a Chromebook, please watch this video which will show you how to save and open the image.

In this tutorial you will learn how to move an object in a photograph from one position to another very easily.

1. Watch this YouTube video.

2. SAve the photographs below to your device.

3. Open them in Photopea.

4. Watch the video tutorial to learn how to move an object on the photograph to a new position. Practice using the content aware tool on the birds.

5. Finally, practice this technique on your own photographs.

6. Save your photographs as JPEGs.

Lesson Resources

Right click on the images below to save them to your device. The images are copyright free and are the ones I used in my YouTube video above. You can use these to practice your editing skill. If you are using a Chromebook, please watch this video which will show you how to save and open the image.

1. Watch this YouTube video which shows you how to use Photopea to edit images together into a collage. You will learn how to use layers and the eraser tool.

2. Create your digital collage following the instructions above (remember there are a selection of images you could use in part 2 should you need them).

Lesson Resources:

You can use your own images or you can use mine below. Save them to your device and open and place in Photopea. If you are using a Chromebook, please watch this video which will show you how to save and open the image.

1. Watch this YouTube video which shows you how to edit your found images and photographs together. You will learn how to use the magic wand tool, eraser tool and layers.

2. Create a surreal image. This could be of anything you like. Giant cats sitting on the top of tall building, a dolphin diving into a glass of water, a toy car driving on the moon. It is entirely up to you. You can create an image on anything you want!

3. Save your completed image as a JPEG to your device.

Lesson Resources:

You can use of your own images or you can save my images below and use those instead. If you are using a Chromebook, please watch this video which will show you how to save and open the image.

Feel free to copy and paste the lesson instructions above directly into your assignment for students.

For each lesson if required I included a selection of JPEG images that students could download and use to prevent them from wasting their time looking for an image.

If you use Google Classroom you could ask students to upload their Photopea creation at the end of every lesson. Here is a YouTube clip that shows students how to do this. You may want to add this as a final instruction on the assignment.

I am more than happy you using these resources including my images with your students for appropriate educational purposes. But if you share them on a public website or in your own YouTube tutorials, all I ask is that you please credit me appropriately. Thank you