Tutorials

Color Selection in Illustration and Painting

Tutorial 3 with Bonnard Template – Exercise 2

(Method for coloring these special template layers in Photoshop.)

Before -- After

Step 1

Open the Bonnard template. You may download the template here.

Step 2

Hide all layers except for L1. Choose a color for the background rectangle. Here we chose a red.

Step 3

L2 is left black.

Step 4

Fill L3 and L4 using the special layer coloring method. L3 is filled with a yellow, a 40 range from the red. L4 is filled with a green, a 5 range from the color just used.

Step 5

Fill L5 and L6. L5 with a lighter brown, a 10 range from the red. L6 with a purple, a 20 range from the red.

Step 6

Fill L7 and L8. L7 with a dark yellow, a 20 range from the red. L8 with a green, a 20 range from the color just used.

Step 7

Fill L9, L10, L11, and L12. L9 with a darker green, a 5 range from the green. L10 with an bright orange, a 10 range from the red. L11 with a similar orange, a 5 range from the color just used. And L12 another dark yellow, a 5 range from the previous dark yellow.

Step 8

Fill L13 and L14. L13 with a bright pink, a 10 range from the color just used. L14 with a pale orange, a 20 range from the red.

Step 9

Fill L15 and L16. L15 with a blue, a 20 range from the red. L16 with a green, a 10 range from the color just used.

Step 10

Fill L17, L18, and L19. L17 with a similar blue, a 5 range from the blue. L18 with a purple, a 10 range from the color just used. And L19 with a lighter green, a 5 range from the green.

Step 11

Fill L20 and L21. L20 with a yellow, a 5 range from the color just used. L21 with an orange, a 10 range from the red.

Step 12

Finally, fill L22, L23, and L24. L22 with a pale pink, a 20 range from the color just used. L23 with another purple, 5 range from the purple it touches. L24 with a darker red, 5 range from the red.

Next - Exercise 3