Tutorials

Color Selection in Illustration and Painting

Tutorial 3 with Bonnard Template – Exercise 3

(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 green.

Step 3

L2 is left black.

Step 4

Fill L3 and L4 using the special layer coloring method. L3 is filled with a dark blue, a 30 range from the green. L4 is filled with a lighter blue, a 15 range from the color just used.

Step 5

Fill L5 and L6. L5 with a darker green, a 15 range from the green. L6 with an orange, a 15 range from the green.

Step 6

Fill L7 and L8. L7 with a purple, a 30 range from the green. L8 with a dark green, a 10 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 just used. L10 with a bright green, a 10 range from the green. L11 with a similar green, a 5 range from the color just used. And L12 a dark purple, a 5 range from the other purple.

Step 8

Fill L13 and L14. L13 with a bright purple, a 15 range from the color just used. L14 with a light green, a 15 range from the green.

Step 9

Fill L15 and L16. L15 with a dark green, a 15 range from the purple. L16 with a dark blue, a 30 range from the background green.

Step 10

Fill L17, L18, and L19. L17 with a similar dark green, a 5 range from the dark green. L18 with a another green, a 5 range from the olive green. And L19 with a blue-green, a 15 range from the background green.

Step 11

Fill L20 and L21. L20 with a blue, a 10 range from the color just used. L21 with a gray, a 5 range from the olive green.

Step 12

Finally, fill L22, L23, and L24. L22 with a light blue, a 30 range from the blue. L23 with a bright orange, 15 range from the orange. L24 with a bright green, 5 range from the green.