Pen & Ink

This effect is best suited to photographs which have clearly defined shapes with moderate detail. This technique works best on buildings and architectural images as can be seen below. Pen and ink effect emulates a technique of applying ink on paper with a pen dipped in an inkwell with a pen or modern. As the ink is applied with a pen hard, the result is different pencil...

Impasto

Impasto is the name given to applying the paints directly onto the canvas in a thick manner so that the brush or palette knife marks are visible. This images below clearly show these marks and the effect produces good results from almost any photo but does darken the image somewhat. Impasto is to give depth to the paint. The impasto is not authorized by any process of painting. It is completely prohibited by the physical properties of many binders: watercolor, gouache, vinyl, egg tempera, process design, etc.. It is feasible in oil painting and acrylic, brush or spatula, it is almost everything. These are mediums that allow the most daring impasto. Without them, the paint dries badly, cracks or creases. Acrylic comes to mind in terms of thickness reached: some gels mediums allow layers of several centimeters. Impasto oil allows up to five millimeters per coat, depending confession manufacturers impasto gels. Indeed it appears that the painters who tried to exceed this thickness have encountered technical limitations of oil paint. It is possible to surpass the five millimeters, but it involves long workshop...

Oil effect

The oil painting effect will transform your photos, making them look like they were painted by a true Master. Today, oil painting from photos is a wonderfully simple way to turn photos into art. A custom oil painting from a photograph can make any home, office or living area look amazing and is a unique gift idea. Custom portraits in oil have a rich history, dating back to around the 5th century AD when it was used by Indian and Chinese artists. Gradually it shifted Westward to Europe where it became the dominant paint used by Renaissance era artists like Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo and...

Watercolour

The watercolour paintings are done with water-soluble pigments and water on an absorbent paper. The effect produced from the computers compares well and produces good results on most photo types. However do find that close up intricate detail as found in the foreground of the castle photo does not show up as well. Watercolor is a painting technique based on the use of finely ground pigments, agglutinated with gum water. It is typically practiced on a specific paper. Transparency differentiates the gouache is opaque. The low hardware footprint and fast execution technique makes it the ideal tool for making sketches and...