Photoshop - Sauvie Island Clouds I - Part I

Sauvie Island Clouds I

Acrylic on Cradle Board

12" x 12"

Artist: Linda Rothchild Ollis

Using Photoshop Elements to try the following ideas

helped me find my way to the finished painting above.

The early stage of the painting looked like this:

Seeing the image in grayscale at this stage, convinced

me that the clouds and farmland scene needed a frame
or border to give it more emphasis.

Originally I played with the concept of showing part

of the painting in an unfinished stage, which is what the

clouds to the left represent.

I added the frame using by selecting the frame shape

with the Polygonal Lasso Tool and filling it with
a the Gradient Tool.
Next I used the Paint Brush Tool in the Dissolve Mode
to add a spattered look around the frame.

I liked the changes enough to change the direction

of the painting.

In the next post,  "Photoshop - Sauvie Island Clouds - Part II,

I will show the final steps of the painting.