Ornamental Panel

This is follow-on post from the earlier 'Grisaille, a closer look'. Above are two versions I created of a new panel design using a blend of traditional hand-painted techniques and digital technology.

I wanted to show you the possibilities that Photoshop affords. It's the same vase as before, this time combined with a whole stack of new elements that I either hand-painted and scanned, or painted right in Photoshop using the Wacom tablet.

The landscape image in the background is a small section of hand-painted mural that I created for a European client. Here is a photo I found online of a Swedish garden that I used as a reference for the scenic element of my panel.

Before shipping the mural on canvas across the sea, I sent each canvas section (approx 7' x 16') out to a large format scanner and had DVDs made of my mural. Now that I have everything digitized, I am free to re-configure and re-color. I can literally create countless new versions.

Everything is adjustable. From the colors and scumbled over-glazes to the elements themselves, all saved on separate layers. Here's a reference image that I liked from a book on Swedish Neo-Classicism. I used it as a starting point to paint the bottom element for my new panel.

And this is an image showing the original landscape mural, installed in Europe.

You can view additional images of the same mural installation here, on our website.

 The section I used for my new panel above is actually hidden behind the star-shaped mirror and side table.