08.+Brushes

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 * Art Elements & Principles of Design **

** Adobe Photoshop Brushes ** = Using brushes = What are brushes? How are they used? How do you make your own brushes? How to convert stamps (image packs) into brushes?

Brush usage
Brushes are in fact imitations of the real-life brushes. The idea is to be able to draw with them the same way we do in traditional art (or even better), so each software (in our case Adobe Photoshop) tends to offer many different brush styles. Photoshop has a fine set of default brushes. Beside the ordinary circular you probably use often, there are sets of alternative shapes, such as grids, sponges, stars... To find more brushes, you must use the **brush inspector**. You can open it by clicking on the tab **Brushes** in the upper right corner of your workspace.Unless you have the Brush tool selected, you won't be able to use the inspector options, so go and select the Brush tool (by mouse or press **B** on your keyboard). Go to…

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…to download brushes that people have made for your personal use. You do not have to join the site. When you find a brush that you like you may download the pack of brushes by clicking on download file….

*Make sure you pay attention to what you are downloading… Some brushes have 49 brushes in the pack. Also look for the version. We use PS4 in class. After you download the brushes, make sure you extract the downloaded file. After you extract the file, the brushes should be in your brush palette. Check them out and experiment!

***If you can't find what you are looking for you can create your own brush by following this tutorial...

=The Brush Project= You are going to select a c o l o r scheme of your choice and focus on one of the art principles of design. You are going to create an interesting composition using brushes in Adobe Photoshop. You may use multiple art elements to create your composition. Your end result may be abstract or non-representational as long as it has a dominant color scheme and you can clearly identify the art principle that was used.


 * Document name:** Brushes+your last name
 * Document size:** 8.5 inches by 11 inches (landscape or portrait)
 * Resolution:** 150
 * Background:** Transparent

Brush Project Requirements:
 * Dominant color scheme
 * Use of Brushes
 * Clear understanding of principles of design
 * Artist statement describing the principle of design used (5 sentence minimum)
 * Signature incorporated into project

Examples: