Photo Painting using Oils, Acrylics, and Blenders

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In this tutorial, Painter Master Cher Pendarvis will show you how to create a painting from a photo reference image in Painter Essentials 5.

You will learn:

How to use auto-painting to block in the color of a photo
How to continue the painting using the soft cloner to add detail
How to add finishing touches using the blenders to remove unnecessary details and the acrylics and oils to create brush strokes

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