This document provides instructions and examples for experimenting with ideas using Photoshop and other art techniques. It discusses using Photoshop to explore ideas through filters, double exposures, and ghosting images. Additional techniques mentioned include drawing with various mediums, printmaking, image transfers, pyrography, botanical printing, and sculpture using materials like clay and wire. The goal is for students to refine their ideas by selecting and experimenting with appropriate resources, media, and techniques.

1. Art Exam A02 ideas
Refine their ideas through
experimenting and selecting
appropriate
resources, media, materials, techniques

2. Photoshop
Photoshop is an easy way to begin to explore
your chosen idea. The next few pages go
through a few techniques you could try. Don’t
forget to screen shot and evidence when you
are creating work on photoshop
http://www.iheartteachingart.com/search/label/photoshop
The link below has some fantastic video
tutorials on photoshop techniques you could
use

3. Photo Filters
This is so easy but a really effective way of beginning to
experiment on photoshop. Open your image on
photoshop and follow the simple arrows below

4. Art Filters
Click onto the filter tool at the top of photoshop to
experiment with the artistic filters.
Cutout
Watercolour

5. Double exposure
Choose two images.
Make sure they are the
same size and drag them
on top of one another.
Then experiment with the
opacity and fill (shown
below) on both layers

6. You can get some
really interesting
results with double
exposure and it is
really easy to create
Double Exposure
examples

7. Ghosting an image
1. Choose a photograph
and open it on photoshop
2. Right click on your
layer and duplicate.
3. Click on Filter –
Blur –Motion Blur

8. 4. Create a ‘layer mask’ on
your blurred layer by
selecting the layer mask
circled below
Layer mask button

9. 5. You can now with the brush tool add subtle details back
into the face such as the eye or the mouth. Make sure the
opacity is on the low percentage for it to be subtle

10. Ghostly examples
With this
technique you
could create a
blurry
background
and sharpen
particular
things in the
image as
shown to the
right

11. Drawing
There are lots of different techniques you
can use when drawing. You can draw with
pencils, pens, charcoal, conte, or even be
creative and create your own drawing
implement like the examples below

12. Tonal pencil drawing
Cross
hatching

13. (below) A drawing created with two
pencils taped together
(left) Mixed media drawing
(above)Tape a pencil to a
stick and create an
extended arm drawing

14. Painting

15. Printmaking techniques
Monoprinting
Etching

16. Image
transfer
process
with gel
medium
and
modpodge

17. Pyrography
Heat Transfer

18. Botanical prints using indian ink and bleach

19. Mediums used - Indian ink, white
paint, PVA glue, blue dye, candle
wax, sticks and card for texture

20. Using wax on top of Art work

21. Drawing with
the sewing
machine

22. Collage and mixed media
Painting on
an old door
on the
panels

23. Sculpture
Clay, wire,
paper,
paper
mache,
wood,
plaster are
some
materials
you could
use