This document provides techniques for experimenting with ideas in art using various media like Photoshop, drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpture. It discusses Photoshop techniques like filters, double exposure, and ghosting images. It also suggests drawing with various pencils and implements, printmaking methods like monoprinting and etching, and using mixed media like collage, painting on found objects, and heat transfer processes. A variety of materials for sculpture like clay, wire, and paper mache are also listed.

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

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
The link below has some fantastic video
tutorials on photoshop techniques you could
use
http://www.iheartteachingart.com/search/label/photoshop

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

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
(above)Tape a pencil to a
stick and create an
extended arm drawing
(left) Mixed media 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