Selection Vase

You will need your Status Toolbar showing. This is usually found at the bottom of the PSP workspace.
View - Toolbars - Status
You will also want View - Ruler: set to pixels.
If your Ruler is not set to pixels, go to File - Preferences - General Program Preferences - Units
Under Rulers - Display units: Select Pixels from drop down.
This will help you get in the general area of the coordinates I will give you. You can then look at the Status bar coordinate (usually at the lower right) to get the settings I will give. You can experiment around as get others shapes you like, so you may not want to use the exact coordinate I give.

New Image 200 X 400 Transparent
This is much larger than the image will be. It leaves room around the edges for detailing with a larger size brush.

Selection Tool Setting:

• Selection type: Ellipse
• Mode: Add (PSP 8 & 9 - Versions below this will hold down the Shift key.)
• Feather: 0
• Anti-alias: checked

Main Body Section With your ellipse selection tool, start at coordinates (100 X 230) Drag out an elliptical shape to (80 X 116) Change Selection type: Rounded Rectangle Versions below 8 - hold down SHIFT key Start at coordinates (86 X 179) Drag out rectangle going up and toward the right side to (27 X 37) If you get off too much just undo (Ctrl+Z) Change Selection type: Ellipse Versions below 8 - hold down SHIFT key Start at coordinates (99 X 132) Drag out rectangle going up and toward the right side to (38 X 48) Selections - Load/Save Selections - Save Selection to Alpha Channel There will only be 3 selections, so I did not name them. This will save as Selection #1 Select None (Ctrl+D)

Detailing
Select a Foreground color a few shades darker than the color you used for the fill. I used #f59e9e
Select a Background color a few shades lighter than the color you used for the fill. I used #fde9e9

Airbrush Tool Setting to start:

• Shape: Round
• Size: 30
• Hardness: 0
• Step: 25
• Density: 100
• Thickness: 100
• Rotation: 0
• Opacity: 35
• Blend mode: Normal
• Rate: 0

	Click on the main body section layer on the Layer Palette Selections - Load Selection #1 from Alpha Channel Start toward the lower left bottom with your darker shade and run around toward the right side. If you do not like the shading, just undo (Ctrl+Z) and try again.
	Switch the Foreground and Background by clicking on the little arrows between the two . Change Airbrush Size: 35 Start at upper left and run slightly inside left side toward bottom. If you do not like the shading, just undo (Ctrl+Z) and try again.
	Click on the bottom section layer on the Layer Palette Selections - Load Selection #2 from Alpha Channel Click on the arrows between the Foreground and Background to switch colors again. I left size at 35. Start toward the bottom of the main body section and run along toward right edge and right bottom with your darker shade. If you do not like the shading, just undo (Ctrl+Z) and try again.
	Switch the Foreground and Background by clicking on the little arrows between the two. Spray a little inside the left side. If you do not like the shading, just undo (Ctrl+Z) and try again.
	Click on the top section layer on the Layer Palette Selections - Load Selection #3 from Alpha Channel Click on the arrows between the Foreground and Background to switch colors again. Spray slightly along bottom edge with darker shade. Selections - Modify - Contract 9 Spray slightly along bottom edge of contracted selection. If you do not like the shading, just undo (Ctrl+Z) and try again.
	Switch the Foreground and Background by clicking on the little arrows between the two. Change Size to 10 and Opacity to 5 Spray slightly along upper edge with lighter shade. Selections - Invert Spray a little more along upper rim keeping towards the inside selection. Selections - Load Selection #3 from Alpha Channel Selections - Invert Tap the Delete key on the keyboard to get rid on any spray that may have gotten outside the upper section. If you do not like the shading, just undo (Ctrl+Z) and try again.

Hope you have enjoyed this tutorial.

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