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Underpainting Inmodernity

 

Underpainting is an initial layer of paint on the canvas that will serve as a base for the entire painting. There’s a popular misconception that underpainting has to be monochromatic, but underpainting in color allows the artist to easily control the overall tone and mood of the painting. Choose the underpainting color and load it as your Foreground color. Now go to the Edit menu and choose Fill, in the dialog choose Foreground from the Use menu and click OK. Add a new layer above this one to begin your painting. Now choose your Brush and be sure to turn down the brush’s Opacity in the Options Bar to let the mood of your painting shine through.

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Create A Composite Layer

If you have a multilayer composition and you
want to apply an effect to all the layers at once, don’t flatten the layers–use a composite layer instead. Hide the layers you want excluded, and press Shift-Command-Option-E (PC: Shift-Ctrl-Alt-E). A new layer will be created at the top containing a merged copy of all the visible layers.

Another option is to create a new layer at the top of the stack and make it active. Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) each layer you want to include to make those layers active, as well. Press Option-Command-E (PC: Alt-Ctrl-E).
by Colin Smith

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