Still Life Editing Using Photoshop (Graphics)

I have chosen an original painting that i have then used to digitally copy.

Original Still Life Painting.

firstly I layered my starting images so that i could then use the "quick selection tool" to remove the background of the image.

I then selected the image and used the "filter gallery" tool and used the "paint daubs effect" and then changed the bush size, sharpness and brush type.

After editing all the different items of the image i duplicated them onto one window and started to structure them so that they layered in the correct order.

Then using the crop tool i cropped the image so that it was the appropriate size that was adequate for the original copy.

I then made sure that everything was in the correct place as the original painting.

Finished digital copy.

Evaluation

Creating this digital copy of a still life painting, I found very challenging. The reason as to why I found this challenging was because I had never used Photoshop before, so using the different tools and learning the short-cuts became very complicated and difficult to remember. When I finally got to grips with the tools of Photoshop I found the effects very impressive, they allowed me to create different texture and tone within my work. My strengths that I found while using Photoshop was that I was able to get the effect I hoped to achieve very quickly. Personally I would say that my weakness was that throughout making my digital copy I had open many images to edit so at times I was confused and I often lost track of which parts of work I was working on, due to this I know know that I can organise my different windows of work on tabs in Photoshop. Although I enjoyed creating this digital copy of a still life painting, my finial outcome was not as successful as I'd have hoped for it to be, the reason for this was because I was new to Photoshop and I think that if I was to do another piece similar to this I think that I would be able to work at a faster pace which I could then involve more time with effects, as I had to work to a deadline with this piece so unfortunately I was restricted the amount of time I took choosing the right effects and the structure of the whole piece. Overall I enjoyed learning how to create this piece of work and understand my errors that I need to correct for the next time I digitally copy a painting or use Photoshop in any way.