Crocus 1.

© Louise G

To make this tutorial, you have to get my Crocus selections here.
Zip them up in your PSP, Selections folder.

Start with a New Image, 400 x 400, transparent. Save as psp-format.
New Layer, call it Petal1. Selections, Load from disk, Crocus1, Petal1.
Flood fill with color #B813B7.

New Layer. Call it Petal2. Selections, Load from disk, Crocus1, Petal2.
Flood fill with #B813B7.

New Layer. Call it Petal3. Selections, Load from disk, Crocus1, Petal3.
Flood fill with color #C902C7.

New Layer. Call it Petal4. Selections, Load from disk, Crocus1, Petal4.
Flood fill with color #C902C7.

New Layer. Call it Petal5. Selections, Load from disk, Crocus1, Petal5.
Flood fill with color #C902C7.

New Layer. Call it Petal6. Selections, Load from disk, Crocus1, Petal6.
Flood fill with color #C902C7.

This is what you will have right now.

Close all layers except Layer Petal1. Selection Tool. Make a rectangle around the petal.
 Click inside it. New Layer. Keep it selected. Airbrush3, color #93078B.
Paint inside the petal like I did.

Use then color #C71FBD and paint at the upper part of the petal, like this.

Retouch Tool, Smudge 4.

Smudge these colors downwards like this.

Deselect. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible. Call the Layer Petal1.

Close Layer Petal1 and stand on Layer Petal2.
Selection Tool. Make a rectangle around the petal.
 Click inside it. New Layer. Keep it selected. Airbrush3, color Foreground #93078B
and Background #E850DF. Paint inside the petal like I did. 

Retouch Tool, Smudge 4. Smudge it downwards.

Deselect. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible. Call the Layer Petal2.

Close Layer Petal2 and stand on Layer Petal3.
Selection Tool. Make a rectangle around the petal.
New Layer. Keep it selected.  Airbrush3.
Paint with the same colors as before, like I did.

Smudge. Let the strokes go to the left.

Deselect. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible. Call the Layer Petal3.

Close Layer Petal3 and stand on Layer Petal4.
Selection Tool. Make a rectangle around the petal.
New Layer. Keep it selected.  Airbrush3.
Paint with the same colors as before, like I did.

Smudge. Let the strokes go to the left.

Deselect. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible. Call the Layer Petal4.

Close Layer Petal4 and stand on Layer Petal5.
Selection Tool. Make a rectangle around the petal.
New Layer. Keep it selected.  Airbrush3.
Paint with the same colors as before, like I did.
You can also use color #9234AA on some lines.

Smudge. Let the strokes go to the right.

Deselect. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible. Call the Layer Petal5.

Close Layer Petal5 and stand on Layer Petal6.
Selection Tool. Make a rectangle around the petal.
New Layer. Keep it selected.  Airbrush3.
Paint with the same colors as before, like I did.

Smudge. Let the strokes go downwards.

Deselect. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible. Call the Layer Petal6.

Layers, View, All. This is how it looks now.

Stand on Layer Petal2. Close all other Layers. New Layer. Call it Pistil.
Selections, Load from Disk. Load the pistil.sel. Flood fill with color #FEDA32.
New Layer. Make small lines with color #FD9643 and four yellow dots with color #FFFF00.

Smudge them just a little.

Deselect. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible. Call the Layer Pistil.

 Now it is time to have a view of all of your work. Layers, View, All.
Make sure you are satisfied with all of your petals. Do you want to change anything, do so now.
If everything is all right, Layers, Merge, Merge Visible. Call the Layer, Flower.

It looks nice doesn't it?

Now to the leaves.

New Layer. Call it Leaf. Preset Shapes, Ellipse.
Color #40720A on both Fore- and Background.
Make an ellipse rather thin.  25 x 385, will do.
New Layer. Color #62860A on both Fore- and Background.
Make an ellipse even narrower. Make it 5 x 340. Put it inside the leaf.
 Duplicate and put that one also inside the leaf.

Close Layer Flower. Layers, Merge, Merge Visible to the rest. Call the Layer Leaf.
You have to Duplicate that layer two of times. Now you have three leaves.
That will make a nice picture together with the flower.

New Layer. Call it Stem. Draw, Single Line 12. Foreground color #40720A. Background closed.
Make the stem 2 x 230. Make sure the Stem Layer
is at the bottom in your Layers Palette. Close all other Layers.
Effects, 3D, Inner Bevel as below.

All is done now.
Make all Layers Visible and enjoy the flower. Arrange the leaves to your liking.
You did a great job!

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