Church. Beauty in Rough Strokes

The author of the example is Alberto Mandis.

Alberto shares the secret of how to make a real work of art out of a photograph. With AKVIS OilPaint, you can stylize an oil painting using rough strokes and canvas texture. This is done in just two steps!

Oil Painting

• Step 1. Open an image in AKVIS OilPaint.
  
  Original Image

  The first step is to get a vivid and colorful, simplified image that looks like a gouache.

  For more brightness, you can use the color variations of the brush strokes in the Abstract Art tab:

  

  Start processing , then save and reopen the result .

  
  Result
  (Painting with Large Abstract Strokes)
• Step 2. In the second step, add a "cement" texture to the image using the Decoration -> Canvas tab. Set the Embossing parameter to the maximum.
  
  Adding a Canvas

  Switch to the effect parameters (Painting tab). Set the maximum Simplify; the rest of the settings leave as is.

  To convert the image to shades of brown, use the Abstract Art tab:

  
  
  Image on Canvas, Re-processed with OilPaint
• Step 3. Process and save the image. The author has placed the painting in a custom frame with a natural wood texture.
  
  Painting with Rough Strokes
  (click to enlarge the image)

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