Photoshop skills - COLOUR

Today we learnt how to change the colours of our images and how to use the selection tools properly. 

I chose my old lady from last week (the clean digital version) to work with because I thought it would be easiest. I then started to select different parts of her to colour in. The hardest part of today was probably remembering to create a new layer each time (so you can change the colour without having to do it all again.) 

Then I experimented with placing shapes behind her, this I found quite hard to remember how, and I struggled with the opacity and getting the picture how I wanted it. Eventually I got it how I wanted it. I also added colours to the swatch so I could go back and get them faster. 

Then I experimented with hue and saturation and the colourise box. I also brought in a fabric layer, which I found easier to do than expected. I decided to match the hue to the circle behind her head and so the whole image was mahogany. I found today really helpful because it was all explained to me in a really easy way and I had time to write things down and play with it. I think its important to make mistakes on photoshop so you can learn how to rectify them and it was good that we learnt how to do that.