We are going to make this countryhouse, fire up your PSP, this tutorial can be done in all versions of PSP. This page is graphics intense because of the screenshots used. Please give it time to load :)

Remember to save often !

Open a new image 109 x 141. Set your paintbrush to : Shape = square, Size = 1, Hardness-Opacity-Density = 100, Step =25.

Colors :
- red = #800000
- green = #607860
- brown = #807358
- smoke & doorhandle = #000000

Important uncheck your anti-alias !!

Outline your house by using the screenshots below.


Save your work !

Once you're finished with the outline use your magic wand to select the inside of your house. Magic wand settings are RBG value, tolerance = 0, feather = 0, sample merged unchecked.
You may want to zoom in your picture so you'll have everything inside selected. Hold your shift key if you are selecting more areas.

Select & floodfill the wall with #F5E1B7. Invert your selection and apply a drop shadow with following settings :
Shadowcolor = #800000 - V = -1 & H = 1
Opacity = 50
Blur = 10

Deselect and save your work !

Select & floodfill the roof with #D1BF97. Invert your selection and apply a drop shadow with following settings :
Shadowcolor = #584E38 - V = -1 & H = 1
Opacity = 85
Blur = 10

Deselect and save your work !

Select & floodfill the door (not the window) with #BCD4BC. Invert your selection and apply a drop shadow with following settings :
Shadowcolor = #607860 - V = 1 & H = 1
Opacity = 85
Blur = 7

Deselect and save your work !

Select & floodfill frame from the doors window with #BCD4BC. Invert your selection and apply a drop shadow with following settings :
Shadowcolor = #607860 - V = -1 & H = 1
Opacity = 65
Blur = 4

Apply this to the other two windows.

Deselect and save your work !

Select & floodfill doorhandle with #C0C0C0. Invert your selection and apply a drop shadow with following settings :
Shadowcolor = #000000 - V = -1 & H = 1
Opacity = 65
Blur = 5

Deselect and save your work !

Select & floodfill top of chimney with #F69B8C. Invert your selection and apply a drop shadow with following settings :
Shadowcolor = #820000 - V = -1 & H = 1
Opacity = 65
Blur = 10

Repeat this with the remaining chimney. Select your bricks and floodfill them with #820000

Deselect and save your work !

Now for the glow inside your windows ! Set your foreground color to #FFFF80 & your background color to #FFFFFF. Select the inside of your window and activate your gradient style. Settings see screenshot below and floodfill your window. Repeat this step for all the windows.

Save your work and you are finished !! I hope you enjoyed doing this tutorial :)

 

Graphics and tutorial by Anita Schaerlaeken © 2003
tutorial written Dec. 14th

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