Welcome to the Pleasanton Art League

In 2008, Christine joined LAA and began using Photoshop software to create her well-known Kaleidoscope and Clock designs. One day she had a vision of a woman riding a snail in a mushroom forest. Not really knowing how to draw, she spent countless hours experimenting with collage compositing in Photoshop. In the end she created what would be the first illustration of her Fairy Tale collection. Five years later she is amassing dozens of illustrations for two children’s fairytale books.

In this demonstration, Christine will show you the equipment she uses (a simple point-and-shoot camera and a Wacom Cintique tablet) to assemble her works. She’ll start from the beginning, using Photoshop to collage pieces of raw photos together to create a unified, painterly illustration. She is very excited about Photoshop and wants to show you the amazing things you can do! Come and get your digital questions answered.