Inkscape painting of an English garden

I worked from dark to light using three layers in Inkscape. Pictured above is the finished painting, and below the dark green, red and purple layer on top of the background, with the background alone at the bottom.





You may download a partial source document in XML format of layer two from Google Docs.


The photograph upon which I based the painting is hosted on Flickr and distributed under a Creative Commons license.

Field of Daisies

This painting uses the technique described elsewhere on this blog to draw the pedals of the daisies.



The photograph on which this painting is based may be found on: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsmagic/477110217/The photo was published under the following creative commons license.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsmagic/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Drawing stems and leaves with Inkscape 0.47

Occasionally, I try to replicate someone else's painting technique using Inkscape. This is a common technique in oil and watercolor painting in which one turns the brush during the stroke in order to go from a thin line to a wider shape. One application of the technique is for drawing leaves quickly, effortlessly and in perspective. I have found that this too can be accomplished in Inkscape using specific settings for the brush tool and some practice. Try a leaf that extends toward you, the painter, and I think that you will agree that the technique works very well. Click the picture for a larger view of the simple instructions.

Inkscape watercolor violets

More watercolor experiments using Inkscape 0.47 filters and brushes on a rough, quick sketch.

Watercolor Flower

More filter-effects experiments.
Two brush tools were used in this painting: wiggly and brush.
Different widths and transparencies were set also: wider and more translucent for pastels and thinner darker contrasting colors in the foreground.

I am not happy with the foregorund, so this painting still needs work.

Inkscape 0.46 oil painting filter-effect by jbrgfx

jbrgfx has designed an oil painting filter-effect using Inkscape .046.

The object of this experiment was to preserve depth while highlighting colors. The settings which produced these "paintings" may be seen in detail by clicking the following screen-shot.

Below are instructions for using the filter-effect, at least as I designed it for my own use.

SVG Flower with leaves in Inkscape

The purpose of the demonstration:

Integrate samples from the Open Clip Art Library into a design of my own to quickly complete a prototype.

Tools used to create the 3d-text demo:

• Inkscape 0.46

The intended audience and required skills:

Beginning Inkscape users: familiarity with drawing and smoothing shaped drawn with the Bezier tool, duplicating shapes, practiced at using gradients for shading and lighting effects, and exporting selections to PNG.

How to make this image using Inkscape 0.46.

Uses sample sources for the leaves from:
summer leaves by tom on openclipart DOT org
simple spring, new leaves by tom on openclipart DOT org

Helpful Resources

The Open Clip Art Library

Inkscape users may search for and import clip art from the Open Clip Art Library directly using the Inkscape graphical user interface. Use the following navigation:

File > Import From Open Clip Art Library.