The basket and watering can were made to go with the Gardening Angel tutorial
but they can be used separately. For this tut we will be using the Gardening Angel
so that the basket and watering can will fit in her hands but If you do not want to
do the Angel you can do yours without it. Gardening Angel Tut.

This tutorial is written using PSP 8.1 but can done in other version with a little
modification of tool locations.

This is a vector tutorial so a working knowledge of PSP is helpful but I will try
to explain so that those fairly new to vectors can follow. If this is your first time
vectoring I suggest you give my Vectors 101 tut a try first before attempting
this tut. Vectors 101

Let's get started!

1. If you have done the Gardening Angel open the saved image of it. Go to Windows,
Duplicate. Close the original. Save this image under a different name.
If you haven't merge all your layers visible, do so now. You can leave the bottom
Raster layer if it has nothing on it. If it does, then merge all layers visible and add
a new Raster layer moving it to the bottom and make it your active layer.

2. First, let's make the basket. Set your foreground color to a nice brown #CA9F81

3. Preset Shapes set to .....

4. Draw out an oval, make sure it fits in the glove on her hand....

Do not convert to Raster yet.

5. Switch your foreground color so that it becomes your background color.

6. Make your Gardening Angel your active layer. (if you're not doing the angel,
add a new Raster layer naming it Spacer). We don't want our shapes on the
same layer.

7. Draw out a horizontal oval across the bottom of the first oval....

8. Click on the Pen Tool to activate your nodes. Bring the middle node on the right up so
that it meets your handle. Bring the left middle node to meet your handle....

9. Add a node at the bottom, move those two nodes so that they square off the
bottom....

10. Pull down on your top center node....

11. Now click back to your handle shape. Move the left middle node back a
little...

12. Back to the other shape. Move the left node to meet the handle...

13. Convert the handle layer and the basket layer to Raster, rename as Handle and
Basket1.

File, Save!

14. Duplicate the Basket 1 layer, rename as Basket 2.

15. Go to Adjust, Brightness and Contrast, Brightness and Contrast. Set Brightness to
8, Contrast should be set to 0.

16. Move this layer up just a little. Look on your Layer Palette, drag this layer so that it
is below your handle layer. Adjust it so that it is just above the front of the basket...

17. Make your Basket 1 your active layer. Go to Effects, Texture Effects, Weave.
In the drop down menu choose Screen door.....

18. Make your Handle your active layer. Go to Effects, Texture Effects, Weave.
Change the Gap and Width size to 2.

19. Make Basket 2 your active layer, apply the above Weave to it. This is what you
should have now....

20. Make Basket 1 your active layer. Set your foreground color to #D2A789

21. Click on the Pen Tool and set to these settings....

22. Draw a line from one handle to the other but out from them a little.
Right click on the left node, change the Node type to Curve After. Pull down on the
handle to curve the line so that it matches the shape of the basket....

Convert to Raster, rename as Trim.

File, Save!

23. Make Basket 1 your active layer. Go to Selections, Select All, Selections Float,
Selections, Invert. Make Trim layer your active layer. On your keyboard hit the
delete key. This will remove the area of the line that was sticking out past the
handles. Selections, Select None.....

24. Make your Trim layer your active layer. Apply the last Weave setting to this layer.

25. Make Basket 1 layer your active layer. Go to Selections, Select All, Selections Float.
Go to Effects, 3D Effects, Cutout and apply these settings...
Shadow Color is #76523A

Selections, Select None.

26. Make your Handle your active layer. Go to Selections, Select All, Selections Float.
Apply the above Cutout except lower the Blur to 3 and raise the Opacity to 80.

Now you have a basket. You can add layers between the front and back of the basket
and add flowers, fruits or vegetables if you'd like.

Save a copy of your basket unmerged by going to Windows, Duplicate. Name the
original and close it. Merge all layers visible of the duplicate except the bottom raster
layer.

File, Save!

We will make the Watering Can now!

27. Set your foreground color to #D3B6DA. Background should be off.

28. Preset Shapes set to...


29. Make your bottom raster layer your active layer. Draw out an oval to fit in her right
hand....

30. Click on the Pen Tool. Add a node between the left side existing node and the bottom
node....

31. Make the bottom node your active node. Hot the Delete key on your keyboard...

32. Move the node you added over to the left a little to straighten the line....

33. Move the node on the right down a little ....

Convert to Raster, rename as handle.

File, Save!

34. Switch your foreground color so that it becomes your background color.

35. Preset shapes set to the same settings as for the handle.

36. Draw out a small oval at the bottom left of your handle....

37. Click on the Pen Tool. Bring the right side node up and the left side node down.
Move the top node over to the left and move the bottom right node over to the right.
You want something like this....

You want the two top nodes to match the line of the handle.

Convert to Raster.

38. Preset Shapes tool, same settings as above except switch to the Rectangle.

39. Draw out a small rectangle at the bottom right of the last shape....

40. Click on the Pen Tool. Right click on the bottom left node, change the type to
Curve Before. Zoom way in so you can see. Pull the handle to round out the bottom...

Convert to Raster. Move this layer so that it is below the other layer.

File, Save!

41. Close the bottom Raster layer and the angel layer. Merge the 3 handle layers visible,
rename as handle.

42. Set your foreground color to #F3E6B7, background should be off. Make your bottom
layer your active layer.

43. Preset Shapes set to...

44. Draw out an oval between the two lines of the handle.....

Convert to Raster, rename as oval 1.

45. Make your bottom layer your active layer.

46. Preset Shapes set to the above settings except make it a Rectangle.

47. Draw out a large rectangle below the oval you just made....

48. Click on the Pen Tool. Right click on the bottom left node, change the type to
Curve Before. Pull down and over to the right on the handle to round the bottom....

49. Right click on the top left node, change the type to Curve After. Pull down on the
handle to follow the curve of the yellow oval like I did in the screenshot above.

Convert to Raster, rename as front.

File, Save!

50. Preset Shapes, change to an Ellipse. Make your bottom layer your active layer.

51. Draw out an oval to fit inside the yellow oval you made before....

52. Convert to Raster, rename as inside.

53. Set your foreground color to the yellow we used. In the Layer Palette click on the
eye beside your angel to hide her for now. Make your handle your active layer.

54. Preset Shapes set to...

55. Draw out an oval at the bottom....

56. Click on the Pen Tool. Click on the top middle node. Hit the Delete key on your keyboard.
Move the existing nodes so that they fit the curve at the bottom. Extend the ends so that they
go past the sides....

Convert to Raster, rename as oval 2.

File, Save!

57. Click on the Eraser Tool. Set to these settings....

58. Now zoom in close. Use the Eraser to remove the area that is sticking out
past your corners....

59. Make your Oval 1 your active layer. Background color set to #D8DE94

60. Preset Shapes set to Ellipse. Draw out a small oval on top of your Oval 1 layer.
Click on the Pen Tool.

61. Move the existing nodes so that it follows the curve on your Oval 1. You want
something like this....

Convert to Raster, rename as Lid.

File, Save!

62. Preset Shapes to the same settings as above. Background color should be the same
as well.

63. Draw out a narrow horizontal oval....

64. Use the Rotation handle to rotate the top out and the bottom in....

65. Click on the Pen Tool. Pull out on the handles at the bottom. Add one new node at the top
to square that off. Move the side nodes so that the taper as you get to the end. Something like
this is what you want.....

Convert to Raster, rename as spout1.

66. Set you background color to the purple of the handle #D3B6DA

67. Preset Shapes, same as for the spout. Draw out an oval at the right end of your spout.
Use the rotation handle to rotate it upward....

Convert to Raster, rename as spout2.

File, Save!

68. Add a new Raster layer. Set your foreground color to the green or orange if you
prefer.

69. Click on the Paint Brush Tool, use these settings to dot holes in your spout 2....

Something like this is what you should have...

All that's left now is to shade our layers.

70. Make your Front your active layer. Go to Selection, Select All, Selections Float.
Add a new Raster layer.

71. Go to Effect, 3D Effects, Cutout with these settings...
Shadow color is Black...

72. Add a new Raster layer and go back to Cutout, change the Vertical to -6 and the
Horizontal to 9.

Selection, Select None. This is what you should have....

File, Save!

73. Close all layers except the Front layer and your two shadow layers. Merge Visible
and rename as Front.

74. Make your inside your active layer. Select it and apply a cutout using the settings
under # 71.

Select None.

75. Make your Lid your active layer. Select it and apply a Cutout with these settings...

Select None.

76. Make Spout 1 your active layer. Select it and apply the above Cutout to it.

Select None.

77. Make Spout 2 your active layer, apply the same Cutout to it.

Select None.

78. Make your Handle your active layer. Select it and apply a Cutout using the settings
above except change the Opacity to 30. Select None.

79. Zoom way in on your handle. Click on the Eraser Tool. Set it to about size 3. Move
the area on the handle that overlaps onto the Oval 1 layer. Click on the Soften Brush with
these settings.....

Lightly soften the area you just removed so that the handle looks like it is on the outside....

80. While still on the Soften Tool, make Oval 1 layer your active layer. Soften the area around
the front of it and around the inside area. Don't soften the outside area when transparent is.
Make active Oval 2 and do the same thing to it....

81. Make your handle your active layer. Add a new raster layer. Click on the Paint Brush Tool
Use the settings we used to the holes in our Spout except increase the size to 8. Set your
background color to the spout holes color. Make you dot on the handle....

There, you have your finished watering can!

File, Save!

Until next time, God Bless!

Connie