STEP 1

Download and unzip the files to a folder or your desktop. Open the rose clipart into your workspace.

You can choose whatever colours you wish, however the colours used here were:  #B11C1C  #7D2B2B  #6D1515  delta hue 0, delta saturation 4, delta brightness 10, and for the leaves, #1D551D

Add your colour swatches to the colour panel for ease of use.  You can also save them for later projects if required.

Select object, right click and convert to image.

STEP 2

Tool icons for working in mode, editing active objects and eraser

STEP 3

Selecting the oil paint brush, size 20, 40 transparency, 0 soft edge

Highlight rose outline/object, and using the darkest colour red, paint over the black outline of the rose only.  Change colour to the green and do the same with the leaves and stem. Deselect.

This is what you should have.  You can keep your rose as is if you wish, but it does look much nicer painted in.

These are the settings used for painting with oil brush

Choosing #B11C1C from the colour palette manager where the colours have been saved

STEP 6

Paint inside of the deeper red lines.Keeping to the colour settings I've given above, gently fill in the rose, lifting the brush every few seconds.  This will reveal slight changes in the hue and saturation of colour rather than being all one bland colour.  

Change the hue #7D2B2B to fill in darker areas.

Smooth some of the areas with the blur tool at very low settings.  Also the smudge tool, again on very low settings.

The dodge and burn tool can be used sparingly to highlight ends of rose and darken inner parts. 

Then paint the leaves again highlighting and darkening some of the areas.

Touch up tips with lighter red using brush tool size 2, transparency 80 or maybe higher, soft edge 50

When painting the rose is complete, paint the leaves and stem.

STEP 7

The finished rose.  Save as a .ufo It can then be used in other projects, or even changed colour by using Colour Replacement as shown here in the example.

STEP 8

To make a background choose one that complements rather than competes.  You can add an effect by clicking  Effect, Fills & Textures,Texture Filler and choose an effect that you like.

STEP 9

Path tool, heart shape S08 

In Path tools, draw a heart shape, 3D Trim and choose a fill or preset of your choice.  Duplicate heart shape and change to 3D Pipe in tool settings width 6 depth 30

Add shadow with these settings to the 3D pipe path only

STEP 11

When you have a background, heart, rose - duplicate your rose and assemble them together.  Add your text, and eros if you wish.  Eros is a path shape from MaryLou's collection.  Resize, change to 3D and add material.

Save the individual pieces as .ufo so they can be used for other projects.

When all is assembled, add shadow behind roses, merge all.

I hope you've enjoyed this tutorial.