by VickiG

PI VERSION: 10

LEVEL: Intermediate

MAIN TOOLS: Path Drawing Tool, Easy Palette (for presets), Stamp Tool, Transform Tool (for sizing and rotation)

DOWNLOADS: NONE

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Open new white canvas 350x500. You can resize later. I like a lot of room to work with!

2. Path Drawing Tool - 3dmode - custom shape S22 - lt gray color - draw a shape approx 90 x 315 - Go to you Material Attribute Gallery-Glass -Use G26 or any other of your choice. Make sure you go up to your Material and on Bevel Settings check Smooth Spline. Then go to Transform Tool and rotate counterclockwise 40 degrees and then perspective, narrow the top and widen the bottom as shown. Right click and duplicate this piece, flip horizontally and move one to the other side. It will need to be rotated after we make the ball to fit it.

3. Path Drawing Tool - 3dmode - custom shape A19 - draw a shape approx 195 x 104. I went back up and removed the check from smooth spline as I wanted it to be a different color, which makes it a blackish color with this glass. The choice is yours. Rotate until it fits nicely against the bottom of your pieces.

4. Path Drawing Tool - 3dmmode - custom shape B41 - draw a shape approx 180 x 18 and place at bottom for the base. You can now right click and select all objects and merge as single object.

5. Path Drawing Tool - 3dmode - Circle - same glass preset as all the previous pieces, and I kept mine at the blackish look, if you want the sheer glassy look, go up to your material tab and check the smooth spline on the bevel settings, draw out a shape approx 230 x 230 and fit it in between the two pieces. You can size as necessary.

6. Stamp Tool - select stamp - choose flower2.ufo - size around 75 and place some flowers here and there as you like. Deselect. Then using same stamp tool at a size of around 50 to 55, stamp inside the globe on the right side around the edge as shown, do not deselect, right click, properties, transparency 50, right click merge as single object.

7. Stamp Tool - select stamp - choose butterfly.ufo and stamp one butterfly at a time inside your globe. That way you can delete the ones you don't want. When you have one you like, Arrange it where you want it, right click, properties, and put the transparency at 50 percent. Do this with each one for however many you want. When done, change size of butterfly stamp to 75 to 80 and stamp one butterfly at a time on your outside and arrange to your liking.

8. All Done! Right click select all objects, merge as single object and you can resize now and you have a beautiful piece of modern art to decorate with!