Open the image in Photoshop

Zoom in the first set of pears.

We are going to color the pears.
1. Use Magnetic Lasso tool to select the
right pear.

2. Switch to Quick Mask mode to clean and

fine-tune the selection.
3. Back to Standard mode.
4. Save the selection:
Selection > Save Selection
name it: right
5. Deselect.
6. Select the left pear.
7. Save the selection as "left".

8. This is what your Channels palette should look

like.
10. Load the "right" selection (Selection > Load
Selection > right)

11. Before we paint over the pears, we need to

remove any existing color information (make it
black-and-white)
Image > Adjustments > Desaturate

12. This is what it should look like.

 13. Create a new layer. Name it "paint".

14. Select the paint layer. This is where you are

going to do all the painting.
The default layer mode is Normal. If you start
painting on the layer with Normal mode - the pear
will not look realistic.
There is a special blending mode for coloring
- Color
It blends the painting layer with the layer below.
Choose this mode.

15. Select a soft brush. Change Brush

opacity to 50%
16. Choose a nice Green color and start
painting.

17. Select a pink color and add a few pink

strokes to the pear.
18. When done - Deselect the right pear.
19. Load the left pear selection.
20. We are going to use Gradient tool to
paint the left pear.

21. Go to the Tool box and choose Red

color for Foreground and Yellow color for
background.

22. Go to the Option bar and select

"Foreground to Background" gradient type.

23. Click on "radial" gradient button.

24. On the paint layer, click in the middle of
the selection and drag the gradient
outwards.
25. Deselect.
26. Layer > Flatten Image ( it will merge
both layers together

27. Zoom out (double-click on the Hand

tool)
28. You are going to load both selections:
Select > load Selection > right

then go back to Select > Load Selection

select "left" check "Add to Selection"
OK
 Now you have both pears selected.

(Do not change tools)

29. Place the cursor inside the selection

(you should have any selection tool active).

30. Drag the selection over the next set of

pears.
31. You are going to color the pears
without painting them:
Image > Adjustment > Hue/Saturation
32. Check Colorize option
33. Move the Hue slider to the left to color
the pears green.
34. Move the Saturation slider to the left to
tone down the color.

35. To hide the selection edges (to preview the

result) - go to View > Show > Selection Edges

36. You will see the pears without the

distraction of the selection's outline. (Pears
are still selected)
37. Turn the Selection Edges back on!!!!!!!
 38. You will need a grid for the next set of pears.
Go to View > Show > Grid

39. You will see the grid over your image.

Now you need to customize the grid.

40. Go to Edit > Preferences > Guides, Grid, Slices

& Count...

41. For this particular project, set the Grid

options to:
Gridline every: 200 pixels (not 2 inches
as shown, sorry)
Subdivision: 1
Choose a bright color for the grid.
42. Now each set of pears is in their own
cell.

43. Select the Rectangular Marquee tool

44. Set the options: Fixed size,
200 px x 200 px

45. Click on the third set of pears. The

selection should "snap" to the grid.

46. You are going to colorize this set in sepia tones

(looks like an old photograph). You can do it directly
on the Pears' layer (Image > Adjustment > Color
Balance),

or you can add an adjustment layer, that can be

easily removed or edited, if needed. (Layer > New
Adjustment Layer > Color Balance)
Click OK to add layer, then Properties will pop up to
enable you to adjust colors.
47. Set the color as you see on the picture
(13, -14, -38)

48. Do you have the same result?

Deselect.

49. Select the forth set of pears (with

Marquee tool)
50. You are going to apply a filter to the
set:
Filter > Brush Strokes > Crosshatch
 50a. Chances are that the image is too distorted
now (the filter is too strong). You can fix it by fading
the filter: Edit > Fade Crosshatch.
This options works immediately after you used a
filter!!!!

51. Change the opacity of the filter to about

50%

52. This set is done!

53. Select the next square.
You are going to apply a pond ripple effect
to it:
Filter > Distort > ZigZag
Choose Pond Ripples Style.
You can play with the settings.
When done - click OK

54. Looks something like this?

55. The last set of pears - select it and

apply any filter you want, or a number of
filters.
Experiment and have fun!!!