Article: Many people like using old photos for this project, but you can use any photo you want. Look for old photos at thrift stores, antique stores, or garage sales, or choose photos from your own collection. If you're using a photo that's important to you and you're afraid of messing up, make a paper photocopy of the photo to try out your ideas before permanently changing the photograph. Mix some watercolors with a small amount of water so that they're nice and bright. Apply color carefully to the lighter or white parts of a black and white photo in any way that you want. Don't be afraid to make the colors weird if that's what you want to do. Make people have green skin, make the sky red, etc. Use colored or black ink to modify your photo by adding shapes, designs, or words. Black ink drawings look nice over colored photos, while colored ink looks great on black and white, sepia, or monochrome photos. Try giving people word bubbles like in comics, or add stars over their eyes. Or add to the background of a photo with lots of different shapes and designs. Take any colored photograph and change the colors by outlining a part of it in a different color of paint pen, pastel, or acrylic paint. Or use black and white photos to add color. Add shapes and designs in any way that you like with your paint, paint pen, or pastel to change the original photo as much as you like. Similar to collage, you can glue a variety of objects on top of any photograph to add embellishments. You can do this in conjunction with changing the photos with painting or drawing, or do this on its own. Remember your only limit is your own imagination.
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Choose some photographs to alter. Try watercolor on a black and white photo to make it pop. Add shapes, designs, or text in ink on a photo to create a brand new image. Change the colors and details of a photograph with paint pens, pastels, or acrylics. Add glitter, newspaper clippings, or pressed flowers to make your photos 3D.