Clock Tutorial


This tutorial is translated with permission from © Elvira Lesniewski

The tutorial is made in PI X3 but can also be made with earlier versions.

Skill level: Beginner
No outside filters are used.




    Open a new white canvas, 500 x 500. You can download the supply here .

    With the Outline Drawing Tool draw a circle-3D, Material-Copper 10, Line-width 4, size 460 x 460. With the Path Tool - Line and Arrow - Spline, 3D, Line width 2, Material copper 10, draw an object (see screenshot), duplicate 4 times and place them inside your circle.



    Draw with the Outline Tool another circle - 3D, Material Copper 10, Line width 4 and put in place.



    With the Path Tool, Custom Shape S47, 3D, Material-Copper 11, width 10, make an object (see screenshot). Edit with the Path Edit Tool (see screenshot). Right click and duplicate 4 times, put them together (see screenshot).



    Right click, convert from Text/Path to Image. With the Blur Tool, Level-1, Soft Edge-3 go once over the pieces and arrange them between the circles.



    With the Path Tool draw a circle in 2D, colour #FFCC99 and put it in the center. With the Burn Tool, size 300, Soft Edge-25, Level-50, click once in the middle and then around the edge, be careful not to get to the middle again. With the Blur Tool, size 150, Level-1, Soft Edge-3, blur once over the circle. Go to Photo, Light, Brightness and Contrast and click on the top/left, see screenshot, then OK.



    Duplicate the circle and fill with black, open the supplied mask and import it to the Easy Palette, double click on the mask and there you have the numbers. Resize so you have some space around.



    Draw a small circle with the Outline Tool, 2D, size 2, colour black. Place it in the middle. With the same settings draw a diamond shape and use the Transform Tool to make it thinner. Make another and put them on place to show the time, put a shadow, #5 from the left.



    Draw a little circle, Path Tool 3D, Material-Copper 1, place it in the outline circle in the middle and put a shadow #5 from the left. Draw a small flower with the Path Tool, Fl04, 3D, Material-Steele 6 and a small 3D circle, Material-Steele 1. Put it on the flower and merge as single object. Place the flower where the X is and right-click-duplicate until you have them all in place.



    If you made it all right your clock should now look like on the big picture. This was all. Hope you enjoyed the tutorial.
Translated by ©Birgit Helander