Picture Alteration Tutorials
Do three different Picture alterations:
Preserving the picure and distorting the background. Star Diffusion Tutorial
Making the picture black and white and colorising elements. Color Effect Tutorial
Selective Colorization.
This tutorial will explain how to convert a color photograph to B&W with color restored to selective areas. Selective Colorization Tutorial
There are a couple of options for the background alteration, look at them and choose wich you want to do.
I am supplying pictures for you to use. Please use these images for the tutorial portion. You will then be applying these techniques to images you will be using in the future.