Creating watercolor painting effect in photoshop is easier than you think. In my previous tutorial i told you a way to turn a photo into a nice black and white painting, but today i want to tell you three easy ways to get beautiful watercolor painting effects keeping original colors.
I use this stock:
1. Duplicate your base. Choose Dry brush from Artistic filter:
We have:
Then duplicate the base again, set it to soft light 100%, drag it to the top.
Ctr+Shift+Alt+E to get a new layer. Choose surface blur:
Final effect:
2. After duplicating your pic, choose Filter- Artistic-Sponge:
Duplicate your base again, change mode to soft light 100%, set on the top:
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E to merge all layers. Choose Surface blur:
And we have:
3. Duplicate your pic and choose Filter-Brush strokes- Accented edges
Duplicate the base, set to soft light 100%, bring it to the top:
Ctr+Shift+Alt+E and then choose Surface blur:
To strengthen and sharpen the pic we choose Angled stroke from Brush strokes:
And here we have final result:
Now look at different effects we have created:
