Photoshop Tutorial - A Watercolor Tinted Drawing EffectBy Ben Morales-Correa BMC PhotoArt

Unlike true watercolor, whose origins we can trace back to Joseph William Turner, tinted drawing is a method used by artists to brush light and dark values over a drawing done with india ink. The brushed washes may be done in sepia or black ink, but the drawing can also be stained with transparent watercolors.

Recalculate the original photo file size to about 5.5 megapixels (example: 16" x 22" at 72dpi). After the artistic filters are applied you can bring your finished document back up to a larger file size. Freely outline the subject with the lasso tool at Feather 32 delete to generate a vignette

pixels, select Invert and photo. Create a duplicate file.

Choose Filter>Stylize>Diffuse>Anisotropic Click OK

Choose Filter>Artistic>Paint Daubs Brush Size 6 Sharpness 0 Blur Type Wide Blurry Click OK

Choose Filter>Brush Strokes>Accented Edges Edge Width 1 Edge Brightness 0 Smoothness 1 Click OK

Choose Filter>Brush Strokes>Spatter Sparay Radius 10 Smoothness 15 Click OK

Choose Filter>Texture>Texturizer Texture Sandstone Scaling 80 Relief 3 Light Direction Bottom Left Click OK

The image looks good already but you can further enhance the tinted drawing effect.

Click on Image>Adjustments>Selective Color Choose Colors: White Move the Black slider all the way to the left (-100%) Choose Colors: Neutrals Move the Black slider about half the way to the left (-50%)

Open the Layers palette Create a new layer with the original image and set the mode to Color

The finished artwork below.

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