This video tutorial is done in two parts. The first segment (101) will show you how to set up a photo to paint with the history brush, and the second tutorial (102) will show you ways to refine the painting done in the 101 tutorial to add more realistic water color effects - Photoshop -

[details (http://www.retouchpro.com/tutorials/?m=show&id=294)]

Water Color 101 (http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s316/lpswampy/Tutorials/?action=view&current=Watercolor_101.flv)


Water Color 102 (http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s316/lpswampy/Tutorials/?action=view&current=Watercolor_102.flv)

Enjoy!

You may download my favorite PST brushes by clicking HERE (http://homepage.mac.com/swampy/filechute/Swampy_s_PST_Brushes.tpl.zip)

Below are the start and finish samples used in this tutorial.

Hi Swampy,

Thanks for another great tutorial. I never have been much of an artist but,
now I can turn out works of art...

Tom

Thank you, Tom. Glad you enjoyed. Can't wait to see your artistic "stuff". :-)

Excellent Swampy

Thank you, Cass. Glad you enjoyed! :-)

Thanks Swampy

Gonna look at them today and will try my hand at it in the coming week.

I appreciate all things watercolor - especially help

Regards
Bob Mc

Great WC tutorial Swampy. I'm going to try it out.

Cathy:bigthmb:

Hi Swampy.
nice work Swampy!
regards,charles

Hi Swampy,

In the finished samples you used a textured 'paper', would
you mind telling what texture you used and is it a CS2 standard.

Thanks Tom

Tom, I think I used a canvas or linen texture. I don't know which version because I have both the standard Photoshop canvans/linen and 3rd party canvas/linen that I downloaded from somewhere. I've been collecting textures for years and there are tons available for free out on the net.

Sorry I can't be of more help.

BTW -- I always do a stamp merge before adding texture to my artwork. This leaves the working layers free of texture in case I want to go back and make changes.

Hi Swampy,

These are very nice tutorials. I watched them a couple of times and learned a lot from them.

Thank you Swampy another great tut I tried it out on the cat in a basket thread #28

http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/photo-based-art/18563-cat-basket-2.html

need to practice a bit more now though

Palms

Great, Palms! It has opacity and texture. Love the background (which is so easy to do when you use the HB.. you just don't paint much of it...LOL) You did a wonderful job with the color correction too! :-)

Just wanted to let everyone know, I've uploaded "Swampy's Watercolor Brush" that I used in my Watercolor tutorials. It's a Photoshop .abr file zipped.

Boo hoo wont work for ps7

Palms

Awwww... Palms.. sorry it doesn't work for you, but the information might be helpful to others.

Swampy..I'm always looking forward to your tutorials...always outstanding! Maybe a tutorial on how you create the tutorial...I have no idea what software or tools you use to do so...

Hey, Skydog!

I use a program called SnapZ Pro for Macintosh (about $80). I understand there are a couple pretty good screen capture apps for the PC, one or two of which are free. You might try a goole search.

Hi Swampy.
Thank you very much for your nice brush,it's great.
thanks
charles

this is very accomplished step by step tutorial with "why to", thank U Swampy

Thank you, Saby :-) It is my theory that teaching "why" is more effective than teaching "how". The "whys" translate to other projects. Anybody can learn how to change a blend mode, but knowing why to change it and what the effect will be is so important. Glad you enjoyed the tutorial! Thanks for dropping a note.

Very helpful tutorials, Swampy. Thank you! I wish I could use your brush, but alas my version of PhotoShop is woefully outdated.