Deep Paint Water Color

[Fox54Black]

Originally Posted by barbara

I found this interesting thread and made something like
watercolor, I hope..
Photomaster - very nice picture

I used Gimp.

I like this version Barbara, care to share the steps involved in it?

[barbara]

Hi Foxie
the very first thing is to simplify the image , so depending on kind of a photo
I use selective blurs (sometime with warping ), sometimes despeckle filter
makes here a nice job too. So I repeat small steps until the result is ok.
Then I clone it on a new white layer and add a bit of texture.
Sometimes I add a bit of outline.
So simple it is