Piker's watercolor emulation tutorial

[Dron58]

Hello everyone.
I wrote a small tutorial on simulation of watercolor techniques
http://pike.jimdo.com/piker-watercolor-tutorial/
Any questions and comments are welcome.

[sponge03]

WOW, that is a great tutorial, with Amazing results.
Thank you very much for a great explanation on your watercolor techniques.
Merry Christmas

[sponge03]

I downloaded your brushes and couldn't find your “_WC Watercolor 6 M” brush, i managed to get the other brushes, Thanks

[Veralisa]

Thank you Vitaly, I am anxious to try. It is kind of you to share your work with us this way. I enjoyed your site very, very much.

[geepee52]

Vitaly, this is a fantastic tutorial, thank you for the going to the trouble of writing it.I think your work is great.I'm looking forward to trying your method.

Grant

[Veralisa]

Well, I tried it tonight...what do you think? I didn't follow the tutorial to-the-letter ...mostly because I got a bit confused, but I think it captured the spirit of the technique. I will certainly do more...

You've got all the big names on your site, don't you. I think you gave me a new focus. Thanks!!!

[lkroll]

The tut looks cool, but way to much work for me. lol

[Dron58]

Thanks all for comments.

@Sponge03
It's my mistake, I fix it.

[DannyRaphael]

Vitaly,

Thank you for your efforts. This is a very thorough tutorial.

Your English is much better than my Russian! Not to worry. It is very understandable.

[Swampy]

Wonderful tutorial Vitaly! I haven't tried it yet, but love the results you have achieved! Thank you for taking the time to post it!

[pavel123]

Vitaly,

Many thanks for the tutorial.

Pavel

[Veralisa]

I tried again, with more confidence than yesterday and very different results. Yes, I see...there's lots of room for play here.

This is Grayson, the cat of a friend. The original photo she sent me was really jumbled up, background very messy and I needed to clear up a lot of distraction.

Thanks again, Vitaly.

ps: unable to open your brushes. Is it necessary to download another application? I'd really rather not.

[Janet Petty]

This is a very well done tutorial and the results are superb. Thank you for your generosity in sharing your techniques.

Janet

[sponge03]

Nice work Veralisa, that is looking really good

[sponge03]

Originally Posted by Veralisa

I tried again, with more confidence than yesterday and very different results. Yes, I see...there's lots of room for play here.

This is Grayson, the cat of a friend. The original photo she sent me was really jumbled up, background very messy and I needed to clear up a lot of distraction.

Thanks again, Vitaly.

ps: unable to open your brushes. Is it necessary to download another application? I'd really rather not.

Just an idea, maybe if you want to post the original photo of the cat (or another photo), and we can all have a go using Vitaly's great tutorial.

It will be interesting to see how many variations we can all come up with using the same instructions and brushes.

[amica999]

Thank you very much for writing this up and sharing! I am a huge admirer of your watercolor work, it's simply impressing. Will try your tut soon and post results

Okay followed your steps and this is what I came up with:

Added original if anyone wants to give it a try

[oltenius]

Vitaly, Thanks very much, one of the best watercolor tutorial!
Heres my try: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2517/...b24144b1_o.jpg
Dan

[sponge03]

Originally Posted by amica999

Thank you very much for writing this up and sharing! I am a huge admirer of your watercolor work, it's simply impressing. Will try your tut soon and post results

Okay followed your steps and this is what I came up with:

Added original if anyone wants to give it a try

Nice work Dan and Amica.
I'm having my first practise run on your building Amica with Vitalys tutorial, but i can't seem to get past step 9, when we go to use the art history brush for the first time after taking our snapshot, it just dosn't seem to paint?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

[amica999]

Originally Posted by sponge03

Nice work Dan and Amica.
I'm having my first practise run on your building Amica with Vitalys tutorial, but i can't seem to get past step 9, when we go to use the art history brush for the first time after taking our snapshot, it just dosn't seem to paint?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

I don't have the numbered steps in mind, but I simplyfied the dub, created a blank layer filled with white added another blank layer and made a snapshot then of the simplyfied dup. See if it works, if not..come back

[oltenius]

Sponge03, Thank you!
I used the first 17 steps and then I have only a simplified sketch layer and texture, S/H, USM and H/S.
Dan

[Dron58]

Originally Posted by sponge03

I'm having my first practise run on your building Amica with Vitalys tutorial, but i can't seem to get past step 9, when we go to use the art history brush for the first time after taking our snapshot, it just dosn't seem to paint?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

This can be if you paste an image through the clipboard into a new file.
I think need merge layers before snapshot.
Let me know if i am afrade.

[mikajomc]

Thank you so much Vitaly!
You have the best watercolor technique I have seen.
It is very very generous of you to share!

[dkcoats]

Vitaly, I admire your work very much. Jordan's right - your watercolors are in a class by themselves.

It's very kind and generous of you to share your methods. Thank you!

[sponge03]

I managed to get the AHB working, Thanks.

Here is my attempt using Amicas photo.

[amica999]

Originally Posted by sponge03

I managed to get the AHB working, Thanks.

Here is my attempt using Amicas photo.

Very nice, Sponge. Glad you got the AHB working

[zip022]

How can you use the .rar file in Photoshop? Am I missing somthing?
Thanks!

[pavel123]

.rar is an archive, similar to zip.
You need to download winrar utility to open rar archives.

[zip022]

Thank you! So fast!

[sponge03]

Originally Posted by amica999

Very nice, Sponge. Glad you got the AHB working

My version is OK, i'm sure I can do better next time.

It will be good to see Vitaly do a version using the same steps with the same photo, that will give me some inspiration to keep improving my watercolor painting skills.

[Dron58]

I'm here
this is step by step play.
I want to note - the best result is when you use a tablet, but not the mouse. My instrument is tuned to pen pressure.