Teach_Yourself_Photoshop_Elements_2

CREATIVE EFFECTS

W

e may think of watercolour painting as strictly for

hobbyists and landscape enthusiasts with bags of

hand-to-eye coordination, but before photography

came along, watercolours were used for all kinds

of practical tasks. The portability and relative speed of the

painting made it useful for recording eyewitness likenesses,

new specimens and even battle scenes.

Watercolours are created with water-soluble pigment

paints. These run into one another to create a mix of colours

and shapes. The effect is fairly easy to recreate in Photoshop

Elements using Camera Raw, filters and some simple

brushwork. We’ll start with a novel use for Camera Raw’s

noise reduction controls to give our starting image a smooth,

smudgy finish. Then we can use the Glowing Edges filter to

add a faint pencil sketch effect. To give it a hand-made feel

we’ll get stuck in with the Brush tool and experiment with

different Wet Media brushes, then add a textured paper

finish to complete the effect.

Transform your photos into paintings

Love paintings but can’t paint? We reveal

how to turn your photos into watercolours

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