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    • Leontine
      Leontine last edited by

      Thats great. Love the color change of the umbrella! Well done!

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      • Rowan Ferguson
        Rowan Ferguson last edited by

        Really nice mate. Would you be able to share any tips for achieving the watercolour brush effect?

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        • Rob Smith
          Rob Smith last edited by

          @Naroth-Cow What a fantastic piece. I was immediately draw to it. Your digital watercolor skills are really working well. I haven't figured out the digital watercolor tools. Great job. Your such a talent!

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          • Ben Rudnicki142
            Ben Rudnicki142 last edited by

            Nice piece! I like the changes you made, it does make it more intimate. Love your use of colors too.

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            • AndrewCothill
              AndrewCothill last edited by

              I think this is lovely! It makes me want to see more of what's going on. And am i seeing right that this is DIGITAL watercolour??? I'd also love to know how you got that look to it.

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              • Naroth Kean
                Naroth Kean last edited by Naroth Kean

                Thanks everyone! since everyone is curious how i get the effect here a simple tutorial I made, and hope it helps. Remember it's about how you handle the paint, let it flows and loosen up the detail a bit.
                tutorial.jpg

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                • Naroth Kean
                  Naroth Kean last edited by

                  for number 8 also adjusted with smudge tool

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                  • Lynn Larson
                    Lynn Larson SVS OG @Naroth Kean last edited by

                    @Naroth-Cow You are the best!! thank you so much! can't wait to get home and try this!

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                    • Naroth Kean
                      Naroth Kean last edited by

                      @Lynn Larson you're welcome. Let me know if it works out for ya. You might want to adjust your texture paper a bit. I painted mine with light gray watercolor then scanned in, and I adjusted in photoshop a little bit with Level Adjustment.
                      How come sometime I can and can not tag people names?

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                      • Thrace
                        Thrace last edited by

                        Is this close to looking like your apple?

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                        • Naroth Kean
                          Naroth Kean last edited by Naroth Kean

                          you are between stage 3 and 4

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                          • Thrace
                            Thrace @Naroth Kean last edited by

                            @Naroth-Cow I will keep trying, thanks.

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                            • Thrace
                              Thrace last edited by

                              Where am I now or is it any better?

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                              • Naroth Kean
                                Naroth Kean last edited by Naroth Kean

                                absolutely looks a lot better, I can see now you have the highlight on the apple and more lighter tone. All ya need to do is to find some watercolor splatters and slap them on the apple then use smudge tool to smudge out any awkward/weird line. Try to outline the apple with darker red or brown then smudge the outline a bit, just a bit to make it look as watercolor bleeding edge. Make sure the splatters are always on another layer, make it on top of the apple, hold Alt between splatter layer and apple layer then Right click; this will make the splatter layer only be colored within the apple layer area only, it won't stray the paint.

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                                • Steve Young
                                  Steve Young last edited by

                                  Wow great little painting tutorial.

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                                  • Thrace
                                    Thrace @Naroth Kean last edited by

                                    @Naroth-Cow Thank you so much for helping me and putting up your tutorial!!!

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                                    • Naroth Kean
                                      Naroth Kean last edited by

                                      Glad I could help 🙂

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                                      • Jason Goss
                                        Jason Goss @Naroth Kean last edited by

                                        @Naroth-Cow how do you maintain texture on #8 while using the smudge tool? Doesnt the smudge tool usually destroy texture?

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                                        • Naroth Kean
                                          Naroth Kean last edited by

                                          For number 8 when i adjust something I always create another layer with Multiply to darken and Overlay to lighten it up. so u won't smudge the texture. Texture should always be on top of anything.

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                                          • Lynn Larson
                                            Lynn Larson SVS OG @Naroth Kean last edited by

                                            @Naroth-Cow hitting reply usually works, otherwise you need to add a dash if there is more than one name 🙂

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