Fake a Watercolor Part 2 - Photoshop Artistry Techniques to Create The Watercolor Look

Who knew you could fake a watercolor? This course will show you how! The course has 2 parts: Part 1 is in Illustrator, where you learn all about creating Illustrator brushes. You will use these brushes to produce an amazing composition. Next you will take this composition into Photoshop, in this course, Part 2, where you will apply all the finishing touches to make it look like a real watercolor!

Traditional watercolor is a beautiful painted technique that can take many years to master. With this class I teach you how to take a vector composition and mimic the "look" of modern watercolor technique with the use of watercolor textures and Photoshop brushes. You will learn many useful Photoshop skills like creating and altering masks, creating vector paths to which you can apply authentic brush strokes and selection methods that speed up your workflow. You will be creating authentic details like paint pooling and adding painted details and textures inherent to genuine watercolor! You will practice working with many different settings in Photoshop which you've never seen applied to create this sort of art, like blending modes and other layer adjustments that enhance the credibility of the look. This course is filled with many insider tips that show you how to optimize the time it takes to produce multiple art pieces for art licensing. 

If you are into art licensing, you can learn this process to help you produce large artworks in bulk or a series in a fraction of the time it would take to paint it using natural media. This course is for intermediate Illustrator and Photoshop users, though everything is explained in a step-by-step way that any graphic designer can follow. The skills you learn will reinforce all you know about Photoshop while giving you a unique and practical purpose. Take a deep dive into the fine art world and produce a fabulous artwork in the process!

The verbal guidance and demonstrations will help you learn all the necessary core skills that can be applied to so many of your future designs. Whether you are new to design, or a fully qualified licensed artist, learning these skills be pivotal in your art licensing adventure! Imagine the time you will save!

 In this class we will go through specific concepts in 9 lessons that cover:

• Importing the mask and initial set up of your document
• Prepping the mask and adding initial textures
• Brushwork and paint pooling
• Adding grunge and authentic details
• Adjusting colors and painted details 


 You will get the bonus of…

• direction from an instructor who has been in the graphic design and art licensing business for over 40 years as well as being a certified teacher for 30 years
• a resource list of helpful online sites to further your education into design.

 

Course Synopsis:

Lesson 1

In this lesson, our focus is importing the mask created in Part 1 and the initial set up of your document.

Lesson 2

Prepping the mask and adding initial textures is covered in this lesson and there are plenty of tips and tricks you will learn.

Lesson 3

This lesson will cover initial brushwork and paint pooling.

Lesson 4

As we continue working on the composition, you will learn various techniques including adding grunge and authentic watercolor details.

 Lesson 5-9

• Fake a Watercolor Photoshop Section Intro
• Lesson 1 Importing Mask and Initial Set Up
• Lesson 2 Prepping Mask and Adding Initial Textures
• Lesson 3 Initial Brushwork and Paint Pooling
• Lesson 4 Add Grunge Details
• Lesson 5 Adjustments and Other Tidbits
• Lesson 6 Adjusting Colors and Painted Details
• Lesson 7 Soft Background Effects and Details
• Lesson 8 Adding Authentic Final Details
• Lesson 9 Flattening and Correcting Your Final Image