Real Digital Watercolor Painting in Photoshop - The Most SIMPLE Tutorial for Artists!
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2017
- PLEASE CHECK OUT THE LATEST 2020 VERSION OF THIS VIDEO HERE: • Real Digital Watercolo...
UPDATE 2020: I am no longer using these brushes but have a few favorites you can download for free from Adobe ~ Kyle T Webster Watercolor Brushes - my favorites are: Kyle's Real Watercolor Round Robin (creates wet edges - better than the one I use in this video), Kyle's Real Watercolor 500 Giant (great for soft watercolor backgrounds) and Kyle's Real Watercolor Soft Edger 1 for blending.
Hi Guys! I'm back with a new video for you. This one was inspired by my recent exploration of the digital watercolor tutorials on UA-cam and I was immediately SO confused and overwhelmed by what people were trying to teach and to me all of them had lost the magic of REAL art!
So if you haven't already given up hope on trying art in Photoshop check out my video. I make it easy to learn and it's perfect for traditional artists who typically work with pencil and paper or brush and canvas.
You will need:
Photoshop
Drawing Skills (or not - drawing is like a muscle you have to use it to make it stronger - get started and you will only improve).
Wacom Tablet (any kind) and digital pen (usually comes with the tablet)
A watercolor brush - UPDATE 2020: I am no longer using these brushes but have a few favorites you can download from Adobe Kyle T Webster Watercolor Brushes - my favorites are: Kyle's Real Watercolor Round Robin, Kyle's Real Watercolor 500 Giant and Kyle's Real Watercolor Soft Edger 1 for blending.
I hope you enjoy - please let me know if you have any questions. Subscribe to my channel for future videos and please share my video - Cheers!
~ Jess ;-) - Фільми й анімація
Gosh this was so helpful. I’m trying to make an illustration in a watercolor style (I usually do highly-rendered digital) and oh my *god* I didn’t realize I needed to be told “just put colors down, don’t worry about being clean and have fun with it”. Thanks *so* much
You are so welcome! I’m glad you found it helpful - sometimes going back to the basics is the best way to grow - good luck with your art!
My smudge tool wasn't working as well as yours, so I realized "Finger painting" wasn't selected. That changed everything.
I'm saying it in case someone's going thru the same.
Thank you! Was wondering why mine wasn't working too!
Legend! Also do you recommend any Watercolour brushes like she uses in this video? None of the ones I have found look like a real watercolour painting.
@@dannybizal yes!
6 years after creating this video ur still helping people out!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!
This is exactly what I was looking for when searching UA-cam for "photoshop watercolor tutorials", Jess you're amazing. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and your amazing PS brushes! Thank you thank you!
Hi Anna - thanks so much for watching and your lovely comment - that's the reason I do these videos :-)
This has cleared up the mystery of how I could start painting directly in photoshop, rather than just on my ipad...then try to manipulate in photoshop later. Thank you so much for your clear instructions!
You are very welcome! I'm so glad you found my tutorial helpful :-)
Love it! Thank for the tips. I agree a lot of other tutorials are so robotic and logarithm based. This was a breath of fresh air.
Thanks SO much Daniel!!
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I've been on and off looking for a good watercolor tutorial for many years, and like you mentioned, everything is about making new layers and filters and using the power of photoshop, when all I wanted was how to digitally paint. This is it, thank you.
You are so welcome Chris - I'm glad you found me :-)
I have been using photoshop for a few years, and I'm an artist but have never used it for my drawings or paintings, I have been so discouraged with the other videos of how to "act" like an artist by using all the photoshop tricks!! THANK GOD FOR YOU AND YOUR TUTORIAL! I can finally just do art on photoshop with watercolor color techniques that are as natural and close to the real thing, and allows me to be an artist without having to be a photoshop technician! lol. Thank you a million times!!
I've always been on the traditional side of art, especially watercolor illustrations. But I just bought a pen tablet and the whole digital art world felt so intimidating, the tools, brushes, settings etc! But this is the most sincere and humane digital art tutorial I've seen so far haha. Your voice is so comforting and loved it when you said like "Be messy, be free, and do it like how you would do it, not like how computers would do it". The whole thing seems more familiar already, thank you :)
Aww that is wonderful! I am so glad you enjoyed my tutorial. I made it for people like you :-)
Thank you very much. The kind of video I was looking for.
Awesome!! 🎉
Thank you SO MUCH!
I’ve been studying a way to transition to digital, in order to optimize my time, and I was very frustrated with the difficulty to make my digital work look as close as possible to my real watercolor. This tutorial changed it!
Thanks! ❤️✨
That's so awesome to hear - I'm glad I could help you out! :-)
You just saved my life! I'm studying landscape architecture and...I'm shocked by the amount of time people spend to obtain dull and stereotyped renders, lacking in character and expressive capacity, when by hand it's so easy to bring out only what matters, with freshness and originality. Forever love u 💚
You have no idea how long I’ve been looking for something like this. Thank you so much for uploading this
Aww you are so welcome!!
Amazing tutorial, exactly what I was looking for. Can't wait to get started!
years later and this is still helpful. I didn't know you could fill a group with a pattern... I've been working in Photoshop for years! I am feeling so bullied my the software and wasn't sure how 'get loose'. Being told to just 'have fun with it' is kinda refreshing after the very serious, very detailed tutorials I've been watching :)
My god THANK YOU!! I'm still very new to digital art and I was trying to find anything authentic that wasn't a "stamp" technique or "add 50 effects" technique because I wanted to actually paint and so far you're the only one who's taught me a technique vs a copy-paste method. Thank you so much!! :)
You are so welcome - I'm glad I could help :-)
An old and traditional artist like me salutes you.
Amazing work you've done, my friend!
Thank you so much for your kind comment!
This is exactly what I needed! Gosh, why does everyone else think I just want to throw a filter over my drawing?! Thank you Jess!
I had no idea that this was even possible. I love the fact that its solely your own and not an effect. Thank you so much for sharing your technique 😊❤
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching :-)
So appreciate you bringing art, and practical simplicity, back to digital artworld.
Too many ppl complicate needlessly!
Thank you so much!
Thank you for reminding me how to be a real artist ❤
I just learned things I didn't have a clue about......that was AWESOME! Thank you!!!
I'm so glad - thanks for watching Urban Fairy!
Just wanna say thank you. I was having so much trouble blending watercolor together, I almost gave up and decided that Rebelle would be a good choice. Then I watched this. The type of canvas made all the difference when blending, I used to get these oil streaks on the normal surface when trying to blend watercolor but now I use the watercolor surface and it blends with texture and all. Thanks again.
Hi Cristian - thanks so much for watching my tutorial - I am so glad this was helpful to you. I've been in your shoes and I know it can be frustrating. Hope you have fun creating your art with this new technique now! :-)
Brilliant technique! I was all confused and almost devastated to know some simpler technique and you just made my life easier. 3 years ago yeah but your latest version of this is amazing all the same.
Thank you so much I just loved watching this and am inspired to try!
That's brilliant!!
Bless your heart, this video is super easy and straightforward, and all I needed was a new brush and some guidance. I used to dread having to color b/c as good as I am at drawing, I can't color at all digitally, so now I'm learning to do it. I love the watercolor effect and although all of the other watercolor videos on YT look nice, the effects don't look genuine at all; or if they did, you still had to buy brushes and all sorts of complicated tools and actions :(
I totally hear you! I'm glad I am able to help you. Good luck with your art!!
You are real artist for real people out here. What a gem i found your tutorial. Thank you make our life easier than you can think.
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Aww thanks Suerry! Comments like yours make my day :-)
Thank you so much for this. The intense technicalities of photoshop tutorials give me such a headache coming from a background of traditional art. This is perfect and beautiful.
Ahhh that's great to hear! Thanks so much for watching! :-)
It's so simple but it looks so good!!!
Thanks so much!!
I tell you, even if i'm a noob, I think it's better having as many layers as you can. In this way your draw would be easier to edit. A long time a go I did a drawing where I created a layer for every single line of the lineart i was making. This allowed me to change some lines of it at the end of the work easier and faster than when you have all in one layer, and then i could switch between them to see which one was better
I agree sometimes it is good to have lots of layers for certain types of art. I do this for fabric art for example when I want to replicate one element over and over and move them around easily. The disadvantage to many layers is the more layers you add the larger your file size will be. You also have to be very disciplined and label each layer so you don't spend half your time searching for a certain line or element. But if it works for you then that's great - we all have to find what works best for us.
Wow, thank you so much for this. I tried to use watercolour in photoshop before and had no idea about the smudge tool. This is a game-changer! Thank you!
Having not gotten into digital art for the reasons mentioned (so overwhelming when you watch other tutorials, didn't feel like actual painting, etc), this video was absolutely refreshing and provides my with the inspiration to pursue trying it again. I love traditional watercolor, so the experience will still be a change, but to be able to create a similar effect digitally, and without constantly using a hairdryer to dry the page, is exciting! :D
Effective simple technique. I, being the dreaded _graphical designer_ i am, improved the end result by duplicating the color layer, applying find edges and a few pixels of blur and multiplying that on top of the color layer. Makes more convincing dried outlines to the "watercolor strokes". With that addition and a bit of touch up i am quite happy with the effect.
Well I am glad you are happy with your final art.
I like that drawing you did! Very Cute!
Thanks so much! :-)
Thank you for this video! I've watched other digital watercolor tutorials, and most of their process takes so long that you could do 2 or 3 physical paintings in the time it takes to do one digital one.
Exactly! That was my thought too. Glad you liked my video - thanks for watching!
I respect graphic designers and artists that excel and enjoy the technicalities of digital art but this here is what makes me excited to create … thank you!!
Thanks Jess, this is exactly what I was looking for. So refreshing to see an artist using real art skills to paint digitally.
So glad you like it! :-)
THANK YOU ♥
You're welcome 😊
"it's messy which is good" -- exactly!! I'm so glad I stumbled across your video! ❤
Lol thanks! I like to break the rules ;-) Thanks for watching!
I’m new on photoshop and was overwhelmed on the possibilities and it’s uses and don’t know where to begin.
Watching your video/s, it motivated me to continue on working on my first children’s book without being overwhelmed by it.
More videos please!!
That's wonderful to hear! I hope you continue to keep trying and I will be adding more videos soon :-)
I’ve been looking around for an hour or so trying to find a video that shows how to actually do watercolor painting from scratch, but couldn’t find anything on that, with everything being the effect, but it doesn’t work if you want to create an original piece instead of a base photo.
Hi Alexis - well I hope this video helped you on the path to doing a digital watercolor painting from scratch. Thanks for watching
Miss Jess Bircham, your video inspired my aesthetics and let me go back to the basic point of art.
I'm a Hong Kong cartoonist, I just shared your tutorial to FB.
facebook.com/goldseeds/
That's great! I am so glad I could help you :-) Thanks for sharing!
I love this tutorial. I'm just starting out with painting and drawing in photoshop and a lot of tutorials are so difficult to follow. I just want to create so this one is perfect. Thank you!
You're so welcome! Glad it was helpful :-D
Omg this is the video I've been looking for for months, all the other video's are so technical, they're not even fun to watch. This is so helpfull thank you for sharing this!
I love how she says its not for graphic designers, its for REAL artists.. and that this is REAL art... wow
Thank you Kay Kay - we are underrepresented in this day and age ;-)
Art is Art. there's no right or wrong way to do it...
Chiaotzu that's my point.. I was being sarcastic. It seems that the creator of this video thinks that graphic designers are not artists. Little did she know, graphic designers study art and practice it as much, or even more than fine art artists or whatever she calls artists.
Actually I NEVER once said Graphic Designers were not real artists. I said the videos you find on UA-cam with the computer effects do not feel like real art. I am trying to bridge the gap between traditional art and digital art. People who have been drawing and painting their whole lives very often have a hard time translating that to digital media. If you are going to post negative comments on my videos I will remove them as this was intended to be for people wanting to learn something not for hateful remarks. I am completely self taught on all of the Adobe software and others as well as being a traditional fine artist so you don't have to preach to me about the hours it takes to learn this stuff - because you're looking at it.
8:45. Although I come from a Graphic Design background, I've been trying to find a way to water colour just like this instead of using my traditional method. Thanks for the video :D
You are a lifesaver. I have spent so much time trying get my ahead around watercolour. Too many layers all I did was delete and start again. This is the first time I have managed to get everything I need from one video thank you
That is awesome to hear!! Love it - so glad I could help :-)
WOW! I have been looking for something like this for sooooo long!!! I am a graphic designer and a painter and I had no idea how to "paint" with my Wacom tablet, I was so close to buying an iPad just to be able to do this on procreate....thank you SO VERY MUCH for sharing.
actually claped to this video. It's so good to see someone using digital means and still get a "real painting" feeling! And the best is that it's really simple to do! Thank you so much for this
Thanks so much for watching and the great comment - made my day! 😊
I love your teaching of this art style. I have been doing this primitively for years and your method simplified if for me! Yay, you! Thank you!
You are so welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Good luck with your art :-)
As a graphic designer, I was going to do an actual water color painting and then scan it to achieve the desired effect. I didn't have time to go through the process so I found you. This is very helpful, thank you.
You are so welcome - I'm glad you found it helpful! :-)
OH MY GLOB! THANK YOU!!! I asked my digital design teacher how to do watercolour on photoshop and they just gave me a list of effects to do after. This will improve my colouring so much.
Awesome Ariel!!
Gosh! Thank you so much for also sharing your brushes. I was having a tough time following other tutorials for "Watercolouring", and yours was so nice and simple, and the results were immediate! I think setting the image to CMYK and using that texture mask really does it!
Thanks Crystal! I am so glad you like my tutorial :-)
Thank you for this i found this super helpful! And simple and i love that it actually looks organic and not digital like so many people do. I agree with you about how artists should use it as a tool and not a crutch.
Thanks Gabrielle! I'm so glad you like my video :-)
Jess, this has to be the most sensational, simple and practical watercolor tutorial for Photoshop EVER!!! Huge thanks !!
Aww thanks Nicolas! What an awesome comment - thanks for watching! :-)
I am really glad to have come across your video. I've been doing traditional watercolor painting for ten years. I've been pondering the notion of trying this digitally for a myriad of reasons. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
You are so welcome!
Jess, I love all of your tutorials. They are so easy to understand and very descriptive. You are one one of the best you tube tutor that I have seen so far. Please add more tutorials to your channel. I am a big fan of your tutorials.
Aww thanks Ravini - your comment made my day! I will definitely be posting more - thanks for watching! :-)
Just what I was looking for. And I like the mindset and method behind it. The process should be like painting.
I love this tutorial! It is to the point and exactly what I needed to learn. And the best part is I use the same layer, drawing and color that makes it so simpler when I want to change it. 😃😃😃
That’s awesome 😊 I’m so glad you found this helpful! Good luck with your art ♥️
I cannot possibly LOVE this video enough. It's the best I've found on how to do this. I love watercolors and Inktense on paper. Sometimes, however, I can't sit over a piece of paper and I want to paint digitally.
I am so glad you loved my video - thanks for watching!!
That was the best watercolor tutorial out there. I cant believe I have a graphic design diploma and no one ever told me how to do this this way. Thank you!
Thank you so much. I've been looking forever to try and get these media to intertwine. I do both and always wanted the joy of trying both in one piece. Thank you so much! And, as well for the brushes!
You are very welcome Shelby! Glad you enjoyed it :-)
I've been looking for a watercolor tutorial for like 800 years and this one's just what I needed
Yay! That's awesome - glad you found mine!
Thank you!! This is EXACTLY the method I was looking for!! After 3 videos I found yours - so grateful!! I wish I could like this a million times!!!!
Thank you ❤️
Thank you so much, Jess! I was bogged by ALL the tools that Photoshop offers. And this gives me the encouragement to just try.
That is awesome Michael! You will find that it gets easier the more you practice it. It's like second nature for me now! :-)
I have been looking for a good water color tutorial for weeks and finally thank you. I love tour advice about art not being perfect I needed this inspiration thank you! Definitely going to be creating this weekend
You are so welcome! If you find joy in creating it that's all that matters!
You are the true MVP! I didn't like how my art would look so digital. It just didn't seem right whatsoever. This was very helpful.
Aww thanks Raymond! I'm so glad I could help :-)
Hi! I know it's been 3 years but I just wanted to say thank you. For the lesson itself and for all the kind words along with it, you are wonderful!
Aww - You're very welcome!
This is exactly what I have been looking for :) I love drawing and painting on paper but I get confused on how to do so digital. This feels way more natural to me! Thank you.
Awesome! I'm so glad I could help!
This is awesome!
Thank you Jess,
Ik keep returning here to check the steps, So I'll summarize them for my (and maybe other's) sake ;-)
1- import drawing into PS
2- copy with lasso (CMD+C)
3- make new doc: 7x7 inch 300dpi cmyk
To make watercolor texture paper:
4- Create new group
5- Add layer mask
6- Edit> Fill> Pattern>Artist surfaces>second last>goache light on watercolor
7- Lighten texture: click on grey box of pattern > CMD+L for Levels, left marker to middle of peak for a little less texture
8- New layer (multiply mode) > Paste step 2 (CMD+V)
9- Transform (CMD+T) Press Alt (and with old PS: shift as well) > drag to the preferred dimensions) Enter
10- Clean up paper colour: CMD+L Left eyedropper, anywhere on the blanc paper. Rename layer
11- New layer (multiply mode) Rename to 'colour'
12- Paint with brush Jess 8
Thanks a lot for sharing the techniques. Like someone said before, this tutorial stood out for me from so many others out there on digital watercolor paintings. I wish you all the best and keep sharing and inspiring others. Thanks
Thanks so much Gaurav! I am glad this is working out for everybody. I'll keep posting my videos :-)
Thank you Jess for sharing a simplified process. I will definitely practice the process that you have thought us.
You're welcome! Glad you found it helpful :-)
ive been looking for such a tutorial for ages and now i found THE PERFECT video with the best technique ! thanks for sharing that !
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching :-)
Thank you very much Jess, I´ve been experiencing creativity crisis at the moment and this tutorial really helped me to relax. Thank you for uploading the brushes as well. You helped me a lot.
Hi Edyta, I'm so glad I could help you - creative block is the worst! Even for me some days I just can't draw, lol! But keep on going - the creative flow comes back ;-)
Hands down one of the best tutorials I've ever enjoyed watching. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thanks Kevin!! That means a lot to me - thanks for watching :-)
Thank you for this "light weight" tutorial and sharing your brush. I look forward to trying it out.
Thanks Ruth! :-)
Thank you. This video is a masterpiece for people who are migrating from "real painting" to digital painting.
this was exactly what I was looking for and needing thanks so much ... will check out the updated but you simplified and answered questions all in one easy go... thanks again.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching :-)
Thank you so much for the tutorial! It's so simple and the result is still beautiful!
Thank you so much Naomi!
Finally!!! Someone who doesn't use actions and does actual painting in photoshop. I appreciate you and this tutorial so much. ❤️
Thanks ☺️ ❤️❤️
Thank you very much for this! It is exactly what I've been looking for. I love to do watercolor, but never found the right tools in Photoshop to recreate what I can do on paper. This was simple and easy to understand.
So glad you enjoyed it Kaylee!!
thank you SO much for this tutorial. i truly appreciate your real approach to this technique using photoshop. i’ve had an idea in mind that involves watercolor and i don’t have an ipad to use procreate, etc. so i was trying to figure out how to use the tools that i already have. you have such a great attitude and are really encouraging. thank you!
Aww thanks Jordyn! I'm so glad you found my video useful :-)
Blew my mind thanks for making this. Didn't imagine it could be this simple.
Yay! Just what I like to hear - thanks for watching :-)
You won my heart in the 1st min of introduction. Thank you for this great tutorial.
Aww that's such a sweet comment - thanks so much for watching :-)
This is by FAR the best watercolor painting tutorial for Ps. Thank you so much for the brushes!
Aww thank you! and you are welcome for the brushes :-)
This is so amazing! I have been trying to figure out how to use watercolors digitally in a realistic and simple way. I had no idea that using a layer mask would actually texturize the canvas, either. I can't wait to try it out!
Yay! I am so glad I could help you Katie :-)
This digital painting process is so organic and legit! I love it..thank you!!! 👍🏻
Aww thank you so much 😀
I appreciate you taking the time to make this video. It's actually exactly what I was looking for.
Yay that's so great to hear!
That's brilliant!!! Thank you Jess for your wonderful tutorial.
Aww thanks for watching! :-)
Instantly subbed because this was the ONLY tutorial I found for actually doing watercolor in photoshop instead of just a bunch of layer masks.
That's great! Thanks so much for watching and subbing ;-)
I love this! Can’t wait to try it !!!!
Awesome! Thanks for watching :-)
THIS is the tutorial I've been looking for in Photoshop, thank you, thank you, thank you! I'm new to PS and just want to imitate actual watercolor painting but, just as you stated, the majority of tutorials are lengthy and technical and mostly using filters and special effects. Love this. 🥰👊 New sub.
OMG! Thank you so much!!! This was exactly that I need! And thanks for your perfect brushes!
So glad I could help :-)
Thank you very much. I've been searching for a tutorial like this for such a LONG time. This is so lovely and extremely helpful.
I am SO glad! Thanks for watching! :-)
definitely the best digital watercolour tutorial - so clear and helpful thank you so much!!
That's great to hear! Thank you Tania :-)
Took me a long time to find a tutorial like this. Absolutely perfect. Thank you for making it.
You're so welcome - thanks for the lovely comment :-)
THANK YOU!! Yes, other videos I found were super kitschy. This is just what I needed!
That's great Sarah - thanks for watching!
This was exactly what I was looking for instead of just using the default watercolor filter effect. Thank you!
You're so welcome!
THIS IS THE BEST TUTORIAL IVE EVER SEEN.
THANKYOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE YA
Aww thanks so much - glad you like it 😊
This was like a visit to your studio! Thanks so much for letting us see your process. I learned a lot.
Yay I'm so glad Leanna! Thanks for watching :-)
Had a pretty disappointing search looking for water color tutorial, finally arrived at what I was looking for. Thank you!
You’re welcome 😊