Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

Change a photograph into a PEN-AND-COLORED-WASH
DRAWING (continued)
The other duplicated layer provides the base for the
colors. You use the Noise filter to reduce the details in
that duplicated layer even more, so that it has a less
photographic appearance. Then you paint on a layer
mask to make the colored washes appear. For this
digital technique, as with a traditional watercolor
painting, you add the washes using large, lighter
opacity brushes first, increase the opacity for the next
sets of washes, and finally work with smaller, more
opaque brushes to define the details. You can modify
the brush sizes and brush tip shapes for each
different wash to add variety and make the result
appear less digitally created.
You can use any photo to create the pen-and-coloredwash
drawing; however, the results look more like a
traditional pen-and-ink wash when the steps are
applied to a low-resolution image. As with every
project in Photoshop, you can achieve a similar effect
in multiple ways. Each photo also gives you a slightly
different result.
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e Click Layer 1, the second layer
down in the Layers panel, to
select it.
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r Click Filter.
t Click Noise.
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y Click Median.
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The Median dialog box appears.
u Click and drag the Radius slider
to blur the image and colors.
i Click OK.
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o Press Option (Alt) and click the
Layer Mask button to add a black
layer mask to Layer 1.
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A The black layer mask hides the
colored Layer 1, and only the
outlines are visible in the image
window.
p Press B to select the Brush tool.
j Click the Brush Preset drop-down
menu.
k Select a brush such as Round Fan
Stiff Thin Bristles.
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l Click and drag the slider to adjust
the brush size.
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