Los Angeles native Mike Stilkey has always been attracted to painting and drawing… not only on vintage paper, record covers and book pages, but directly on the books as well.
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Make a Painting Come Alive with this Photoshop Tutorial
I have been doing a few internet strolling until I came across with this screen captures magically alive paintings in Hogwarts of the Harry potter movies. So, I suddenly got an idea of how about making a painting come to life. So guys, I want to show you some of the steps I have been doing in Photoshop to make a painting of a man trying to get out into the real world.
The Beautiful Art of Watercolor Painting
In short, watercolor, or aquarelle (from French) is a painting method and the result artwork in which the paints are made of pigments soluble in water. Watercolors are most often transparent and they allow light to reflect from the surface of the paper, which gives the painting a luminous effect. Here are some beautiful examples of watercolor paintings I’ve come across, I’m sure you’ll love them.
The Art of Painting in Water
Suminagashi is the ancient Japanese technique of painting on water to create marbleized effects on paper. Literally, it means “ink-floating”, which is in reference to the Sumi-e inks that were originally used in the technique. The patterns are the result of color floated on either plain water or a viscous solution, and then carefully transferred to an absorbent surface, such as paper or fabric.
Digital Painting in Photoshop – Setting up Wacom Tablet
This is the first part of a series of Digital Painting in Photoshop tutorials, in this tutorial you will learn about setting up your Wacom tablet properties in Photoshop.