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Watercolor and ink wash face tutorial

Learn how to create a watercolor and ink wash effect on a face using Photoshop. From enhancing value to adding splatters, follow the steps for a funky, artistic look.

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Watercolor and ink wash face tutorial

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  1. Watercolor and ink wash face tutorial • Mrs Ras

  2. In photoshop open a new “letter” sized document

  3. Find and copy a picture of a face, preferably with good value (it will make it easier on you later)

  4. Edit>paste Edit> free transformplace your image so that it is touching two sides of the paper

  5. Rasterize your layer if you need

  6. Using your quick selection tool (or any other method of selection you prefer) select the background

  7. Select>inverseso that you are now selecting the portait

  8. While select click the “refine edges” button on the top

  9. Increase the featherdecrease the sift edge andOutput to: new layer with maskthen click ok

  10. Edit> adjustment> black and whiteplay with the sliders so that your get the most value and drama

  11. Edit adjustment> curves or bright and contrastenhance the value

  12. Add a new layer

  13. Use the eye dropper tool and enhance the value by painting. Exaggerate things … it will look funky that is ok!

  14. Use burn and dodge tool enhance lights and darks so more!

  15. Merge the face layer and new painted layer

  16. right click on face layer and duplicate layer

  17. select the top layerFilter>filter gallery use sumi-e or watercolor

  18. toggle off the filtered face layer and choose the other face layer

  19. Now image> adjustment and polarizeuse only 3 to 4 colors

  20. using your magic wand tool select the white area around the head

  21. while selected paint in with black or dark gray leaving a small gradient near the face

  22. make sure the bottom polarized face is selected and click on the “add vector mask” at the bottom of the layer box

  23. click in layers, the white box next too the face and then click the color range box above

  24. click on the black area of the face and then click ok (this will make a mask of those shapes)

  25. Now Toggle off that layer and add new layer belowThis is where you are going to be collaging together watercolor blots and splashes

  26. Find colored watercolor splatters and copy and paste them

  27. Paste into photoshopfree transform to scaleuse magic want tool to select the white

  28. Delete selected white area

  29. Keep copying,pasting and collaging paint splaters

  30. Merge together all paint splatter layers

  31. toggle on the face layer with mask

  32. select the face and then change layer mode to screen

  33. if you want:toggle on the top face layer

  34. change layer mode to color dodge or multiply and change opacity of the layer

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