Unlike true watercolor, whose origins we can trace back to Joseph William Turner, tinted drawing is a method used by artists to brush light and dark values over a drawing done with india ink. The brushed washes may be done in sepia or black ink, but the drawing can also be stained with transparent watercolors.
Recalculate the original photo file size to about 5.5
megapixels (example: 16″ x 22″ at 72dpi).
After the artistic filters are applied you can bring your finished document back up to a larger file size.
Freely outline the subject with the lasso tool at Feather 32 pixels,
select Invert and delete to generate a vignette photo.
Create a duplicate file.
Choose Filter>Stylize>Diffuse>Anisotropic
Click OK
Choose Filter>Artistic>Paint Daubs
Brush Size 6
Sharpness 0
Blur Type Wide Blurry
Click OK
Choose Filter>Brush Strokes>Accented Edges
Edge Width 1
Edge Brightness 0
Smoothness 1
Click OK
Choose Filter>Brush Strokes>Spatter
Sparay Radius 10
Smoothness 15
Click OK
Choose Filter>Texture>Texturizer
Texture Sandstone
Scaling 80
Relief 3
Light Direction Bottom Left
Click OK
Click on Image>Adjustments>Selective Color
Choose Colors: White
Move the Black slider all the way to the left (-100%)
Choose Colors: Neutrals
Move the Black slider about half the way to the left (-50%)
Open the Layers palette
Create a new layer with the original image and set the mode to Color
Click HERE to see the final artwork.
BMC PhotoArt Watercolor Tint Photoshop Action Free Download
