Photoshop Tutorial - A Watercolor Tinted Drawing Effect

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

The image looks good already but you can further enhance the tinted drawing effect.

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Photoshop Tutorial - A Watercolor Tinted Drawing Effect