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Watercolor brushes
Posted: 11 Feb 2013, 16:16
by Kathleen
In the new tutorial on water color brushes, I found some new ways of painting - great tutorial! My question is: Is there a feature somewhere that we can use to make the water feature really drip?
Thanks,
K
Re: Watercolor brushes
Posted: 11 Feb 2013, 17:57
by idragosani
Kathleen wrote:In the new tutorial on water color brushes, I found some new ways of painting - great tutorial! My question is: Is there a feature somewhere that we can use to make the water feature really drip?
No, don't think so, closest you can get is to kind of simulate it with the sponge and water tools.
Re: Watercolor brushes
Posted: 11 Feb 2013, 18:24
by Kathleen
Thanks, that's what I have so far found. Think I'll make a feature request
K
Re: Watercolor brushes
Posted: 11 Feb 2013, 18:26
by idragosani
I am pretty sure it's been discussed here before...

Making a drippy effect isn't trivial either
Re: Watercolor brushes
Posted: 11 Feb 2013, 18:32
by Kathleen
idragosani wrote:I am pretty sure it's been discussed here before...

Making a drippy effect isn't trivial either
Has it? I did a search here for watercolor brush drippy, and didn't find anything.
No,not trivial. I love the drips. In Painter, there is a new-ish and quite lovely effect that really drips nicely, with the right settings. Includes paper porosity, too!
Re: Watercolor brushes
Posted: 11 Feb 2013, 18:39
by idragosani
Kathleen wrote:idragosani wrote:I am pretty sure it's been discussed here before...

Making a drippy effect isn't trivial either
Has it? I did a search here for watercolor brush drippy, and didn't find anything.
No,not trivial. I love the drips. In Painter, there is a new-ish and quite lovely effect that really drips nicely, with the right settings. Includes paper porosity, too!
Yeah, I've played with that in Painter, back when I was using it (didn't like Painter overall, very poor performance).
Some discussion of water color effects here:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6436&p=57358&hilit= ... ect#p57358" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: Watercolor brushes
Posted: 11 Feb 2013, 18:51
by Kathleen
idragosani wrote:Kathleen wrote:idragosani wrote:I am pretty sure it's been discussed here before...

Making a drippy effect isn't trivial either
Has it? I did a search here for watercolor brush drippy, and didn't find anything.
No,not trivial. I love the drips. In Painter, there is a new-ish and quite lovely effect that really drips nicely, with the right settings. Includes paper porosity, too!
Yeah, I've played with that in Painter, back when I was using it (didn't like Painter overall, very poor performance).
Some discussion of water color effects here:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6436&p=57358&hilit= ... ect#p57358" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
That was helpful, thanks.
I find Painter to be rather cumbersome and slow, but I do like some of the effects the brushes have. I could always use it for background painting and import into TVP, though, couldn't I?
Re: Watercolor brushes
Posted: 11 Feb 2013, 18:58
by idragosani
Kathleen wrote:Kathleen wrote:idragosani wrote:
Has it? I did a search here for watercolor brush drippy, and didn't find anything.
No,not trivial. I love the drips. In Painter, there is a new-ish and quite lovely effect that really drips nicely, with the right settings. Includes paper porosity, too!
Yeah, I've played with that in Painter, back when I was using it (didn't like Painter overall, very poor performance).
Some discussion of water color effects here:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6436&p=57358&hilit= ... ect#p57358" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
That was helpful, thanks.
I find Painter to be rather cumbersome and slow, but I do like some of the effects the brushes have. I could always use it for background painting and import into TVP, though, couldn't I?
Of course, just export from Painter as PNG or TIFF (don't use JPG, you'll lose image quality)
Re: Watercolor brushes
Posted: 11 Feb 2013, 19:02
by Kathleen
Thanks, good thoughts.
K
Re: Watercolor brushes
Posted: 11 Feb 2013, 20:57
by artfx
Don't forget the palette knife tool. Not quite a drip but still a great effect when combines with water color painting. I use it all the time.
Re: Watercolor brushes
Posted: 11 Feb 2013, 21:06
by Kathleen
artfx wrote:Don't forget the palette knife tool. Not quite a drip but still a great effect when combines with water color painting. I use it all the time.
Great idea - thanks!
K
Re: Watercolor brushes
Posted: 11 Feb 2013, 21:27
by Kathleen
(I hope I uploaded this correctly)

- Palette Knife to create drip effect
- PKnife Drip.jpg (41.95 KiB) Viewed 28495 times
The Palette Knife works very well in creating a drip-like effect - thanks!
K