While my technique is far from automated, it requires no color mixing, no custom brushes, and once you get the feel of making strokes, it’s almost as simple as a paint by number. You don’t have to be a celebrity to achieve these effects - just follow my recipe for hand-painting delightful imagery directly in Photoshop. Celebrity interior designer Candice Olson fades her precision architectural renderings into finished interiors with the new furniture, lighting, and accessories all magically in place. The inspiration for my watercolor-conversion technique, which my company uses for standalone wall art and as storyboard introductory material in our event videos, comes from two intriguing personalities: Karl Lagerfled’s hand-colored fashion sketches for the House of Chanel metamorphose on the screen into breathing models, glamorously enfolded in texture and shimmering fabric. It’s sleek, dramatic, minimalist, and imaginative. My favorite watercolor media is the fine pen-and-ink drawing, loosely stroked with brushes full of color that layer life and light and shadow, yet leave an abstract feel with plenty of unpainted white space. The secret to watercolor conversion that doesn’t scream “Digital!” is to use brush strokes that mirror the motions of an artist’s hand. Digital filters and plug-ins net only fair results when rendering the subtleties, depth, and complexities of watercolor.
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