More Finishing Touches

I have stumbled across some new ideas on my latest Portraits which gives a more of an “Old Masters Feel”.

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Some of the ideas came from the site listed below with many new brushes and Textures they have. I really am having fun with the texture brushes especially the Crack brush.

What I do is take my Painted portrait into Photoshop and make a new layer and begin to paint some greens, blues, reds, here and there with any unusual type of a brush. There are some great ones in the “Special Effects” category of the brushes. I like to use #48. Then I will play with the different modes like multiply, screen, overlay, soft light, hard light, etc. until I like what I see. I usually turn the opacity down and make another layer and do the same thing. When I feel like I am finished I flatten the layers and add a texture or two.

Hope this gives you more ideas to add drama and lighting to your paintings!

Here is the site that has the “Texture Brushes”  with a “You Tube” video below where Justin Gerard shows how he uses his brushes in a very entertaining way.

More great brushes are here at “Departika” and some lessons on how to make your own Vector brushes in Photoshop.