Painting the Tulip Yellow This Time

Here is a photo of a "blown" tulip that I think is interesting. This is one of those varieties of tulips that have a tendency to open up wide in the morning (especially in a warm room in a vase) and then close at night. Also, did you know that cut tulips can "grow" as much as 2 inches in a vase?

Of course it was just begging to be photoshopped.

original

Here is the watercolour painting technique shown step-by-step.

The "watercolour painting technique" is:

• duplicate the background layer 3 times
• to first layer, filter>artistic>cutout>4, 4, 2 luminosity
• to second layer, filter>artistic>dry brush>10, 10, 3 screen
• to third layer, filter>noise>median 12 soft light

Layer 1:


filter>artistic>cutout>4, 4, 2 luminosity

Layer 2 added:


filter>artistic>dry brush>10, 10, 3 screen

The addition of Layer 3 gives you the finished "watercolour painted" product:


filter>noise>median 12 soft light

Here is what Fresco looks like:


filter>artistic>fresco>2, 8, 1

Here is what Rough Pastel (my personal favourite) looks like. There are many variables in Rough Pastel so it took a long time to get just the right look.


filter>artistic>rough pastels, stroke length 1, stroke detail 12, texture sandstone, scaling 100%, relief 10