Photoshop Tutorial: How to Make a Beautiful, Watercolor Portrait from a Photo

Photoshop Tutorial: How to Make a Beautiful, Watercolor Portrait from a Photo



Photoshop CC tutorial showing how to create a beautiful, nuanced, watercolor portrait of someone from a photograph. Unlike other watercolor effects, the methods shown here allow you to create unique, personal touches because you brush in your own strokes.

Photo: Jean-Christophe Destailleur

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31 responses to “Photoshop Tutorial: How to Make a Beautiful, Watercolor Portrait from a Photo”

  1. Augment El Paso Avatar
    Augment El Paso

    Great tutorial!

  2. Бостон Феликсович Avatar
    Бостон Феликсович

    👍👍👍

  3. Riya Makharia Avatar
    Riya Makharia

    How can I get wet media in my photoshop?

  4. Tina Giles Avatar
    Tina Giles

    Very interesting and very nice taught! thank you!

  5. Melisa Sevilla Avatar
    Melisa Sevilla

    I love the way you explain..Thank you very much!!!

  6. Inna Marx Avatar
    Inna Marx

    my photo shop does not have watercolor surface texture .. help

  7. Ginger Avatar
    Ginger

    When I try to make a composite snapshot using cmd-shift-alt-e, it doesn't give me a layer of it. I'm using cs6 and I've been trying to figure out how to do that on it.

  8. Ferdin Nirob Avatar
    Ferdin Nirob

    Please make a video on VECTOR ILLUSTRATION TO WATERCOLOR.

  9. McEarth Avatar
    McEarth

    Thank you !!! Clear and precise instructions, no annoying loud music, no annoying robot voice, but simple to understand and well paced tutorial, as a beginner, I had to pause the video many times while following and I managed to create a portrait first time !!!

  10. Eugene Muzalewski Avatar
    Eugene Muzalewski

    Thank you, Marty! Finish effect is simpply striking!

  11. Mustakim Mashrafe Shohan Avatar
    Mustakim Mashrafe Shohan

    best tutorial for the watercolor on the internet till now 2020

  12. Amanda Franquet Avatar
    Amanda Franquet

    I did exactly what you did, but the pencil line softening step isn't working for me.

  13. Toprak Egemen Avatar
    Toprak Egemen

    thank you stephen hawking.

  14. Leanna Timmerman Avatar
    Leanna Timmerman

    Really great!

  15. Kristina Marie Avatar
    Kristina Marie

    This is the best tutorial I have ever tried. I love this. Thank you!

  16. Just Smile Avatar
    Just Smile

    Amazing tuto Marty, thank you

  17. Daniel Graf Avatar
    Daniel Graf

    TKSSSS !

  18. eda ramirez Avatar
    eda ramirez

    The best tutorial…

  19. Zk Channel Avatar
    Zk Channel

    Best Tutorials on the youtube

  20. Tanvir Rahaman Avatar
    Tanvir Rahaman

    try

  21. Matthew Molchen Avatar
    Matthew Molchen

    Fantastic tutorial! simple and to the point! with great results! thank you!

  22. Nestor K Ikeda Avatar
    Nestor K Ikeda

    Thank you, Marty. I haven't seen you since I got some video editing classes at Travel Channel HQ in WDC.

  23. นพดล ซอกรัมย์ Avatar
    นพดล ซอกรัมย์

    Thanks.

  24. Blue Sky Avatar
    Blue Sky

    thank you soo much , an amazing tutorial

  25. SABARUDIN Avatar
    SABARUDIN

    water color textured surface brush ?

  26. Phillip Chan Avatar
    Phillip Chan

    Need to update this video for CC 2018

  27. Ziadah Zainal Abidin Avatar
    Ziadah Zainal Abidin

    Thank you so much for this tutorial. You made my day.

  28. Ming Mahilum Avatar
    Ming Mahilum

    this tutorial was really meant for beginners this so easy and tutored very well Great job! <3

  29. Mahesh daga Avatar
    Mahesh daga

    Thankyou
    U made work so easy

  30. Nancy Ng Avatar
    Nancy Ng

    Thanks for this! Easy to follow and it actually taught me something! I appreciate a good tutorial

  31. Ham Bunheng Avatar
    Ham Bunheng

    thanks for teaching