how to Archives - GrutBrushes.com https://www.grutbrushes.com/tag/how-to/ Photoshop Brushes for Digital Artists Mon, 09 Apr 2018 13:04:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.grutbrushes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/cropped-Logo-600px-3-32x32.png how to Archives - GrutBrushes.com https://www.grutbrushes.com/tag/how-to/ 32 32 How to Save Sets of GrutBrushes in the Photoshop Plugin https://www.grutbrushes.com/save-sets-grutbrushes-photoshop/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/save-sets-grutbrushes-photoshop/#respond Sun, 10 Jul 2016 18:28:05 +0000 http://grutbrushes.com/?p=147978 With version 1.2.1 of the GrutBrushes Photoshop plugin you can now save custom sets of brushes so that they don’t all have to be in one big set.  In this short video I show you how to create a new set and how to modify which Photoshop brushes it contains. If you have the GrutBrushes […]

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]]> https://www.grutbrushes.com/save-sets-grutbrushes-photoshop/feed/ 0 Getting The Most out of Your Photoshop Brushes – Exploring The Low Pressure Range https://www.grutbrushes.com/getting-the-most-out-of-your-photoshop-brushes-exploring-the-low-pressure-range/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/getting-the-most-out-of-your-photoshop-brushes-exploring-the-low-pressure-range/#respond Wed, 24 Feb 2016 16:51:03 +0000 http://grutbrushes.com/?p=110024 http://grutbrushes.wistia.com/medias/lpubpnx945?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=1020 Sometimes people ask me which brush I used to do the shading in this painting and when I tell them it’s the ‘Ocean Liner‘ brush they usually don’t believe me and I really don’t blame them because this is the stroke most people get when they use the ocean liner brush: The fact is […]

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]]> https://www.grutbrushes.com/getting-the-most-out-of-your-photoshop-brushes-exploring-the-low-pressure-range/feed/ 0 Impasto Painting in Photoshop – Quick Tips 01 https://www.grutbrushes.com/impasto-painting-in-photoshop-quick-tips-01/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/impasto-painting-in-photoshop-quick-tips-01/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2016 18:07:17 +0000 http://grutbrushes.com/?p=105667 Here are a few quick tips to get you going with the Photoshop Impasto brushes I will be doing a series of tutorials on how to use the GrutBrushes Photoshop Impasto brushes but this short video above shows a few brief tips. To summarise: – Vary your stylus pressure and use short strokes for a […]

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]]> https://www.grutbrushes.com/impasto-painting-in-photoshop-quick-tips-01/feed/ 2 Q&A #01 – How to Make an Eraser out of a Photoshop Brush https://www.grutbrushes.com/how-to-make-an-eraser-out-of-a-photoshop-brush/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/how-to-make-an-eraser-out-of-a-photoshop-brush/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2015 17:05:51 +0000 http://grutbrushes.com/?p=95660 Q: George asked me in an email: “Is there any way to use these brushes as an eraser?” A: Yes! If you’re painting or drawing in Photoshop using a brush that has a nice organic brush stroke and you want to correct or erase part of your painting using an eraser that has the same […]

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]]> https://www.grutbrushes.com/how-to-make-an-eraser-out-of-a-photoshop-brush/feed/ 6 Painting With Your on-Screen Palette in Photoshop https://www.grutbrushes.com/using-an-on-canvas-palette-in-photoshop/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/using-an-on-canvas-palette-in-photoshop/#respond Sat, 28 Nov 2015 17:06:20 +0000 http://grutbrushes.com/?p=94741 One of the great things about digital painting is that your canvas can be your palette. By holding down the ALT or Option key in Photoshop you can pick a new color from your current painting’s canvas and continue on. Here you can see me travel a tremendous distance from light to dark just by […]

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]]> https://www.grutbrushes.com/using-an-on-canvas-palette-in-photoshop/feed/ 0 Add LightSabers to Photos with the Lightsaber Photoshop Brushes https://www.grutbrushes.com/add-lightsabers-to-photos-in-photoshop-with-free-lightsaber-photoshop-brushes/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/add-lightsabers-to-photos-in-photoshop-with-free-lightsaber-photoshop-brushes/#comments Sun, 22 Nov 2015 16:23:40 +0000 http://grutbrushes.com/?p=93961 Relive your memories of a night out with friends as a glorious Lightsaber battle instead by adding Lightsabers to all your photos in just a few clicks with these free Photoshop brushes. Use the hashtag #drinksaber so that I can find your creations! Q: How do I install the Lightsaber Photoshop Brushes? A: The short version is: […]

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]]> https://www.grutbrushes.com/add-lightsabers-to-photos-in-photoshop-with-free-lightsaber-photoshop-brushes/feed/ 4 “Cave In” Photoshop Cross Hatching Brush https://www.grutbrushes.com/cave-in-photoshop-cross-hatching-brush/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/cave-in-photoshop-cross-hatching-brush/#respond Sat, 17 Oct 2015 16:15:19 +0000 http://grutbrushes.com/?p=80124   I didn’t get a chance to announce this week’s free GrutBrush on Monday due to my day job, but it’s been there and is still free until Sunday (24 hours left!)  This one is a cross-hatching brush and I doodled this guy above using it. First I sketched the basic shape in black and then I […]

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]]> https://www.grutbrushes.com/cave-in-photoshop-cross-hatching-brush/feed/ 0 Painting a Fish with Photoshop Watercolour Brush ‘Creamsicle’ https://www.grutbrushes.com/painting-a-fish-with-photoshop-watercolour-brush-creamsicle/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/painting-a-fish-with-photoshop-watercolour-brush-creamsicle/#respond Sun, 13 Sep 2015 17:04:08 +0000 http://grutbrushes.com/?p=76125 Painting a fish with my Photoshop watercolour brush ‘Creamsicle’ You can watch a 15 second video of me painting this below. Unfortunately I paused the recording towards the end so I sadly missed the last 5 minutes of painting which were in a sense my breakthrough moments on this one. I changed the uppermost layer […]

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]]> https://www.grutbrushes.com/painting-a-fish-with-photoshop-watercolour-brush-creamsicle/feed/ 0 Quick Photoshop Watercolor Sketch https://www.grutbrushes.com/quick-photoshop-watercolor-sketch/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/quick-photoshop-watercolor-sketch/#respond Tue, 06 Jan 2015 00:29:33 +0000 http://grutbrushes.com/?p=28971   Watercolor in Photoshop can be just as tricky as real watercolor and some of the same techniques apply. A little forethought can go a long way as digital paint ‘dries’ when you lift your pen so ideally you want to do one contiguous area in one unbroken brush stroke. Don’t lift the stylus from […]

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]]> https://www.grutbrushes.com/quick-photoshop-watercolor-sketch/feed/ 0 Digital Painting Tip – How to control watercolour edging https://www.grutbrushes.com/digital-painting-tip-remove-watercolour-edging/ https://www.grutbrushes.com/digital-painting-tip-remove-watercolour-edging/#respond Wed, 04 Jun 2014 15:31:27 +0000 http://grutbrushes.com/?p=764 When using the watercolour brushes, you may want to reduce, increase or simply control where the ‘edging’ appears. While painting, make sure you don’t lift your pen or stylus off the tablet, then reduce the pressure until you are pushing very lightly and go over the area where you want to remove the edging. With […]

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