PHOTOSHOP Hacks for Watercolor Painting: VALUE STUDY

Values do all the work but colours get the credit. A House Crow is predominantly a monotonous bird. However by properly applying light and value, you can paint him in any colour you like and still get a lovely result. To understand value in a reference image, I often use Adobe Photoshop. In this video, I teach you how to do the same.
I begun learning watercolours by painting the birds around me, here in India. Wildlife art is my specialty. I've now painted close to a 100 birds, each a little bit different in execution. #wildlifeart #corvids #loosewatercolor
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The materials I use in this demo are as follows:
Paper: Baohong, Cold-press, 100% cotton paper. 14" x 10"
Paints: Assorted artist grade watercolours from White Nights, Mijello, Sennelier etc
Brushes: Combination of round and flat brushes from Da Vinci, Princeton and generic makes.
Pencils, erasers, masking fluid, masking tape...
Original reference photo:
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[@jeannes]

This was demonstrated so well it almost makes me want to buy Photoshop 😜

[@linewashbirb1]

These are very basic features. I'm sure most photo editing software will have them. Even the free ones.