Tutorials - Gimp Watercolor Effect

I’m not sure where I want to go with my blog, starting blogging again kind of gave a writers block. My blog’s always been a mix of a lot of different things, so I guess I’ll start out by posting some tutorials.

For this tutorial you need to have GIMP installed on your computer.

I used a photo of my grandson.  I cropped the photo and corrected the colors and the exposure before I started.

My version of the Watercolor Effect is based on this tutorial for Photoshop: Transform Photo into Watercolor Painting

Step 1

First you have to duplicate the layer and blur the image on the top layer. Instructions in the flash presentation below.

Step 1 (Opens in new window)

Step 2

Duplicate the Blurred layer and create the sketch.

Step 2 (Opens in new window)

Step 3

Create the painting layer and a color effect on the sketch layer.

Step 3 (Opens in new window)

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