Digital Painting in Photoshop

With a little guidance from a pro, your Photoshop results can go from competent retouching of images to visually stunning re-interpretations of them, turning everyday pictures into breathtaking works of art. Starting with the fundamentals such as creating your own artistic brushes and textured papers virtually, theauthor goes on to demonstrate how to create a variety of classic artistic styles in photoshop, with chapters on watercolors, pastels, charcoal and oil. Further chapters cover illustration techniques in Photoshop, and using third-party software to create painterly effects.