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Tutorial: AKVIS Sketch

Watercolor Drawing from Photo

 

To imitate a watercolor drawing with AKVIS Sketch we have chosen a portrait.
Photo portrait of a girl Result: watercolor drawing
Source image: portrait of a girl Result: watercolor drawing

We use the Sketch plugin in this tutorial, but you can take the standalone edition and use the same parameters to achive this result.

    Portrait of a girl
  • Step 1. Open the photo with a photo editor and call the AKVIS Sketch plug-in.

    Press the button to convert the original photo into a pencil drawing. The conversion will be made with the default settings.

    Pencil sketch: automatic processing
  • Step 2. Reduce the value of the parameters Size and Midtones Intensity, then press the button . As a result the details will be drawn in finer strokes (which is especially apparent on the hair), the face and the background get neater.
    Pencil drawing: finer strokes
  • Step 3. What we have now is a pencil sketch. But our task is to create a watercolor drawing.

    Watercolor painting is characterized by light strokes, blurred edges and transparent colors. It can be done by adjusting the parameter Watercolor in the Effects field. By default it has the value of 0. The more you increase the value of the parameter, the more blurred are the strokes and the less is the detail. In this case we set the parameter to 10. Increase the value of Size.

    Watercolor drawing from photo
  • Step 4. To add the original colors we move the slider of the Coloration effect to the right, approximately to 80.
    Add color to watercolor drawing
  • Step 5. Press the button to apply the result and close the plugin's window.
 
How It Works How It Works
   — Workspace — Workspace
   — How To Use The Program — How To Use The Program
   — Make a Sketch from a Photo — Make a Sketch from a Photo
   — Background Effects — Background Effects
   — Add Text/Signature — Add Text/Signature
   — Imitate Sketch Drawing on a Canvas — Imitate Sketch Drawing on a Canvas
   — Working with the Presets — Working with the Presets
   — Preferences — Preferences
Examples Examples
   — Pencil Sketch: Let's Draw a Tulip — Pencil Sketch: Let's Draw a Tulip
   — Convert a Photo to a Color Sketch — Convert a Photo to a Color Sketch
   — Transform a Video into a Cartoon — Transform a Video into a Cartoon
   — Pastel Drawing Technique — Pastel Drawing Technique
   — Graphite Pencil Portrait — Graphite Pencil Portrait
   — Watercolor Drawing — Watercolor Drawing
   — Artistic Processing — Artistic Processing
   — Watercolor Painting out of Photo — Watercolor Painting out of Photo
   — Winter Dream: Fairy-Tale Forest — Winter Dream: Fairy-Tale Forest
   — A Woman in a Tub: a Real Work of Art — A Woman in a Tub: a Real Work of Art
   — Watercolor Portrait — Watercolor Portrait
   — Pencil Sketch of a Pet — Pencil Sketch of a Pet
   — Postcard Framed in Pencil Drawing — Postcard Framed in Pencil Drawing
   — Baseball Photo to Color Drawing — Baseball Photo to Color Drawing
   — Make a Sketch from a Wolf Photo — Make a Sketch from a Wolf Photo
   — Motorshow: a Pencil Drawing — Motorshow: a Pencil Drawing
   — A Little Girl: B&W Pencil Sketch — A Little Girl: B&W Pencil Sketch
   — Westmuir Street in Glasgow — Westmuir Street in Glasgow
   — Wild Beast of Prey: Watercolor — Wild Beast of Prey: Watercolor
   — A Hand Draws a Hand — A Hand Draws a Hand
   — Convert Vector Drawing to Sketch — Convert Vector Drawing to Sketch
   — Portrait out of a Newspaper Clipping — Portrait out of a Newspaper Clipping
   — Quiet Harbor:  a Watercolor Painting — Quiet Harbor: a Watercolor Painting
   — Sweet Couple: Create a Postcard — Sweet Couple: Create a Postcard
   — Black-and-White Image in Photo Frame — Black-and-White Image in Photo Frame
   — Dream to Reality: How to Blend... — Dream to Reality: How to Blend...
   — Christmas Card from a Photo — Christmas Card from a Photo
   — Artist at Work — Artist at Work
   — Romantic Mood Without Photoshop — Romantic Mood Without Photoshop
   — Stop the Moment! (Sketch&Blur) — Stop the Moment! (Sketch&Blur)
   — Versailles: Traveling to the Past — Versailles: Traveling to the Past
   — Drawing on Aged Paper — Drawing on Aged Paper
   — Self-Expression: Sketch in a Minute — Self-Expression: Sketch in a Minute
   — Two Beloved Dogs — Two Beloved Dogs
   — Orchid: Drawing in Watercolor Pencil — Orchid: Drawing in Watercolor Pencil
   — Shiny Apple: An Artist's Touch — Shiny Apple: An Artist's Touch

 

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