A Holiday In Normandy

The author of this tutorial, Fiorenza Ferrari, created a picture by combining the Oil and Watercolor effects in AKVIS ArtWork. Superimposing the two effects reduces fine details: the Oil effect weakens the outlines of objects leading to an even more blurred result after the Watercolor effect is applied.

Fiorenza writes: "I wanted to create watercolor paintings from photos of my vacation in Normandy. After searching for graphics software on the internet I stumbled upon ArtWork."

• Step 1. Open an image in ArtWork. I chose a photo of Mont Saint-Michael.
  
  Original Image
• Step 2. Choose the Oil style and adjust the parameters as follows:

  Simplicity = 84;
  Stroke Curvature = 63;
  Max Stroke Length = 86;
  Stroke Thickness = 13;
  Stroke Intensity = 7;
  Stroke Density = 73;
  Microdetails = 28;
  Saturation = 31;
  Relief = 27.

  Add guiding lines.

  
  Guiding Lines
• Step 3. After processing the image use the Smudge tool to conceal the cars which are parked along the walls.

  Save the image and open it again.

  
  Oil Painting
• Step 4. Now process the image using the Watercolor style:

  Simplicity = 1;
  Saturation = 70;
  Variance = 70;
  Stroke Intensity = 52;
  Blurring = 37;
  Glazing = 34.

• Step 5. Refine the sky and ground with the Smudge tool... and you will end up with a beautiful watercolor painting!
  
  Watercolor Painting
  (Click to see a larger version of the image)

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