Site Plan Watercolor Effects

[architect-sma]

I know the question of watercolor effects in Photoshop have been asked hundreds of times in the past, but I cannot find any answers specific to my problem. I am an architect who utilizes Photoshop for all of our client presentations/ graphics including elevations and floor plan/ site plans. I have always wanted to be able to draw site plans and then render them in Photoshop to look like they are pen drawings with slight watercolor effects for grass, trees, pavement, etc. Does anyone know of any tutorials or tips etc. I could take a look at?

[vizwhiz]

architect-sma

 

if you keep The line work on a separate layer

you could Try using a Filter on This 1st, Then

 

adding The watercolor color separately

and apply any additional filters for This later

 

for line work,

 

Filter > Artistic > Colored Pencil or Dry Brush

 

Filter > Brush Strokes > Angled or Crosshatch (or sumi-e)

 

Filter > Sketch > Graphic Pen

 

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i like using "multiply" for color overlays in "layer"

so That This highlights whatever geometry is "below"

 

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just play with The various Options Till you find one That suits your Taste

 

hope This helps

 

Randy

[architect-sma]

Thanks, for the reply. That is basically how I have done it in the past with some luck. However, my drawings generally do not have the watercolor look to them due to how I apply the color. Do you have any suggestions for adding the color to achieve a watercolor look? I haven't had much luck using the filters to achieve the look, it seems to always look like a filter not hand painted. I will attach an elevation I did some time back that I started to try to make look like watercolor, but ended up looking like marker.

[derijones]

Have you tried messing about with Deep Paint? I think it's free and it's interesting what you can do with it (always seems a bit trial and error though!)

Attached is a job I did that went through DP:

[Trevor Tizard]

I have had the same problem in the past. However if you try Piranesi (http://www.informatix.com) you can get some very water colour like effects.

 

 

[raterry]

I load the Wet Media Brushes in Pshop, set the color to multiply and the opacity of the ink to something around 40% and it gives a bit of a water-color overlapped color intesity feel. Here's a really quick example.

-=Rob

[architect-sma]

Thank you for your response "raterry", that was about what I was looking for. I've never been able to get that overlap of colors like you get when watercoloring. I will experiment with your suggestion.