Nicolai Grut

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Nicolai — Leave a comment

“Cave In” Photoshop Cross Hatching Brush

I didn’t get a chance to announce this week’s free GrutBrush on Monday due to my day job, but it’s been there and is still free until Sunday (24 hours left!) This one is a cross-hatching brush and I doodled this guy above using it. First I sketched the basic shape in black and then I ‘etched’ into it with the same brush, but using white to chip away at it (you could also use an eraser) and essentially carve into the black. Finally I made the layer a Multiply layer so that the white disappears and the paper background shows through.

As always you can get this on the free Photoshop brush of the week page

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Nicolai — Leave a comment

New Photoshop Oil Brush in the Shop – Molten Filo

Doodling with the latest brush “Molten Filo” it is an organic crusty edged Photoshop oil paint brush (old style, non-impasto) which starts with a thin faint sketching line and spreads to a medium width opaque line with variable textured coverage.

grutbrushes.com/shop/photoshop-brushes/molten-filo-photoshop-oil-brush/

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Nicolai — Leave a comment

Free GrutBrush of the Week #29 – ‘Slow Velcro’ Photoshop Ink Brush

Painting with the Slow Velcro Photoshop ink brush

Magical abstract trees painted with this week’s free GrutBrush, “Slow Velcro” a scraggly Photoshop ink brush. You can download it on the free brush page until next Monday when, as always there will be a new brush GrutBrushes.com/freebrush

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Nicolai — 2 Comments

Painting a Monster-Clown-Doodle

This is me trying to break my habit of drawing with black lines on a white background. Having grown up doodling on white photocopy paper with pencils and pens, my instinct is still to go for black lines on white. To try something different, here I started with a coloured background and a white paint brush (“Molten Filo”) and finished him off with a few orange flourishes with the “Creamsicle” watercolour brush. It’s very satisfying to break away from what’s comfortable and shaking things up is always a nice way to kickstart your creative impulses.

If you’re wondering about the texture, I am painting above a coloured background layer but underneath a copy of that layer, which is set to ‘overlay’ thus providing the linen-like texture.

Brushes used:
Molten Filo Photoshop oil brush
(coming soon: grutbrushes.com/shop/)
Creamsicle watercolor Photoshop brush
Also introducing: the GrutBrushes Digital Artist’s Tool Panel

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Nicolai — Leave a comment

Free GrutBrush of the Week #28 – Dry Wetgoo Photoshop Ink Brush

'Dry Wetgoo' Photoshop Ink Brush digital download — ‘Dry Wetgoo’ Photoshop Ink Brush

This week’s free GrutBrush is a Dry Wetgoo a sticky wet Photoshop ink brush, get it on the free Photoshop brush of the week page

Brush strokes drawn with the 'Dry Wetgoo' Photoshop Ink Brush digital download — Brush strokes drawn with the ‘Dry Wetgoo’ Photoshop Ink Brush

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Nicolai — 4 Comments

Free GrutBrush of the Week #27 – Vole Tractor Photoshop Oil Brush

Painted with the 'Vole Tractor' Photoshop oil paint brush — Painted with the ‘Vole Tractor‘ Photoshop oil paint brush

As always, you can download it on the free Photoshop brush page at GrutBrushes.com/freebrush

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Nicolai — 2 Comments

New Photoshop Charcoal Brush Set Out Now

Brush Stroke samples of all 10 Photoshop charcoal brushes

And then there were ten! to celebrate the 10th charcoal brush toolset in the shop (16th really, if you include the other natural media charcoal-ish brushes) I’m offering them all as part of the collection Charcoals 01 for $4 (on sale for $2 through this weekend) All of these are free to anyone who purchased the All Brushes Sets in the last 30 days.

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Nicolai — Leave a comment

Free GrutBrush of the week #26 – ‘Bay Kessle’ Photoshop Charcoal Brush

Drawn with the Bay Kessle Photoshop charcoal brush from GrutBrushes — Drawn with the Bay Kessle Photoshop charcoal brush

I’ve given away a different brush every week now for 6 months straight! To celebrate…here’s a down to earth food old charcoal brush (hey, they can’t all be groundbreakers) As always, you can download this week’s brush at GrutBrushes.com/freebrush

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Nicolai — Leave a comment

Painting a Fish with Photoshop Watercolour Brush ‘Creamsicle’

Painting a fish with my Photoshop watercolour brush ‘Creamsicle’ You can watch a 15 second video of me painting this below. Unfortunately I paused the recording towards the end so I sadly missed the last 5 minutes of painting which were in a sense my breakthrough moments on this one. I changed the uppermost layer to Normal from multiply which has the effect of muddying the watercolour effect giving me a look I was happy to end the painting on.