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Posted on May 28, 2014 by Nicolai — Leave a comment

PasteUp – New Watercolour brush

Actual brush strokes from the “PasteUp” watercolour Photoshop brush

Digital watercolor painting done using the pressure sensitive real watercolor Photoshop brush 'Pasteup' from Grutbrushes.com

OK, this one’s the best watercolour brush. Maybe I spoke to soon or perhaps my latest Photoshop brush will always be my favourite.

Pasteup has a rougher edge than the other watercolour brushes (with Frontier being perhaps the smoothest edged) PasteUp also has a tonal range that’s a bit higher than most, from very light to almost completely opaque depending on the stylus pressure. This makes it ever so slightly more challenging as it requires a bit more control to manage the opacity of the brush stroke but it still gives a pretty great looking natural watercolour effect no matter what you do.

Brush Strokes from the watercolour Photoshop brush toolset "PasteUp" — Brush Stroke samples from the “PasteUp” watercolour Photoshop brush

Here’s a Time-lapse video of the Striped Shirt Boy painting being painted with the Pasteup brush. The original painting took about 10 minutes to paint, it has been sped up here to last about 1 minute.

You can try Grutbrushes for yourself and download a free watercolor Photoshop brush here.

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Nicolai — Leave a comment

Best Watercolour Photoshop Brush Yet?

Closeup of time lapse digital watercolour painting done using pressure sensitive watercolour Photoshop brush from Grutbrushes.com — Digital watercolour painting done using pressure sensitive watercolour Photoshop brush “Swab Caress”

This one was in the workshop for a long time but I am pleased to announce that “Swab Caress“, the latest and perhaps best of my watercolour brushes for Photoshop is now available in the shop. There are another dozen or so that are still in production that should be available within the next month or so.

paint strokes from Watercolour brush "Swab Caress" — paint strokes from Watercolour brush “Swab Caress”

Painted using the "Swab Caress" Photoshop watercolour brush — painted using the “Swab Caress” Photoshop watercolour brush

From the catalog description:

An organic real watercolour Photoshop brush that responds to pressure sensitivity. A versatile brush for both outlining and fills it has a fairly consistent texture with just enough flaws to keep it feeling organic and natural but not enough to distract from the overall tone of the artwork. The edges of the brush stroke have a distinctive watery paintbrush appearance but are restrained enough to make for a relatively tightly controllable outline.

digital watercolour painted with “Swab Caress” brush for Photoshop

Posted on May 8, 2014 by Nicolai — Leave a comment

“Grape Remains” Realistic Watercolour Brush for Photoshop

Digital Watercolour Bear painting created using Grape Remains Photoshop brush from grutbrushes.com — Digital Watercolour Bear painting created using “Grape Remains” digital watercolor Photoshop brush

The latest watercolour Photoshop brush “Grape Remains” is now available in the shop. As with all brushes in the shop, it can be downloaded for free for a short while longer if you tweet, plus or like it on Facebook when you are checking out. Just add it to your cart and click on one of the social sharing buttons in the cart as you check out and you wont have to pay a penny to download the brush. If you’d rather not bother, you can buy it for just a dollar!

Time lapse of a digital watercolour digital painting done using Photoshop watercolour brush "Grape Remains" — Time-lapse digital watercolour painting done using pressure sensitive watercolour Photoshop brush from Grutbrushes.com

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Nicolai — Leave a comment

Frontier – Watercolour Brush for Photoshop

The first of many natural media watercolour brushes for digital painters from Grutbrushes.com is now available to download for free! (for a short while) This artisanal Photoshop brush responds to pressure in both opacity and to a lesser extent, size. Useful as a line brush at small sizes while also being versatile enough to serve as a fill in wash. The Frontier brush has enough edge and surface texture to provide an organic natural media feel while at the same time remains subtle enough to not overwhelm the artists subject matter. Suitable for drawing and sketching as well as digital painting.

The image below was painted using only the Frontier watercolor Photoshop brush.

download free real watercolour Photoshop brush — Painted with Frontier watercolor brush. Download it for free from grutbrushes.com

This is the first of many more natural media brushes for digital artists to come. Sign up to be notified of new brushes and visit the site to download new ones as they become available. You can download it for free for a short while. While you are at it, there are several other brushes that are currently free and ~~for a short while longer you can still download EVERY Photoshop brush on this site for free if you share a tweet, like or plus when you check out. (~~This promo has expired now.)

Other watercolour brushes you might be interested in: