How to Paint Venice in Photoshop

How to Paint Venice in Photoshop
How to Paint Venice in Photoshop
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Step 15

Apply a burlap texture to the bridge using the texturizer tool.

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Step 16

Draw a rectangle at the bottom of the “L” shaped building with color #E89150 (87% opacity, hard-edged brush).

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Step 17

Apply a sandstone filter to the light gray building to the right of the middle building. Set the Texture to sandstone, Scaling to 148%, the Relief to 2, and the light direction to top right. Check the Invert box.

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Step 18

Highlight the left side of the stones on the corner of the middle right building with color #BEABAC (opaque). Use the same color on the bottom half of the building base.

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Step 19

Use the same color to outline the bottom row of windows on the same building.

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Step 20

Draw a vertical line to the right of each window you just outlined with color #6E585A (opaque, hard-edged brush).

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Step 21

Use the burn tool (midtones mode, 20% exposure) on the “Color Block” layer underneath the windows.

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Step 22

Use the same color to highlight the windows on the right windows (30% opacity, soft-edged brush).

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Step 23

Shadow the window frames with color #6E585A (same brush).

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Step 24

Add shadows to the right side of the stones with color #6E585A (20% opacity, soft-edged brush)

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Step 25

Paint a film of color #897E82 over the stones at 55% opacity.

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Step 26

Paint shadows on all of the window shutters with color #072222 (30% opacity, 70 pixel soft-edged brush).

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Step 27

Draw the rails of the balcony on the right building with color #5F4C47 (opaque, 10 pixel hard-edged brush).

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Step 28

Highlight the bars with color #A18D8C (25% opacity, 7 pixel soft-edged brush), paint shadows on the bars with color #443936 (same brush).

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Step 29

Use the burn tool on the “Color Block” layer to add shadows beneath the window frames.

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Step 30

Paint window frames on the middle row of windows on the left buildings with color #BEABAC (opaque, hard-edged brush).

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Step 31

Block in the shadow side of the window box with color #8D3504 (opaque, 25 pixel hard-edged brush).

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Step 32

Start adding shadows to the row of left columns with color #767164 (25% opacity, hard-edged brush).

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Step 33

Draw the final shadows on the columns with color #322E25 (25% opacity, 50 pixel soft-edged brush).

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Step 34

Select the two outcroppings and apply a Texturizer filter to them. Set the Texture to Brick, the Scaling to 66%, the Relief to 6, the Light Direction to Top Right.

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