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My use ofPhotoShopis usually limited to straightforward image control and the occasional special technique to "rescue" or enhance a particular image. But many artists use PhotoShop as a creative tool in its own right. 
Below is an advanced technique byGregory Georgesthat gives a photograph a watercolour enhanced pen and ink drawing appearance. While not everybody's "cup of tea", for those that find it of interest a fascinating technique.
A Guest Tutorial By: Gregory Georges

I have always liked loose pen and ink drawings, and soft light-colored watercolor paintings are my favorite kind of painting. This technique was developed to combine these two kinds of art. To demonstrate the use of this technique we will use a picture of an urn that I found sitting on the front porch of a fancy home in Charleston, South Carolina. The picture was taken with a Nikon 950 digital camera that was set to fine mode, which resulted in the 1600x1200 pixels image that is shown to ...

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