This was sketched in Photoshop with this week’s brush of the week ‘Rag Blather‘ which is available for free all week in the brush shop or on the free brush of the week page.
Free Photoshop Brush of the Week #48 ‘Rag Blather’
Year: 2016
Sketchercising with a Still Life
Because I usually draw from my head, when I do try to draw from life I have a bad habit of drawing what I think should be there rather than what actually is. Here I’m doing a sketch trying to take the good advice of ‘drawing what I see’ not what I think I see. I think I am about a third of the way there but it’s hard to resist drawing it as I imagine it, which usually has little bearing on reality. This was drawn in Photoshop with this week’s free charcoal brush which is still up here until feb 14th grutbrushes.com/freebrush
Free Ink Splatter Brush in this week’s Newsletter
I’m giving away this splattery ink brush tomorrow in this week’s newsletter so make sure you are signed up!
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Free Photoshop Brush of the Week #47 – Rich Roast Photoshop Charcoal Brush
This week’s free brush is “Rich Roast” a Photoshop Charcoal brush with a wide and fairly evenly ramping tonal range from light to almost fully opaque. Get it for free all week on the free brush of the week page or in the brush shop until Monday when as always, there will be a new brush. grutbrushes.com/freebrush
Free Photoshop Brush of the Week #46 – Brezh Brow Ink Brush
You can download this brush for free all week and there will be a new one to download on Monday on the free Photoshop brush of the week page.
Friday Night Paint Sketching
Working on a new brush. Originally it was more of a charcoal but I like the crumpled newspaper in paint look that it gives when grossly enlarged. This also gives a slight hint of some of the cracked oil brushes I’ve been experimenting with.
Impasto Painting in Photoshop – Quick Tips 01
Here are a few quick tips to get you going with the Photoshop Impasto brushes
I will be doing a series of tutorials on how to use the GrutBrushes Photoshop Impasto brushes but this short video above shows a few brief tips.
To summarise:
– Vary your stylus pressure and use short strokes for a more organic look
– Use a flatter Photoshop brush to block in large areas
– Press softly on your stylus to blend or soften texture
– Push harder when you want more texture
– Use alt/option to pick colours from your painting
Brush Strokes and animated previews
(Mouseover or tap the icons below to watch the Photoshop brushes drawing ‘live’!)
‘Gravel Plough’ Photoshop Impasto brush
‘Granite Sack’ Photoshop Impasto brush
‘Horse Main’ Photoshop Impasto brush
‘Imp Giganto’ Photoshop Impasto brush
‘Gypsum Slate’ Photoshop Impasto brush
‘Venal Weasel’ Photoshop Impasto oil brush
‘Venal Weasel’ Photoshop Impasto oil brush
‘Cliff Quarry’ Photoshop Impasto oil brush
”Tenor Wake’ Photoshop Impasto oil brush
‘Jee Beach’ Photoshop Impasto oil brush
GrutBrushes Photoshop Brush Plugin Panel Updates
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March 8th 2016
GrutBrushes plugin V 1.1.1 is ready! You can download it from your account page or read all about what’s new in this blog post here
If you’ve never used it before you can download the GrutBrushes Photoshop brushes plugin for digital artists here
February 14th 2016
Manual Plugin Installation instructions are here!
If you are having trouble installing the plugin and even though you get an ‘installation ok’ pop up you don’t see it under windows>extensions when you restart Photoshop it could be that due to permissions restrictions your computer is stopping the installer from copying the necessary files onto your computer. Manual installation seems to be the way to go. It basically involves copying two directories from the zip file onto your computer You can find detailed instructions for both Mac and Windows here Use at your own risk!
So far I only have two reports from users but both tell me that the manual installation worked for them. Leave a comment below if you tried it.
February 4th 2016
Work began today on a plugin update! this will not be major but will include a few requested features including:
- Last picked brush indicator
A way to tell which was the last brush you picked!
2. Brush re-loader
When you update Photoshop to the latest version it currently deletes all records of which GrutBrushes you have installed. This will check to see which brushes you had installed and reload them automatically into the GrutBrushes Panel
3. OK to ALL
No longer will you have to repeatedly hit OK to overwrite every brush when you reload them, you will be able to click on an ‘ok to all’ button.
4. TPL filter on Mac
When you choose to ‘ADD’ brushes from your hard drive on a MAC, you will be able to select only the TPL files and not the PNG files by accident (They are hidden by default on a PC)
There will be another tweak or two but those are the main changes you will notice.
I will send out an email and put an announcemnt here on this post when the new version is ready to download from the shop or from your account page
January 28 2016 – Plugin Update in the works
I am getting some reports that the plugin is not installing for some people on the latest version of Photoshop (2015.1.2) I am talking to the developer now to work on a fix but I need to know what version of the plugin is working or not working and for which OS. I really don’t know how many people are using the plugin or how many people are not able to.
I would be so very appreciative If you can let me know in the comments below or in an email whether it is working for you or not and which version OS and which version of Photoshop then I can get a good idea of what needs work.
Continue reading GrutBrushes Photoshop Brush Plugin Panel Updates
Free Photoshop Brush of the Week #45
This week’s free Photoshop brush of the week (#45) is ‘Stump Trough‘ an oil impasto brush. This is a bonus brush from Impastos 01 the new set of 10 Photoshop impasto oil brushes. But try this one first to see if you want the rest which are all available to Art Brushes Complete members to download right now (from the brush shop, the portal page, or from your account page) It’s available to download for free through Sunday.
This is all native Photoshop by the way, all the oil paint texture comes from the brush itself, there are no layer effects or post processing of any kind.
Here’s a Photoshop painting that uses about 8 of the impasto brushes (this also has no layer effects or filters)
These are actual brush strokes of the 10 brushes in Impastos 01:
Want more? Impastos 01 Photoshop Brush Set
10 Photoshop Impasto oil brushes for digital artists. Realistic pressure responsive Photoshop oil paint brushes that simulate the look of traditional oils without the use of layer effects or any post processing.
