Thursday, October 1

CoffeeShop Artistic Painterly Texture Set and Texture Tutorial!


I am a huge fan of using textures so I always have to have Photoshop or PSE on my computer. Textures can turn a simple photo into art with just a few clicks. Today I wanted to post some custom artistic painterly textures I created in Photoshop.

You can use these textures alone as digital paper or layer them over images or other textures.

Tutorial on Using the CoffeeShop Artistic Painterly Textures:

Textures are very simple to apply to your images. Just open the one you want and drag it on top of your image. Then change the blending mode of the texture to Overlay, Soft Light, Hard Light, Multiply, or Screen and adjust the opacity. Then add a layer mask so that you can erase some of the texture off your main subject (if needed).

You can duplicate the layer and even change the blending mode on the copied layer to add more texture.


This little bird was such an easy edit. It helps that the original image was stunning. I used the Painterly 3 texture on this image and put it in Hard Light, 100% opacity. Then I used a soft low opacity brush (around 30%) and painted the texture off the bird.

You can also change the color of the original texture as seen in the screenshot below.


I added the Painterly 4 texture to this image in Hard Light, 86% and painted off some of the texture off the main flowers. But I found the edit too greenish/blue in color. So I added a Hue Saturation layer on top and grouped it to the texture. I kept the setting on Master and moved the  Hue slider around until I was happy with the edit. I added a yellowish/red hue and I think it is perfect!

Don't ever be afraid to change the colors on a texture. It can really add so much to your image!

I have quite a few free textures here. I also love the free textures from ShadowHouse Creations and the gorgeous ones for sale over at Flypaper.



Don't be afraid to combine more than one texture on your image. I found this simple flower image over on Pixabay.

CoffeeShop Editing Recipe:

1. I added the Painterly Texure 5 from my set here in Hard Light blending mode, 100%. I used a soft black brush on the layer mask to remove the texture off the flowers.

2. I added the Flypaper Cracked  Linen 1 texture (from the new Fine Cracks texture pack) in soft light, 100%.

3. I wanted to increase the contrast of the flowers, so I added a Levels adjustment layer just above the background and put it in Multiply blending mode without moving any of the sliders. I love this edit.

I hope you enjoy using this new set of textures. Please post your edits over on my Facebook page, I would love to see your work!

Download the CoffeeShop Artistic Painterly Texture Pack. You can also download it here.

Do you want to download my favorite CoffeeShop PSE/Photoshop Actions and Lightroom Presets or Design Elements in one convenient zipped file AND help support this blog? Just click here for my action pack or here for a download of some of my most popular design elements, storyboards, and textures.
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10 comments:

  1. Thank you so much for the free textures, very much appreciated. I also have all your actions and love them.

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  2. Rita.....fantastic tutorial puts it all together the textures, topaz and blend modes. Thank
    You so much. Very generous coupon also!!
    Kate

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    1. Thank you Kate! I love love love Flypaper textures. They are just gorgeous.

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  3. OOOh thank you, I don't usually use overlays on my pics, I like to crop them and fill the space with other elements and journaling or wordart but I really like these ones.

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  4. Oh my, your site is a real treasure trove of beautiful stuff. Thanks for sharing your wonderful creativity so generously!!

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  5. I saw the links for the Painterly Texture Sets at the bottom of the last post and decided to check them out. Not sure how I missed them, I'm guessing there still in my 'to check out' file but figured I'd grab them while here today. Thanks for another two great set of textures and of course for the suggestions as well.

    Lisa D.

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