Multiple layers were used with different colors within each toĪ total of nine layers were used to create the dunes ( Figure 11). Shows one of these layers that contained some of the darker shades of grass. Top to bottom, I was able to create a lawn that looked believable. Step five: By dragging the new brush across the screen back and forth, from Step four: A light shade of a yellow-green is chosen for theįoreground color and a dark green for the Background color. In the Color Dynamics section ( Figure 8), theįoreground/Background Jitter is set to 100% to allow the stroke to switchīetween the two colors as it is applied to the canvas. Scattering is kept low to produce a tight grouping of the Setting will produce a slight variation in angle, while remaining basically Went in all directions, blades of grass all need to point up. Unlike the previous brush where the leaves The Shape Dynamics were set as shown in Figure 6. Step three: The brush is then given the attributes to make it This will make itĪppear in the preview box in the Brushes palette ( Figure 5). It is selected as the brush with the Paintbrush tool. Transparent layer, selected and defined as a brush (Edit>Define Brush). Step two: The paths are filled with black on a separate Step one: I created a custom brush shape by generating a clump of threeīlades of grass using the Pen tool ( Figure 4). The grasses that cover the dunes require a brush that will Lines are drawn with a small Paintbrush to serve as guides for the shapes of theįigure 3 shows the sketch lines for the dunes in the painting. The close up shown in Figure 2 shows the detail. Of ocean dunes visible through the window. The painting shown in Figure 1 is called 'blue door' and has a view It also required changing of the fade-out rate often to get the This worked, but it created a translucency to the tips of the I used to create grass with polka-dotted brushes that faded out as I strokedĪcross the canvas.

Foliage is a snap to reproduce with the custom brush presets.

Photoshop brush grass