Tag: how to scan watercolour

  • The Secret to Painting Pen & Ink Artwork Digitally

    How do you digitally paint traditional pen and ink artwork? That’s what No Chipmunks sort of asked me after last week’s video about scanning artwork for picture books – https://youtu.be/yVVCHv62QsM The secret is to clean up your scan, as I showed last week, and then convert the artwork layer to Multiply. Then the black stays…

  • How to Scan your Artwork for Perfect Picture Book Illustration

    Scanning your own artwork can often result in a grey mush in the white areas of your illustration, making it look a bit lacklustre and lifeless. How to brighten it up and remove the grey edges? Kathleen Crawford contacted me and asked: Do you scan your own images into photoshop? I’d love to see a…