mini tutorial no 1 grass by valasedai d528dwx

G\)alas ęMbu-GTutońal ćNo. 1

- Qrass -

tfake a basie round brush on 100% hardness and 100% opacity.

Stan by choosing a base colour and dra w a Je w horizontal strokes on the blank caiwas.

OJ&irh the same brush add a lighter and a darher shade and dram a few morę horizontal strokes, thusdefining your light source.

GKeeping the same brush type, reduce the size to the thickness you wantyour grass blades to be. (here about 3 to Ąpx)

GDraw approximate\y uertical strokes, using the three colours you plottedjor the base.

(eye dropper tooll)

®or a windless eiwironment make them rather uerńcal and to indicate wind draw in an appropriate amjle.

GRdd morę different shades (hereJor simplicity reasons only two).

Ofo qive a morę realistic and liuely feel, add a few grass blades that don f assume the same angle

as the rest.

ĆNow it 's time to add sonie details.

3 decidedJor sonie simple whitejlowers here, still created with the same basie brush but set on a high scatter and sparing ratio.

OTo put a sunny ejfect on the grass and create morę atmosphere, use the dodge tool set on liighlights” and the bum tool set on either midtones or “highliglits".

OBe creatwe and try out djferent colours or other brushes. 3used a fuzzy eiwironment brush here, which creates a morę ragged alpine grass.

GRemember, the morę time you spend on this and the morę different shades of colour you use, the morę realistic your outeome will be.:)