Other of my preferred effects. I have followed some different tutorials but these are the best helpful ones. IMO.
Anyway, it's much your own intuition and taste.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxDHR-cwy5k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spOG7-VWHtY

If you like this effect, please join your results to the thread if you like.
Tutorial and items needed in page 2

See post 49 to see the process (a zip file)

Your results look fantastic and real, Issabella. Way too tired to look at the videos at this moment, but I'm a lazy filter guy regardless, so probably wouldn't follow the directions anyway. lol

Thanks for sharing your results though.

I tried out the first video you listed, did it several years ago. It was difficult because I kept having to stop it and write down what steps were used. Some of my efforts were not very good, but I did manage to get a couple of good ones out of it.

Thanks a lot Lyle.
2-ton, you are right, no easy to follow the video and I did the same as you. So, much it's your own interpretation. I'm still learning it.

Thanks for another idea.
I wait for your written tuts about those, I don't like/use videos.

Those are really beautiful Issabella. I'm thinking I could maybe use photos to start off backgrounds in my paintings by using these methods on them. Of course, I would then adapt them using normal digital painting techniques but it would speed up my workflow and make complex backgrounds easier to produce.

Thank you for the inspiration.

Thanks a lot, Dinasset. I'll prepare a basic tut for this effect, I think that in two days I'll have it to post.
Thanks Erisian. I'm glad this effect could be helpful for your new creations and paintings.

Thanks Issa, but no hurry, please...

I did it! I hope this tutorial can be understood. Also, please check if you have the needed items before starting it. I post brushes too.
I'd love if you all enjoy doing this nice effect.
From first image to the second one.

Here, tutorial in PDF and items just in case you don't have them.
(the water brushes files are 6Mb) I'll try to post them in split files)

textures and brushes

Thanks a lot, Issa !!! How are you? And your eyes?
Too late this evening for me, I will read all the stuff and start my tests tomorrow...
Hope to succeed (you did excellent examples so far...)

Thank you Issa for the tutorial and brushes, etc. I hope to have time to try it out after vacation. I wanted to post the watercolor I did with the youtube tutorial, but I can't find it. I think I probably have it uploaded here in one of the watercolor threads.

Thanks a lot Dinasset. My eyes are getting much better.
2-ton, Thanks. Enjoy your vacation

Oh Wallace, Yes, he is who posted that effect I love and whose video I have tried to write in PDF. Thanks for the link.

Pat, I like your result. Thanks for sharing it.
2-ton, I saw your result (the one you were looking for) it's great.
I didn't remember that we had a thread with this effect opened several years ago.

Even if definitely too many manual steps, I did my trial.


Too lazy to repeat it...sorry Issa.

(I left a lot of white margins, because I like it...)