In the Brushes panel make a new folder by clicking on the Folder Icon. Or we will use a brush that is great, but then forget its name and have difficulty locating it again for future use. Otherwise, it will become overwhelming in the amount of choice that we have. What we want to do at this stage is to organize the brushes into just a few that we will use for this project. You will notice that each brush gives you a different effect. If you double click this file it will automatically install the brushes into your brush panel in a folder called Watercolor.Īs you scroll through these watercolor brushes, test them out by painting a little with each one. You will see a wide range of brush packs that you can download for free, they are excellent and I highly recommend playing with them all! But for now, just download the Watercolor pack. But for now, all your need to do is go Window > Brushes then in that Brushes panel you will see a burger menu in the top right. I have an in-depth tutorial on how to Get more brushes for Photoshop that you can check out here.

We will need to get some watercolor brushes to paint with, luckily these are free from Adobe and are excellent. This will create a new solid color which you can change by double-clicking into its thumbnail.

Go into the Layers Panel, at the bottom you will see the Create New Adjustment Layer icon. We want to create a solid color background for our watercolor effect to be placed on. Step One: Create a solid color background I’m using Photoshop to create this effect and you can get it from Adobe here. This effect is really versatile and uses a non-destructive workflow. Learn how to create a professional Photoshop watercolor effect that you can change quickly depending on the image you are using.

Kyle's watercolor brushes free download