Wordless Wednesday: Hosta Flowers with Photoshop Tutorial

I had comments about the coloring of the vintage bouquet I used for last week’s WW, so I went back and wrote a Photoshop tutorial for it. This week I thought I would post a Photoshop tutorial with my WW, but a much easier one this time.

If you like the idea of a WW with tutorial, let me know in comments and maybe this is something I will try to do often.

Here is the original image:

I just did something very simple and fun with it. Select Filter>Artistic>Rough Pastels. Once there, I used Stroke Length: 6; Stroke Detail: 4; Texture: Canvas; Scaling: 100%; Relief: 20; Light: Bottom. That’s it!

Here’s the finished product, which has the effect of a drawing with pastels on canvas:

If this can be done in Elements, too, please let me know!

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16 Comments

Dianne on June 25, 2008 at 12:44 am

Beautiful picture. I really like the idea of a tutorial, too. I’m always up for learning something new!

Thanks, Dawn! 😀

CatSynth on June 25, 2008 at 1:38 am

Nice flower, and thanks for sharing your tutorial 🙂

Angie on June 25, 2008 at 1:58 am

Very colorful shot! I will have to tag your site for when I can sit down and work with Photoshop. The tutorial is great!
Happy WW!

smarmoofus on June 25, 2008 at 3:00 am

Ooh, are tutorials a regular feature? I should go back and read your blog. I really need to brush up on my PhotoShopping tricks. I love all the green in this photo (it’s my favorite colour… almost any shade).

Happy WW!
-smarmoofus

Women Xplore on June 25, 2008 at 4:45 am

thanks for sharing…i will try this one of these days…

mine is up. hope you can drop by:

http://www.womenxplore.com/2008/06/wordless-wednesday-12-zambales.html

June on June 25, 2008 at 5:40 am

Love the idea of tutorials…if you’re up for it, sounds like you’ve got an audience!

Steven and Aisha on June 25, 2008 at 7:21 am

I love the flower shots! So amazing.. I really want to learn the Photoshop.

Urban Thought on June 25, 2008 at 7:39 am

You just inspired me to work on a few photo projects.

Thank you.

Happy WW!

Secret Agent Mama on June 25, 2008 at 8:09 am

Very cool and very helpful tutorial.

Lisa on June 25, 2008 at 8:39 am

Great shot! I’m always up for PS tutorials. I have tons of bookmarks for them LOL At this age…I can’t remember it all =)

Elizabeth on June 25, 2008 at 10:46 am

I have Photoshop but I don’t know how to do that! Thanks for the tutorial. My Wordless Wednesday post is here if you’d like to stop by 🙂 http://table4five.net/2008/06/25/wordless-wednesday-our-trip-to-the-zoo/

keithsimages on June 25, 2008 at 11:27 am

Photoshop is easy for me – my daughter is a proffesional photographer, so I send them to her aand they re-appear done! Nice pictures – great ideaaaa.

Allison on June 25, 2008 at 1:22 pm

Wow, lovely! THe photoshop editing really did add a nice something to the photo. I can’t wait to purchase it at some point…probably not for a while, though!

Happy WW 🙂