i am trying to learn how to paint in photoshop using a wacom tablet. i
have been fiddling around a bit but haven't gone farther than
dodge/burn and a some blurring an smudging. i am using the brushes
with moderation because i'm unsure of a lot a techniques.

does anyone know of a good book from which to learn painting
techniques (creation of elements like rain, making textures, making
snow, fog, lighting, reflections, shadows etc). skills have to be
developed through practice i'm sure, but i could use a good book to
guide me along.

any recommendations?

Thank you.

rigor wrote:
> i am trying to learn how to paint in photoshop using a wacom tablet. i
> have been fiddling around a bit but haven't gone farther than
> dodge/burn and a some blurring an smudging. i am using the brushes
> with moderation because i'm unsure of a lot a techniques.
>
> does anyone know of a good book from which to learn painting
> techniques (creation of elements like rain, making textures, making
> snow, fog, lighting, reflections, shadows etc). skills have to be
> developed through practice i'm sure, but i could use a good book to
> guide me along.
>
> any recommendations?

Go to the library and check out several books on airbrush technique.  Skip
all the chapters on maintaining and cleaning your equipment.  Instead of
rubylith or frisket, use quickmask.
--

Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com
www.geigy.2y.net

It's a little more complicated than that.  That's a good idea,
but before you can do that, you need to make the leap of
faith from the physical world to the digital-- each have their own
limitations, but they are very different.

Try Photorealistic Techniques for Photoshop and Illustrator, Commercial
Photoshop and Photoshop Studio, all Bert Monroy
Photoshop Artistry, Haynes and Crumpler and there's another Crumpler book,
but I forget the title right now. (Check Amazon)
How to Cheat with Photoshop, Caplin
And there's one that does Photoshop, Illustrator and Painter side by side
that is pretty good.
Colin Smith has some good stuff on his CD, too.

"Mike Russell" <REgeigyMOVE@pacbellTHIS.net> wrote in message
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> rigor wrote: 
>
> Go to the library and check out several books on airbrush technique.  Skip
> all the chapters on maintaining and cleaning your equipment.  Instead of
> rubylith or frisket, use quickmask.
> --
>
> Mike Russell
> www.curvemeister.com
> www.geigy.2y.net
>
>