How To Draw Grass In Photoshop

photoshop grass painting tutorial
This is a brief tutorial on how to paint grass with lite and shadow using Photoshop. The key stride is to seperate the shadow into a different layer, so we tin make changes easier.

Grass

grass painting tutorial
Starting time painting the grass in one layer. The default grass castor is skillful plenty, but there are few settings you could change.

Shape Dynamics - Flip X Jitter (No Flip Y Jitter equally we don't want upside down grass), Size Jitter, Bending Jitter, Roundness Jitter
Handful
Color Dynamics - Hue, Saturation, Brightness. I disable the Background/Foreground Jitter, only it can exist usefull if y'all choose ii shades of green for it and command via pen pressure.

Shadow

grass painting tutorial
Add another layer, and paint the leaves shadow (cast from tree) using blue / cyan hue colour. The leafage brush I used are from Xong Bros, I compile a brush download list in this page.

grass painting tutorial
Misconstrue the shadow layer (CTRL-T) to give it a scrap perspective and change the layer blending mode to multiply. You tin can get back to change the shadow layer color if it is as well night or bright.

At the moment information technology wait similar the shadow is casting on a flat surface, ignoring the grass detail. To meet what I mean, look at the photograph I took below.

grass painting tutorial

grass painting tutorial
Employ the grass castor again, paint and erase on the shadow layer. Remember to use the aforementioned blue / cyan color!

Glow / Highlight

grass painting tutorial
Add together a new layer and change blending mode to "screen". Use a soft round border to paint on the surface area surrounding the shadow.

grass painting tutorial
Equally an actress footstep, you tin can add a another layer and modify blending fashion to "screen". Utilise the grass brush to pigment some area with brightest grass.