PART 1: Painting in Photoshop CS6 for BEGINNERS by Katherine Rose Barber

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Published 2014-07-30
This is PART 1 of a tutorial on painting in Photoshop CS6 for artists who are no yet familiar with the program. If you decide to paint this butterfly exactly the same, I ask that you please credit me and link to this tutorial anywhere that you post your finished painting online. =) Thank you!

Part 2 here:    • PART 2 Painting in Photoshop CS6 for ...  

Butterfly Artwork
©Katherine Rose Barber
www.katherineroseart.com

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Lighting Effects Classic Plugin for PhotoshopCS6 can be found here:
helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/plug-ins-photoshop-cs…

(hard to find on that page but just search "lighting effects")

OR

Here is the direct link to the Lighting Effects Classic download. It's in a bundle of multiple other plugins in a zip file:

For Windows: download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/photoshop/win/13.x/Wi…
For Mac OS: download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/photoshop/win/13.x/Wi…

NASA Photo
Original image by ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser), warped and recoloured by Katherine R. Barber

**I am not claiming any affiliation with NASA and nor do I claim that they are endorsing my work!**

Royalty Free NASA Photos
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Please be sure to READ their copyright info! :)
www.spacetelescope.org/copyright/

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All Comments (21)
  • @shttykitty
    Thanks for pointing out the inches vs pixels in the beginning. I've been painting in sai for years without even realizing lmao. That will come in handy when I start commissions and need to print. I can't believe I missed that all this time.
  • @ameliak1210
    Wow thank you so much. I am a beginner in photoshop and I cannot find tutorials that don't make it all so complicated but you wow your tutorial is very informative. You are an amazing artist. Please keep making more tutorials. Greetings
  • @MrLemonbaby
    Katherine Roe Barber, thank you for remembering that some people are beginners. Very nice tutorial. I have subscribed.
  • @MaireTreasa
    I like your way of teaching. It's like having a friend sitting beside me and showing me how to do something. Not rushed or stressful. Very nice!
  • @rain-wj6vv
    appreciate the details and little things you focus on!!
  • @AutumnMarie97
    thank you so much for uploading this!! I'm new in photoshop and I have no idea what I'm doing! But this was helpful :) I subbed
  • @tmrfoushee
    Loving your tutorial SO much. Thank you so much for making it... I am a beginner with photoshop and this was just what I needed! Your vid has been super helpful to me. Your low key friendly mentor approach feels comforting and encouraging.
  • @MadhuriTarimane
    Thank you for this video... I am a beginner and I didn't know where to start. This was of great help!
  • @wildshade9678
    YOU'RE AN AMAZING ARTIST!!! REALLY LOVED YOUR WORKFLOW ...
  • @alexarias5717
    I'm going to watch this extensively tomorrow thanks for uploading!
  • @sionwalker8987
    hi thank you very much for taking the time to make this tutorial for total nubes like my self. It has really helped and you art is fantastic
  • @maryamjavdan4877
    Hi Katherine Im a toootal beginner in digital art and your video is sooooo complete thank you so much for all the details each and every one of them were helpful ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
  • @FluckyCat
    Amazing tutorial! thank you so much! :D
  • @lunabee7158
    Thank You SOOO Much!!! :DD its about time i found a good video explaining almost everything about Photoshop. just got it and had no idea how to work it lol.
  • @bluefox129
    thank you for taking your time to explain