For those who asked, this was the original image and I added a tiny image of the texture so you could see where this all began. 15 minutes of instruction later, everything was nuanced in some fashion.
We probably have our favorite instructors, and mine currently is Matt Kloskowski (Matt K) if you're looking for instruction from one of his many courses.
@olenadole I should have suggested that no comment here was necessary, but thanks! This was the photo I began with, and the darker one in the thumbnail was the finished result.
@radiogirl Just my school supplies here : ) I'm glad you are enjoying some of his classes on Youtube!
@pamknowler I'm so happy to read this! I think this is your guy to make it all easily understandable! And I do believe that once you have a handle on PS, you're going to LOVE using it! If not, at least you'll have given it a try!
Well done! I have started Matt's photoshop course recently and was thinking about doing the textures one too, looks like it would be well worth it based on your gorgeous results :)
@inthecloud5 Thanks, Christine...he's such a pleasant teacher! If you're following Pam Knowler, I'd given her the textures course for her birthday, but she wasn't familiar enough with PS, so Matt set her up with the same PS course you're taking...she just opened it today. It's wonderful to use our time in such a positive manner!
I love his instructions, I watch many on YouTube!
@radiogirl Just my school supplies here : ) I'm glad you are enjoying some of his classes on Youtube!