Adobe Photoshop / Chinese Painting Effect

  1. Prepare a photo of an object
  2. Create a new layer and fill it with light gray
  3. Crop out the object and place it on top
  4. Filter > Artistic > Watercolor - Brush Detail: 14, Shadow Intensity: 2, Texture: 1
  5. Create a new layer under the object layer
  6. Load watercolor brushes and draw random lines
  7. Add a Chinese calligraphy image
  8. Adjust Hue/Saturation