for a table background use a light and dark brown color,and (render - fibers) then distort for perspective
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for a paper...fill background with light color
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make a new layer and fill 50% gray
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on gray layer go filter-sketch-halftone pattern(pattern type-line)
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another filter,pixelate-mezzotint(type-fine dots)
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set blending mode to lighten or screen...i used screen mode..:)
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duplicate layer and rotate 90'
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merge down and transform,to someting like drawing paper:)
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on a tree pictyre-find edges,desaturate,adjust levels and place on a paper,then transform litle
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filter-artistic-watercolor(2-3 times) on a parrot picture,mask,and place to fit.
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litle painting
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for this i'we made brush,paint on a new layer,add plastic warp,hue/sat. to colorize....made some adjustments,place pallete ,pencil..add drop shadow...thats all