Quote Originally Posted by kacey View Post
Another thing I do often when the texture is effecting my shading too much is take the colour picker and pick one of the lighter areas in you’re texture, and like in the other methods just very lightly brush the lighter colour over the dark spot until you’ve found an even compromise in you’re shadow, again don’t forget to do it on a separate layer just above you background texture and underneath you’re shading.

Once you’re happy with it you can them merge the new layer back down into you’re parchment texture.

I hope that makes sense.
This is working brilliantly! Thank you very much for the tips, kacey.