Turn photos into pencil paintings

You want to have a beautiful portrait, but don't have the time or have a lot of money to hire people to paint or you simply want a very unique picture. You can do this with just one photo and Adobe Photoshop software

 

The resulting image

Step 1

- Open the image file to do, in the background.

- Create 3 copies of the background. (Figure 1)

Figure 1

Step 2

- Use the Desaturate command (to switch from color image to grayscale image in the same color mode) by selecting each layer (copy) and pressing Ctrl + Shift + U or go to Image> Adjust> Desaturate. (Figure 2)

Figure 2

Step 3

- Click on the top layer, use the 'Find Edges' filter for this layer by going to Filter> Stylize> Find Edges. (Figure 3)

Figure 3

- Then change the blending mode from 'Normal' to 'Color Burn' on the layers palette. (Figure 4)

Figure 4

-The picture will now look like Figure 5.

Figure 5

Step 4

- Click on the second layer (Background copy 2) and press Ctrl + I to Invert this layer.

- Then change the blending mode from Normal to Color Dodge. (Figure 6)

Figure 6

- Next, apply the gaussion blur filter to this layer by selecting Filter> Blur> Gaussion Blur and setting the Radius value to 10 pixels. (Figure 7)

Figure 7

Your photo now looks almost like a pencil drawing. (Figure 8)

Figure 8

Step 5

- While layer 2 is being selected, lock layer 1 and 3. After that, press Ctrl + E to link the layers (see illustration). (Figure 9)

Figure 9

- Now you have only 2 layers left: 1 original background and 1 complete black and white lead drawing. (Figure 10)

Figure 10

Step 6

- Apply the Angled Strokes filter by selecting Filter> Brush Stokes> Angles Strokes, and then setting the values ​​shown in Figure 11.

Figure 11

- Now you have a very beautiful monochrome lead drawing. (Figure 12)

Figure 12

Step 7 (optional)

- To add color to the painting, lower the value of Fill Opacity (on the layer palette) to 60%. (Figure 13)

Figure 13

- That's it, your painting is complete, now you can print or save your work!