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

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The resulting image
Step 1
- Open the image file to do, in the background.
- Create 3 copies of the background. (Figure 1)
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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)
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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)
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Figure 3
- Then change the blending mode from 'Normal' to 'Color Burn' on the layers palette. (Figure 4)
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Figure 4
-The picture will now look like Figure 5.
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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)
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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)
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Figure 7
Your photo now looks almost like a pencil drawing. (Figure 8)
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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)
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Figure 9
- Now you have only 2 layers left: 1 original background and 1 complete black and white lead drawing. (Figure 10)
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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.
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Figure 11
- Now you have a very beautiful monochrome lead drawing. (Figure 12)
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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)
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Figure 13
- That's it, your painting is complete, now you can print or save your work!
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