Colored pencil Colored pencil sketch tutorialsketch tutorial

By: Maryam PalmaBy: Maryam Palma

Step 1Step 1

• Open image in Photoshop

• When you have your image open in Photoshop the first step is to desaturate by hitting ctr + shift + u or Image > Adjustments Desaturate.

Step 2Step 2• You should have a

black and white picture, duplicate it by right clicking on it and select Duplicate Layer.

• Now you should Invert the new layer by hitting ctrl + i or Image > Adjustments > Invert.

Step 3Step 3• Set the blending

mode of the inverted layer to Color Dodge in the layer blending mode dropdown.This should make the entire picture almost completely white.

Step 4Step 4

• Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and select a radius from a few pixels up to about 30 pixels that looks good for you. I used a radius of 25.4 pixels.

Step 5Step 5• Now you have a black and white pencil

sketch which looks good, but it can be further enhanced by adding a subtle color to it.

• Go to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation and check the colorize checkbox. Now you can control the color and the strength of the color with the Hue and Saturation handles.

The ResultsThe Results

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