Colored pencil sketch
Author: Edvard Erlandsson
Categories: Photo effects
This colored pencil sketch technique is very simple but will give a very nice result. You will learn how to color it so that it look like an old fashiond color pencil sketch.
Categories: Photo effects
This colored pencil sketch technique is very simple but will give a very nice result. You will learn how to color it so that it look like an old fashiond color pencil sketch.
Step 1
I will be using an image of the leaning tower of Pisa from sxc.hu as always :PWhen you have your image open in Photoshop the first step is to desaturate it by hitting ctr + shift + u or Image > Adjustments Desaturate.
Step 2
Now you should have a black and white picture, duplicate it by right clicking it and select Duplicate Layer.Now you should Invert the new layer by hitting ctrl + i or Image > Adjustments > Invert.
Step 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, so don’t worry.
This should make the entire picture almost completely white, so don’t worry.
Step 4
Now 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 10 pixels to create my picture.
Step 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 result
