Go to Filter > Filter Gallery > Glowing Edges and use the settings below. It’s important if you see a sketch it has a lot of tiny brush dots. Now we will apply the Glowing Edge filter to add little tiny textures to the image.

Also, make sure Foreground/Background color is set to black/white by pressing (D) on the keyboard.

Go to Layer > Adjustment Layers > Hue/Saturation and use the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer and desaturate the image by moving the Saturation Slider all the way to left.Ĭreate a merged layer by pressing CTRL + SHIFT + ALT + E and name it “Merged Layer – Glowing Edges”. Now go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur with 5px Radius.Ĭhange the blending mode to Color Dodge and this will wash out everything in the image and only leaves the outlines visible in the image. Now invert the layer by pressing CTRL + I. Right-click on the layer, choose “Convert to Smart Object”. You can duplicate the layer by pressing CTRL + J.īefore we apply any filter to the layer we need to convert it to Smart Object as it will allow us to go back at any time in case if you want to edit Filters later. Now duplicate the image as we don’t want to destroy the original one. Open the image in Photoshop by selecting File > Open and open the image. If you want to follow along with the tutorial then you can download the image here. I am using this Car image and we’ll turn into a painting sketch. Create Sketch Outlines Step 1įirst, we need to create sketch outlines to start with this effect. The key factor here is to use blend modes, filters, and brushes in a precise manner leading to a natural, hand-drawn pencil sketch effect in Photoshop.

In this tutorial, we’ll take a look at how to simulate a sketch effect in Photoshop. It’s no wonder that if you use Photoshop’s Filter Gallery in a creative you can simulate plenty of effects in no time.

Photoshop sketch