This document provides a 5-step tutorial for converting a photo into a colored pencil sketch effect in Photoshop. The steps include: 1) desaturating the photo, 2) duplicating and inverting the layer, 3) setting the inverted layer to Color Dodge blending, 4) adding Gaussian blur, and 5) using Hue/Saturation to add subtle color. Following these steps results in a black and white pencil sketch that can be further enhanced with color.

1. COLORED PENCILCOLORED PENCIL
SKETCHSKETCH
PHOTOSHOPPHOTOSHOP
TUTORIALTUTORIAL
By: Mrs. Hurd

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.
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5. 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.

6. 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.

7. THE RESULTSTHE RESULTS
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BEFORE