Painting

1. Open Photoshop. Open Image to apply painting effect.

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2. Make a Duplicate of the image layer and keep it selected.

Filter > Stylize > Find Edges

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3. Image > Adjustments > Desaturate (Change the layer mode to Multiply)

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4. Select Bottom Layer

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5. Filter > Artistic > Dry Brush

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6. Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation (Drag Saturation to 50)

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7. Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast

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8. You can experiment with Brightness/Contrast values.

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