How to turn a portrait into a pencil drawing with Photoshop

Here is an easy method to turn a portrait into a pencil drawing.

• Open the image you want to turn into a pencil drawing.

• Right Click on the photo layer in the layer panel, and select Duplicate Layer.

• Now Click on Create New Adjustment Layer button and select Hue/Saturation

• Move the Saturation slider to -100

• Select the top layer out of the two portrait layers and set the blend mode to Color Dodge

• Now Press Ctrl+I on your keyboard.
• Now go to Filter ->Blur->Gaussian Blur and adjust the setting until the portrait looks like a pencil drawing.

• Final