Using PSE5

Open photo.
Duplicate- Ctrl. J
Re-name this layer “Sketch layer”
Enhance>Unsharp Mask
(about 20-60-0) OK
Filter>Stylize>Glowing Edges
(about 13-10-14) OK- adjust according to detail in photo.
Invert- Ctrl. I
Desaturate- Ctrl Shift U
Enhance>Adjust Lighting>Levels
Move white slider to left to get background whiter.
Move gray slider to get noise out.
Move black slider to right if you want lines to be darker…OK
Create a new blank layer below the top layer
(Hold Ctrl. & click on Create a new layer button) This will get it below top layer.
Edit>Fill layer>White. OK
Re-name this layer “white fill layer”
Highlight Sketch layer.
Blend mode to Overlay.
Highlight white fill layer.
Click Eraser Tool.
Pick Dry Media Brush-#63 at top of drop-down list- Might want to try others also.
Brush size about 600px.- Brush Opacity about 20% to start.
Start by erasing the whole page or what you want to show through.
Next step would be to erase over the whole page again. This makes it darker as you erase.
Keep erasing until you get it how you like it.
Sketches:


For a more detailed & darker result, I used this texture below.
Apply it to the Sketch layer & set the Blend Mode to Color Burn.
Highlight the white fill layer .
Click Eraser tool & start erasing again if you want more detail.
Erase until you get the result you want.

Sketch with Texture:

Thanks, Christell. Your examples are beautiful.

Christell Thank you so much. I love yours sketches.
Now I don't want to go to work.

Christell, that is great!
So much fun!

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I had a lot of trouble with controlling how to erase when I got to the place where I wanted to highlight just part of the image. Soooooooo, I cheated. Instead of filling a blank layer with white and then erasing, I left it blank and painted with white. I could see better what i was attempting to do.

Thank you so much for posting this.

Rusty

Very nice effect, Christell!

I ended up using 5-12-6 on the Filter>Stylize>GlowingEdges step for my attempt below.

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Rusty, I love your result. Do whatever works for you. Are you on one of the Harley's?

Amy, Love the bear sketch. I think every photo might be different with the settings so you might have to play around with it.

Keep posting your results.
Christell

Rusty, Great result. I did the same as you when I used her technique on the football sketch I did last year.

Some of the things you can do with this technique remind me of a post , Oh, maybe two years ago on the other forum. It looked a lot like a watercolor in process. A black/white outline with parts of the image starting to be filled in with color. Think paint-by-numbers without the numbers

Not something I would want to do to many images, but an interesting exercise.

This technique really is a lot of fun. Thanks again, Christell, for posting. (No, not me on a bike ... I'm a spectator/photographer; I'm not about to get on a motorcycle)

Rusty

Christell, I had fun doing this technique. I guess you could have many variations just by varying the texture. Here's one using a texture I had downloaded.

Anita

Yes, it was fun!

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http://www.prestophoto.com/photos/image/1018581/21411/large