Change A Picture Into A Watercolor Painting Using Photoshop

Find out how to use Photoshop to change a picture taken with a digital camera into a watercolor painting. You can use this easy-to-follow technique with a landscape picture or a portrait.

Open the picture in Photoshop.
Duplicate the Background layer by selecting it and pressing (Ctrl+J).
Rename the new layer to Painting.
Select the Painting layer and click Filter > Artistic > Water Color.
The settings of the watercolor filter may change according to the picture you have chosen. My settings are Brush Detail: 14, Shadow Intensity: 0 and Texture: 1. Enter the watercolor settings and press Ok.
Select the Painting layer, click "Create new fill or adjustment layer" located at the bottom of the Layers window and choose "Brightness/Contrast".
Give more brightness and more contrast to the Painting layer, I have set brightness to +32 and Contrast to +10.
Select the Painting layer, click "Create new fill or adjustment layer" again and choose "Hue/Saturation".
Change the Hue and saturation settings to make your image look more like a painting, I have set Hue: -8 and Saturation: +26 and click Ok.
Now, select the Painting layer and change its Opacity to 84%.