How To Create a Pencil Sketch in Photoshop

In this tutorial, I demo what I believe is the believe is the BEST way to create a Pencil Sketch using Photoshop.

Get my weekly newsletter!

Here is my list of recommended software:

Here is a list of my current cameras, lenses, etc.:

Please help support my YouTube channel – consider purchasing my Lightroom Presets:

Help me help others learn photography. You can quickly offer your support here, where I receive 100% of your kind gift:

You can change the default amount to the amount you want to donate.

[AnthonyMorganti]

In this tutorial, I demo what I believe is the believe is the BEST way to create a Pencil Sketch using Photoshop.

Get my newsletter!

Here is my list of recommended software:

Here is a list of my current cameras, lenses, etc.:

Please help support my YouTube channel – consider purchasing my Lightroom Presets:

Help me help others learn photography. You can quickly offer your support here, where I receive 100% of your kind gift:


You can change the default amount to the amount you want to donate.

[Mongy]

As always..thank you! You are the most amazing teacher. Slow ( for this beginner) is so helpful. Plus I can always understand and see precisely what you teaching.
Guess whose granddaughter is getting a pencil drawing of her playing soccer ⚽️? Yahoo

[georgecarpenter]

Thanks for putting this together. I've been wanting to try this. I look forward to working with this concept. HAPPY THANKSGIVING to you and yours.

[nadimz]

Thank you, most of your Tutorials are thorough and very well explained

[johnpollock]

Thank you for all the great tips Anthony. This is a really cool result that I had never considered. I feel for you and yours. Like you, I hope this is not a harbinger of the months ahead for you.

[snoopaka]

Fantastic tip at the end. Have not tried that one, but I will! Thanks

[StephenEhrlichPhotos]

Your being snowed in may be frustrating to you. As for those of us watching your videos, this has worked out well for us. This is an awesome tutorial! Thanks!

[robertspaulding]

Thank you so much for your time and sharing your knowledge.

[brianaikens]

Great have been having some great results after trying it our. Many Thanks.

[krish]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge

[vkmccable]

Thanks a Bunch, can’t wait to try this. 😊

[freeedomphotography]

Love it! Simple and easy. Now if I can remove the background, I'll be golden ;)

[davidchesluk]

This is a really great technique. And you can make it a colored pencil sketch by using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer instead of Black and White!!

[cfr]

Almost too simple, Anthony, but great results either way. Thanks for sharing!

[hibhaven]

Appreciate the video. This is the 4th video of the same exact process I am watching in the past hour. All the videos are using a professional pic against a plain background. When using this method for most regular images, the Gaussian blur filter results in extremely heavy shadow behind each element in the image and makes the resulting sketch unusable. Is there a way to avoid this?

[tyeeggleston]

cool video...but i was curious if you could color something in the photo i.e. her eyes and keep everything else in the pencil sketch the same or is there another way to do something like that.

[jezzadenton]

Nice one Anthony! Would it be possible to create an action to save having to go through all these steps?

[BubblesPothowari]

Its wonderful lesson!! But i want to learn how this recipe is ideated, logic so that i learn rather cram it....

[davidcooke]

Great video, can this be done in Luminar Neo?

[Kat_Andrews]

Any idea how to do this on the Photoshop Express app on iphone?