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How to Transform Photograph into a Drawing

The definition of a drawing is a form of art that that is created by means of lines. Drawing underpins all areas of fine art. At present there are many variations of drawing media, such as pencils, brushes, chalk, and many others. When drawing, we all wish to portray an image to our viewer, but obviously it's not that simple.

It would seem that there is nothing easier than to draw something on a sheet of paper. When in fact creating a professional drawing requires talent, as well as basic knowledge of fine art. All drawings convey a holistic image of a person, object, or phenomenon. These same rules apply to photography as well.

How can we transform photograph into a drawing? By using Photo editing software. The Home Photo studio editor offers a wide range of tools and effects for editing and creating unique photographs. To transform photograph into a drawing you need to go to the menu select Effects> Stylize. Home Photo Studio offers several options for creating a drawing from a photo. Let's look at some of them.

1. Pencil Drawing. With Home photo studio, you can transform a photograph into a pencil drawing in just a few seconds. Suffice to say, simply choose the pencil drawing effect, select the outline color and thickness of the line. There are three variations of pencil drawings; single, six pencils, and twelve pencils. You can also add shading and texture to the background of your pencil drawing. This is a great and fun tool to use that will pleasantly surprise you. Note: Different pictures will produce different results with the pencil drawing effect. For more info please view Creating a Pencil Drawing from a Photo tutorial.

2. Wood Burning Effect. From the menu select Effects> Stylize, and choose Poking. You can choose the texture of the wood, and the brightness of contours. You get a virtual wood burning effect, looks quite original.

3. Watercolor Effect. Another unique way transform Photographs into a Drawing.. From the top menu select Effects> Artistic> Watercolor. This effect creates iridescent bright watercolor drawings from your photograph. You can re-apply this effect multiple times to the same photograph. See Create Watercolor Effects from your Photo for more info.

4. Ancient Scroll Effect. With this effect you add a bit of history to your photograph. The photograph positions the image on piece of ancient scroll or ancient papyrus. This is rather an unusual transformation of your photo, yet is very unique and original, it will certainly add some charm. For optimal results you may need to reduce the image size of your photo. The Home Photo studio editor does this as well.

Here we discussed the basic options how to transform photograph into a drawing. What effect to apply, is completely up to you. Try, experiment, and create true works of art from your photographs.

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The program is compatible with Windows 11, 10, 8, 7