Today i will tell you a way to turn your photo into a nice painting in photoshop.
1. After opening your pic, Ctrl+Shift+U to desarature it. Then Ctrl+J to
duplicate it. The pici use here:
2. Ctrl+I to invert your picture. Go to Filter-Other-Minimum, set
value=2. Then set this layer to Color Doge 100%. Right click on this
layer, choose underlying layer: hold the Alt key, drag mouse to get the
value: