Combining Images | Photo to Canvas | Pencil Sketches

Photo to Canvas

Original photograph of a bridge spanning a canyon around Munich:

The photograph turned into a pastel painting:

I admit... this isn't so much a painting technique as it is experimenting with the Paint Engine filter. Here the settings are for pastel2:
Brush:
Push Intensity: .01
Lighten: .3
Bias: .-1
Pull Intensity: .73
Lighten: 1.0
Bias: .06
Effect:
Amount: 1.96
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Stroke:
Type: Downhill
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Length: 6
Radiate: 1.00
Motion Angle: 26degrees
Curl: 0degrees
Operation Angle: 142degrees
Curl: 0degrees
Direction Channel: Choose radio button R