Creating water color paint effect on an image

Start by opening any image of your interest.

Duplicate the layer and change the layer mode to screen.

Duplicate the layer. From filter menu select brush strokes>>poster edges. Apply settings as shown.
Change the layer mode to linear burn.
Select and merge all the layers. Duplicate the layer. From filter menu select sketch>>photocopy. Apply settings as shown.

 

Change the layer mode to overlay.