Theses are great. Was this your first try with Photoshop? You have done well. From your comment in this gallery I get the idea this was your first go with PS and maybe you were hesitant about using the augmenting filters. Hint: I do this all the time with non-favorite photos or photos that could have been great if I had not done something silly like taken the subject out of focus by accident. Applying a filter like stained glass is a great way to "recover" a photo that didn't come out the way you wanted. Using the "pencil" filter is another favorite to make a out of focus photo look just fine for a "pencil sketch"