Painted Picture
I'll be using this picture I got from sweetandtalented.com.

Now right click on the layer and duplicate it.
001. On the duplicated layer, go to
Filter >> Blur >> Gaussian Blur and put it at 3px.

Now put the blending style to Darken.

And that's it!
Here's my picture when I had the gaussian blur at 8px:
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