GIMP watercolor effect

Turn a photo into a watercolor effect in GIMP using different textures and different layer's modes.
We'll add textures to canvas using Open as layers command and scale it using the Scale tool.
Once you have arranged it to your satisfaction, you can play around with layer's Blend Modes.
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Steps to turn a photo into a watercolor effect in GIMP:
1. Open photo.
Use File-Open.
Click the photo you want to open.
Click Open.
2. Add a texture to the image.
Use File-Open As Layers (Ctrl+Alt+O).
Click on the image, then click Open.
3. Adjust/Resize your texture.
Make sure the texture's layer is selected on the Layers dialog.
Grab the Scale Tool from the toolbox (or use Tools-Transform Tools-Scale (Shift+S)).
Set Width and Height you want to give to the texture or you can just drag handles in the texture.
If you prefer using handles, you can scale your texture as follows:
Drag a side handle if you want to scale just the height or width of the texture.
Drag a corner handle if you want to scale both the height and the width of the texture.
Click the Scale button when you're done.
After finish resizing, move the texture using the Move Tool.
4. Change its blend mode to Overlay.
I'll change the texture layer blend mode to Overlay.
Adjust its Opacity.
5. Add other textures.
Repeat steps 2 until 4 to add more texture to the image.
Play/experiment with different blend mode.
You can use Lighten Only, Burn, Multiply and Subtract.
Don't forget to adjust its Opacity.
6. Save project.
Use File-Save (Ctrl+S) to save your project file.
You will probably also want to export the image in a more widely used format, such as JPEG, PNG, TIFF, etc.

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Do you know where these watercolour textures came from?

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It's from lostandtaken.com/downloads/category/paint/watercolor-texture/