Above: Original Photograph.

                                                 

                                                   Above: Original Photo converted to watercolour using Virtual Painter. Still looks like a photo.

                                                 

                                                  Above: Alternative approach using Layers Artistic Dry Brush and Smart Blur Filters in Photoshop.

                                                         

                                                   Above: Alternative approach cropped and with contrast and colour saturation tweaked. Looks more

                                                               like a watercolour.