AKVIS Sketch not only offers photo-to-sketch conversion, it also lets you add a textured surface to a picture imitating a drawing on a canvas, corrugated paper, brick wall or anything else.
To use this effect, adjust the settings in the Decoration group in the Canvas tab.
By default the parameters of the tab are disabled and the sketch comes out as if drawn on plain paper. To activate the parameters of the Canvas tab, select the check-box Use Canvas.
Hint: You can drag the Canvas/Frame/Text tabs to change the order of the application of the decoration effects.
You can choose a texture from Library -> Surface or load your own sample: Library -> Custom…