More Photoshop experimenting

Because I want to cover my artists face in graffiti for the digipack, I thought it would be a good idea to experiment a bit more on photoshop as covering a face would be a difficult task. I used lots of different filters until I got the effect  I was looking for.
This was the result of my first attempt.

this was the original image.

this was the image after I went on photoshop, the paint on the face was too transparent. 

Here is the result of my second attempt.

Here is the original image.

Here is the image after manipulation, The paint looks more opaque than the first one.

After playing with Photoshop for a bit, I realised the effect would look better depending on the artwork I chose to cover the photos face in, so for my final product I am going to have to pick artwork which has lots of colour so it doesnt look translucent.