Text Reads: My dad loved his time in the CCC, Civilian Conservation Corps. He always talked fondly of those years. It is because he learned so much. He came away with a newly found passion for using his hands to build, machine, and craft.
Winter of 1941 in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Construction: Starting with the Urbicolous Artsy Layered Template I clipped my photo to 3 frames and removed 2 of the frames. I then made an extraction of my dad adding a drop shadow. I placed the ArtPlay Palette Urbicolous Hardware String over the frames with a drop shadow.
I placed ArtPlay Palette Urbicolous Artsy Paper #2 as the background, duplicating and used blend mode Color Burn.
I placed FotoBlendz Overlays No 22 #3 in the top center, grouping the layers and clipping my photo of the building (turned into a sketch) to the entire group. I then recolored my sketch brick red with a color fill adjustment.
I added ArtPlay Palette Urbicolous transfers and splatters as well as template duplicates of the red brick transfers to fill in the background.
The cluster is City WordART Clusters No 1 #3 modified and placed with MultiMedia City No 1 #1 and ArtPlay Palette Urbicolous Rusted Metal Hardware. I added the words “the moment when all the elements in a photograph come together perfectly.” Font - Brush Script MT