Credits
Brumal FotoBlendz No.1
ArtPlay Palette Alfresco (paper texture)
ArtPlay Palette Globe Trotter (fabric piece)
ArtPlay MiniPaletter Brio (twig)
ArtPlay Palette Rudeneja (bird)
Artsy Stains No.3
Process...
Another family photo but of whom I do not know. The interesting thing about the photo was the painted, pastoral background which seemed oddly out of place with the severe pose on a straight-backed wooden chair. I liked the painted background, so I decided to extend the pastoral scene. To do that, I took a watercolor that looked much like the background and, through masking, added it to the photo. Then I made a composite of the new image and masked that. The rest was just adding the paper texture up top and building the twig cluster. Since I don't know anything about this man, I kept to the pastoral theme and added the quote from Henry David Thoreau.