Oscraps

Aunt Joan
Applechick

Aunt Joan

Rescanning old photographs and delving into research about family members long departed and gaining a little insight into their characters:

Aunt Joan and Aunt Rachel, the two children at the back of the group, maybe the other children are cousins or just friends. Joan was born in 1910 and Rachel 4 years later, they were close as sisters, at least that’s the impression I was under from stories that Aunt Rachel told. I found Joan to be quite scary, my memory of her is that she was angry and grumpy and to be avoided. Luckily she lived far enough away that we didn’t see her often. I realise now that her husband died at the age of 40. I was 5 years old and didn’t understand that grief and worry was probably what was making her so angry with the world and everyone in it...

I started with the frondescence artsy paper, dropped a transfer from AP Rainbow over the top and changed the layer to soft light then duplicated again to give a little more colour. Positioned the photograph on top and used a soft eraser brush to delete parts of the background and let the green show through. Especially wanted to keep the wagon/trailer in the background. Added WordArt and journalling and called it done!
Beautiful heritage page. It is funny how the perspective of age gives insight into what we thought that we knew about people.
 
Lovely heritage layout! i like how you have the colors giving it a cheery feel.
 
Lovely, colorful background for the heritage photo. Love the watercolor paints.
 
It's a wonderful photo. I like those greens and pinks with the sepia tone of the photo. Makes me think of the life ahead of all of them. Interesting how our perspectives/perceptions change with new facts.
 
Fabulous composition, the lush background adds so much emphasis to the photo.
 

Layout information

Category
Anna Aspnes
Added by
Applechick
Date added
View count
634
Comment count
8
Rating
0.00 star(s) 0 ratings

Image metadata

Filename
anna-aspnes-digital-art-artplay-frondescence-rainbow-seasons-wordart-clusters-No1-fiona-joan c...jpg
File size
3.2 MB
Date taken
Thu, 23 February 2023 11:21 AM
Dimensions
3600px x 3600px

Share this layout

Top