inspired by some retro pieces by Barbara Houston http://digitalscrapperclasses.com/forums/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=76949&title=life-is-awesome&cat=1671. i really like "graphic style" pages and architecture lends itself to that style so i decided to try working with an old photo of the golden gate bridge. next, i think i will move on to new york.

i was wondering if i could take a black and white photo and get the bridge to its "international orange" color without painting the bridge. as it turned out, stamping a yellow artsypaint brush over the image and changing the blending mode to Vivid Light left the bridge red/orange and the lighter areas around the bridge yellow. next, i added some clouds over the existing clouds in the photo. some of the clouds are masked then areas deleted using a text brush (and that spot on the right is actually one of the homes that are famous in san francisco - it is stamped into one of the darker clouds). the sun is just a circle created with the marque tool, filled with yellow, and then a slight drop shadow.

Credits
Anna Aspnes
ArtPlay Palette Autumn Soul (background) http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=10010170&page=1
SpackleTextured No.3 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=10008966&page=1
GoldPaint No.2 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=31332&page=1
Roughly Edged ToolSet No.1 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=27946&page=1
DifferentStrokes No.9 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=46572&page=1
ArtsyPaint No.6 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=10009846&page=1
Clouds No.2 http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=28279&page=1

Thanks for looking