This is a composite of three photos my Granddaughter took while visiting her Aunt and cousins in Southern California during her spring break from school. San Juan Capistrano was one of the places they visited.
ArtPlay Palette Go See
ArtPlay PaletteGoSee
Dripped Stains No. 1
DrippedStainsNo.1
Dripped Stains No. 6 (Retired)
WarmGlows No. 1
WarmGlowsNo.1
WarmGlows No. 7
WarmGlowsNo.7
ArtPlay Palette Portiere
ArtPayPalettePortiere Crack
MultiMedia Birds No. 1
MultiMediaBirdsNo.1
Take Flight No. 1
TakeFlightNo.1
Remember WordART Mix No. 1
RememberWordARTMixNo.1
Fonts: Edwardian Script, Beyond Wonderland and Bookman Old Style
Photos: Sophia Reed
Process Notes: After opening a new 12 x 12 file, I placed the first photo of the wall with the alcoves on the background resizing and positioning. Over the photo in the layers panel I used solid paper 4 from the Go See kit, blending to Color Burn at 40% opacity.
Over those layers I added the bells photo along the bottom of the page and using several adjustment layers, and brushing away the harsh top edge using a layer mask, then blending to Color Burn at 100% opacity. I had run the photo through an artistic action.
Adding the waterlily photo to the left edge of the page and using a reverse mask, I brushed a part of the photo into the composition setting it to Pin Light at 57% opacity. I duplicated the photo, putting it on Screen and 16% opacity. I added some stains to it.
From there, I added most of the transfers from the palette on different parts of the page, blending and adjusting the opacity to each.
Typing out the title on the page, I grunged it up with stains and blending modes after resizing and positioning along the left side. I duplicated the title placing it on the opposite side of the page and reducing the size and using a different font. I placed the year the mission was established within the r of the main title, blending and reducing the opacity.
I used several glows over different parts of the page, also blending and adjusting the opacity of each. I also added the crack in the background photo.
I made a composite copy of all those layers by pressing CMD+SHIFT+OPT+ E and blended it to Color Burn at 15% opacity.
Over the composite I added the birds, more glows and blending them, and word art along the upper right edge of the page, recoloring and blending also. That completes this layout.
