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Lady Liberty
zlemon

Lady Liberty

Happy 4th of July. As I celebrate with a BBQ and fireworks, I like to remember the words inscribed on our most iconic statue. Both sets of my great grandparents were immigrants fleeing from unlivable situations in their home countyone a famine, the other a pogrom.

Lady Liberty's poem history, if you're interested:
American poet Emma Lazarus (18491887) wrote in 1883 to raise money for the construction of the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. In 1903, the poem was engraved on a bronze plaque and mounted inside the pedestal's lower level.

Supplies:
ArtPlay Palette Brimming
https://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Palette-Brimming.html

ArtPlay Palette Noble
https://www.oscraps.com/shop/ArtPlay-Palette-Noble.html

Hipster Plume FotoBlendz No. 7 *New & On Sale*
https://www.oscraps.com/shop/Hipster-Plume-FotoBlendz-No.-7.html

Process notes:
I opened up the StripedPaper from the ArtPlay Palette Brimming and added two layered masks from HipsterPlume FotoBlendz No. 7 on the layer above it. I rotated the masks and merged them. I clipped my repurposed Lady Liberty art from last year, and then removed areas that I didnt like. I use several brushes from APP Brimming and Noble, brushing them over and behind the art to give it a grungy vibe. I converted the masked art to a smart object, applied a PhotoShop Poster Edge filter to give it a sharper look, then duplicated the photo four times using blend mode of color burn to add even more of grungy look. Added the text and brushed in a few stains to the stripes and was finished.

Thanks for looking!
Very right-hand page for the national holiday! I like the very tonic lined(crossed off) bottom!
 
I also had two grandfathers who left war and hunger to come to the United States via Ellis Island.

Marvelous blending.
 
Now more than ever, these words enrich the world, even those who will not hear, with their meaning.
 
Wonderful artwork! I had to memorize this poem in 7th grade. It meant a lot to me as my grandmother and grandfather passed through Ellis Island.
 

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