I used to live in the central valley in California, one of the major crops grown there is cotton. I loved when the cotton plants began to show the cotton bolls, it looked like a field of snow.

Everything by Anna Aspnes

Upcycled ARTPaperie No 5
https://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=28395
ArtPlay Harvest
http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=45214&page=1
ArtPlay Snapshot (various transfers and brushes)
http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=44824&page=1
ArtPlay Lush (Sprig recolored)
http://www.oscraps.com/shop/search.php?mode=search&page=1
Artsy Overlay No 5
http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=46457&cat=298&page=1
Framed FotoBlendz No 1
http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=47010&cat=383&page=1
AnnaBlendz 3 Blending with brushes
http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=10008857&cat=383&page=1


Process: Used as my base (background) Upcycled ARTPaperie No 5_4, then added a FotoBlendz clipping mask and placed it in the black area of the background paper, I used Annas tips on her Blending with Brushes 3 video to adapt my clipping mask to fit the area. Clipped my cotton photo to it, duplicated photo and placed it behind the mask, used a sketch technique, then blending mode multiply and lowered the opacity. Added some elements and recolored them by using my color balance adjustment layer ( I like using the adjustments in the layer pa