News of the Day

Well that’s what it says in the paper that I’ve put in this digital photo montage. I don’t have any news other than I’ve made this for you to enjoy!

I started this with a lovely lady freebie from the internet. She was hearing something far away and I had just the shell she needed to use to catch the words flowing towards her from somewhere out there.

I masked her onto a shell I took a picture of this past summer. I also gave her some color and a spotlight. She deserves one, don’t you think?

The very back background is a portion of an art journal page which I duplicated and added a color burn to as well as a mask.

The next thing I added was some weird lit squares I had a picture of. I masked that and added a soft light to it.

Then came the newspaper clipping which is another from our cabin walls. I stretched it out to where I liked the placement. I used multiply at 92 percent on it. Hey,no mask on that layer, amazing!!

I next put a black color fill layer in and used a couple of different brushes with white to get the border.

I decided I still needed something in the background, it didn’t look layered enough or textured enough for me. So I added a layer of crushed oyster shells with a screen style and yes, masked it. Then it was done!

Getting easier to use the PSE7: not thinking so hard about where things are anymore. The mouse is easier to use now too, altho I still miss my pen tool!

Ever onward my listening friends!

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