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The Umbrellas of Coca Airport


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I didn't much like my first attempt at turning a photo - a field of sunflowers - into an impressionist painting. So I searched through my iPhoto library for a likely candidate, and found this picture. We had flown from Quito to Coca, Ecuador, and arrived in pouring rain. As we disembarked, attendants handed each of us a red umbrella for the walk to the terminal, and then carried them back to the plane, over and over, until we were all under cover. The title popped into my head before I knew what I would actually do to the photo.

 

I applied three layers of filters to the picture: Fresco over Plastic Wrap over Spatter. The top layer is a picture I took through the plane window before we landed, with rain running down the glass; it's blended with Darken Blend at 75%.

 

Supplies: BMU_Raindance_Paper-Stormy; TCS_SSDLT_Sketchbook - B; VRA_SSPaper_Jen Edging 4 (ret); SNU_SSStyle_Sanded Edge applied to light gray stroke around photo. The font is LD Painters Hand.

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What a great subject for an impressionist painting! Great photo with all the colorful umbrellas and your painting technique looks very nice.

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Oh wow, Jo this is awesome and you really turned your photo into a beautiful Impressionist painting. I really liked reading about your experience and your process, thank you! And, how clever to use the rain photo blended over your other, it really looks great! Your title and font really add to the artsy look of your page and I like the colors you used. Thanks for joining the challenge and adding a gorgeous piece of Impressionist digital Art to the Monday Challenge Gallery. Lovely work!

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Wonderful photo edit Jo! I love the way you blended the water over the photo before you 'artified' it. Your strokes add to the feel of rain and I like how the people are silhouetted and the focus is on the umbrellas. Inspired choice.

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You are ahead of your time ....did they have umbrellas in the impressionist time...ha ha...That is a really cool photo editing job you did...I love your story too. Sounds like a wonderful trip too.

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Wow! This is great. I love the filters that you used. The photo is great and I really like how you blended it into that wonderful rainy background paper. The colors are wonderful and very stormy looking. Love your title and what a great story you told about your experience.

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