Rose in upper left corner is added, blending to be done with soft eraser tool.
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Statue source photo (my own).
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Background of yellows and reds are painted on a new canvas, then section of the statue source has been brought in to be scaled to size and blended with eraser tool at a low setting.
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Color changes have been made to take statue from gray/white to a more rosy glow. Base also is now more deep red which will have filters added over it.
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The water pattern from my layer patterns is added.
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Blending is done with eraser tool set at very soft setting. A little is removed at a time from perimeter, leaving water just in area below the statue.
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Brown, blue and yellow filter layers have been added here, setting opacity approx. 50%.
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Rose with leaves (source) placed beside statue, color changed a little to orange-brown red, and also, larger rose is added to upper left corner to be blended.
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Leaves have been added from original source after duplicating and scaling to size, then filters of gray-green and brown added over them.
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Birds have been added, which I painted on a new canvas with brush tool, then moved into scene, duplicated bird, sized to several sizes and brushed on shadows and tones to give them shape.