The art is from a work in progress for Ivy Ivette Newport‘s August Studioworks lesson wherein we were to create a self-portrait using collage. The background is the first layer that I photographed which was done with graphite with my non-dominant hand using the photo taken that I used as the main image in the collage. The smaller inset is from the work in progress meaning I am not done with it yet. I photographed my piece and then brought it into Photoshop where I played with quite a few different filters from Filter Forge. This filter is called Freehand Hatch 1. As an older woman it is always a challenge to want to work with one’s own image. Unexpectedly found this an interesting process even so.