loggia |ˈləʊdʒə, ˈlɒ-, -dʒɪə|
noun
a gallery or room with one or more open sides, especially one that forms part of a house and has one side open to the garden.
ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from Italian, ‘lodge’.
My starting point was a photograph of the covered patio attached to one of the houses belonging to Charlotte Hunnewell Sorchan, Turtle Bay Gardens, 228 East 48 Street, New York. In 1919, Miss Sorchan bought several dilapidated brownstone houses along East 49th and East 48th Street that dated from the 1860s, and renovated them.
The photograph was taken by Frances Benjamin (1864-1952). As soon as I saw it in the Library of Congress’s Flickr stream, I imagined it could only be somewhere in Spain or Italy on a dullish day. How wrong can you be. The only thing Mediterranean is that the intended design was Spanish. Perhaps Olga or Sally can tell us if it looks remotely Spanish in style!
I determined it should come over as Mediterranean as possible — stone-built walls washed with terracotta, a sun-kissed floor and such like — and give the impression of a 19th century oil painting. To do this in Photoshop I used two textures from 2 Lil’ Owls — 2LO Confetti 9 (Multiply mode) and 2LO Confetti 4 (Overlay mode), and gave the original photo a softness with the Smart Blur tool.
I hope you feel I have made a fair stab at what I imagined.
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Take care and keep laughing!
For me, your addition of such warmth to the photo took me to a Moroccan courtyard at sunset. It works perfectly, Sarah.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Actually, me too, though I didn’t mention it. Thanks so much, Pete.
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So, so beautiful Sarah and so hard to imagine this was originally taken in New York – I would have thought it definitely somewhere in the Mediterranean! 🙂
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Thanks, Joanne!
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Oh yes Sarah, you took the scene and gave it the Mediterranean routes perfectly. The light was muted down to just the right level that it gives a warm glow over the courtyard. The rounded archways and wrought iron bars immediately reminded me of Mediterranean, as well as the stone floors. Wonderful work on this one!
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Thank you, Mary!
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I agree that you’ve managed to make it appear much more Mediterranean and warm, although the original has a beautiful light that must have helped. It looks as if everybody had gone for a siesta! Thanks for the mention, Sarah!
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Yes, it does look as if everyone’s gone for a siesta so I’m going to sneak in and read a book!
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Reblogged this on Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life and commented:
A fabulous design from Sarah Vernon.. for me it looks like some of the Moorish internal courtyards in Granada. Certainly gives you the best of worlds whatever the weather.. lovely Sarah.
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Thanks so much, Sally!
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I love it! You are very good!
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That’s sweet of you, Elena. Thank you!
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You can feel the warmth of the sun streaming in.
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How lovely you should feel that, Widdershins. Thank you!
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I want to live here! I can just imagine picking lemons from the trees just outside in the gardens, and collecting fresh spices. You’ve made this look irresistible.
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Thank you. I’ll wave my magic wand to make this happen!
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I love the treatment done to the image – you are a wizard with textures!
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Bless you, Syd!
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¡Muy bonito!
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Grazie!
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