Colorization – Weekly Photoshop Challenge

Above is my piece for this week's Weekly Photoshop Challenge, "Colorization." I added color by using the quick mask to make my selections, created new layers for each of the different colored elements, set my layer mode to "Color"...and, simply painted with a brush. I then created a matte and frame, and then added in the shadows behind the image so it looks like the image is hanging on the wall. Voila!

Here is the image prior to adding color: